Pongal festive series - 12th January declared a holiday for schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu
Posted on: 10/Jan/2018 10:26:02 PM
The state government of Tamil Nadu has declared that 12th January, Friday, will also be a holiday and thus the Pongal festive season holiday will start on 12th January.
Earlier, the state government of Tamil Nadu had declared only 13th as a holiday from when the Pongal holidays were to start.
Meanwhile, it is understood that the department of school education had received several representations from parents that it would be difficult for them to travel to their native places with their wards on Saturday as buses and trains would be full.
Giving due consideration to this appeal, the state government school education department secretary Pradeep Yadav sent a circular to all the chief and district educational officers on Wednesday evening instructing headmasters to declare January 12 as a special holiday.
Further, all the colleges which are affiliated with universities functioning under the state higher education department would also remain closed on January 12.
Accordingly, the higher education secretary Sunil Paliwal has sent a circular to all the varsities in connection with this on Wednesday (today, 10th January) evening.
