Overview
- Punjab’s School Education Department ordered all government, aided, recognised and private schools to close on January 27 to allow rest after Republic Day events, with classes set to resume on January 28.
- Reports from parents and students in Punjab highlighted uneven communication and instances of schools not clearly conveying the one‑day closure.
- Chandigarh’s Union Territory Administration directed all government and private schools to remain shut on January 27 following the city’s Republic Day observance.
- Assam declared January 27 a state holiday for Gwthar Bathou San (Bathow Puja), leading to school closures across the state.
- Jammu & Kashmir maintained a weather-driven schedule with higher classes reopening on February 22 and classes up to grade 8 on March 1, as an Odisha bandh planned for January 28 posed a potential disruption without an official school-closure order.