Children attended school in the hot sun on the first day of the academic year on June 12. Parents were seen dropping the kids in auto rickshaws and by covering them with towels at 7:30 a.m.
Some schools announced the reopening of the institutions on June 15, as the heatwaves were continuing in the State.
Parents were seen urging the school management to talk to the education department officials to extend the holidays for a few more days as mercury was soaring and heatwaves were continuing. In some schools, the reported strength was very low.
