Overview

• Jammu and Kashmir’s education department ordered summer holidays from June 23 to July 7 for all government and recognised private schools in the Kashmir division.
• Uttar Pradesh’s Basic Education Council extended summer vacations for government and private schools up to Class 8 until June 30.
• Punjab has maintained its state-wide summer closure for all government, aided, recognised and private schools from June 2 through June 30.
• Himachal Pradesh shifted school hours to 7:30 am–1:00 pm under a directive from the state education department to avoid peak heat.
• Srinagar recorded 35.2 °C—its third-highest temperature ever—as the region endures a second heatwave since mid-June.