HRD minister Smriti Irani on Monday dismissed as “baseless and inaccurate” a media report suggesting that schools would remain open on December 25 to observe ‘Good Governance Day’.
“It is unfortunate that misreporting has been deliberately done…controversy has been made to get features.”
“December 25 is Christmas and will be commended like that and schools will be closed,” she told columnists outside Parliament.
She said her service would be discharging an announcement in the blink of an eye on the matter as the report may be “ridiculous and wrong”.
Irani said the exposition rivalry that the schools, including focal government-run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalays (JNV) would be sorting out, would be “willful” in nature and directed on the web.
All schools shut for X’mas, exposition rivalry just online,” she tweeted independently.
A circular issued by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti had a week ago expressed that previous executive Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday will be praised as ‘Great Governance Day’ and asked all the Jnvs to “guarantee” festival of the day.
“The roundabout additionally said screening of documentaries and movies on best practices in great administration and association of different exercises through youngster cupboards in schools would be composed.”
AW: Arun Kumar
