Rajasthan: Timings in govt schools change from today due to winter

JAIPUR: Due to decreasing temperature, timings in government schools will change from Monday in the state.
Schools will reopen on Monday after Diwali. Schools which have one shift, the timings will be from 10am-4pm. Schools which have two shifts, the timings will be from 7.30am-5.30pm.
According to education department, students of Classes IX to XII will come in the first shift. Students of Classes I to VIII will come in the second shift. The schools which are from Class VI to XII and running in two shifts, students of Class IX to XII will come in the first shift and students of Classes VI to VIII will come in the second shift.
Apart from this, the building in which two schools are running instead of one - the morning shift timings will be from 7.30am to 12.30pm and from 12.30pm to 5.30pm.
According to the order, if the school is from Classes IX to XII and is operating in two shifts, then the students of Class XI and XII, will have to come in the first shift.
Similarly in the secondary school, students for senior classes will come in the morning shift and younger children will come in the afternoon shift.
Usually, schools have each period of 35 minutes. Now, there will be first six periods of 40 minutes, while the last two periods will be of 35 minutes.
A shift school runs for six hours in the winter, whereas school is usually only five and a half hours.