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KHULNA, Jan 23, 2024(BSS) - Authorities in five districts of Khulna division

closed all primary and secondary-level education institutions from today as
the temperature dipped below 10 degree Celsius.

The order will remain in force until further notice, according to the
Department of Primary and Secondary Education in the division.

The five districts are Khulna, Jashore, Meherpur, Chuadanga and Kushtia.

The government recently ordered primary and secondary schools to suspend
classes in any district where the maximum temperature drops below 10 degree
Celsius during the winter season.

In light of the government's decision, the Directorate of Secondary and
Higher Education in the five districts announced the suspension of classes.

"As per the direction of the government, we asked the education officers to
suspend all classes of Primary and Secondary-level schools under the five
districts due to the cold wave," Deputy Director of Primary Education in
Khulna Division Dr Moslem Uddin told BSS today.

Khulna District Education Officer Farhana Naz, in a notification, said all
educational institutions of the five districts under Khulna Division have
been ordered to close as the temperature dropped below 10 degree Celsius.

The educational institutions will remain shut until the maximum temperature
rises to 10oC or above, the notification added.

Amirul Azad, an official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department's Khulna
office, informed that the temperature in Khulna was recorded as 9.5 Degree
Celsius at 6:00am in the morning.

All the heads of concerned institutions are asked to follow the notification
imposed by the government.