The Manipur government has ordered the closure of all educational institutions in five districts of the valley on Monday and Tuesday as well. Earlier on Sunday, the government had announced the start of classes in these districts from Monday, but later changed its order.
Director of Education (Schools) L. Nandkumar Singh and Joint Secretary in the Higher and Technical Education Department Dariyal Julie Anal in separate orders have asked all district and regional level officials to take appropriate steps to close all government, private and government-aided educational institutions on Monday and Tuesday.
All colleges will remain closed from monday
Earlier on Sunday, L. Nandakumar Singh and Dariyal Julie Anal in separate orders had asked for resumption of classes in all government, private, government-aided educational institutions, including colleges and universities, from Monday. Regular classes in all educational institutions, including schools and universities, remained closed for over a week in five districts of the Valley since November 16 due to escalating violence and mob attacks.
Educational institutions will remain closed in these five districts
“The education department in consultation with the home department has decided to close general classes in all educational institutions on November 25 and 26,” an official said. He said all government and government-aided educational institutions, including state universities, in the five districts of the valley — Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching — were closed till November 23 keeping in view the safety of students, teachers and non-teaching staff.
Curfew was relaxed in the past few days
With no major violent incident reported from any of the five districts, the curfew was relaxed for several hours during the day during the past few days to facilitate people to buy essential commodities and carry out other necessary work, officials said. Meanwhile, the Manipur Home Department has extended the suspension of mobile internet and data services in seven districts till Monday evening as a precautionary measure.
Internet is closed in these seven districts
Home department officials said though no incident has been reported from any of the seven districts, the suspension of mobile internet and data services has been extended till November 25 as a precautionary measure. These seven districts are Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Kakching, Kangpokpi and Churachandpur.
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