Overview
- The Basic Education Department issued the Teachers' Guideline‑2026 on Sunday, June 28, 2026, making a statewide school heat-safety protocol official.
- Every school must now create a School Heat Action Plan and appoint a Health Nodal Teacher to coordinate preparedness and response.
- The rules require continuous clean drinking water, first-aid kits with ORS and digital thermometers, and infrastructure measures such as shaded areas and working fans.
- Outdoor assemblies, sports and PE must finish before 10 a.m. and all strenuous outdoor activities must be suspended during India Meteorological Department Orange or Red heat alerts.
- Teachers must run awareness sessions, post 'dos and don'ts', monitor vulnerable pupils, log heat-related incidents, run mock drills and contact the 108 ambulance or nearest health centre for serious cases, while compliance and rollout timelines remain to be tracked.