Following heavy rain on Friday, the Collectorate and School Education Department declared Saturday a holiday for schools here.
Officials of the Department waited till Saturday morning to take the decision, as most government and aided schools are trying to maximise every working day to complete the newly-introduced Samacheer Kalvi syllabus ahead of the term-end examinations to be held in December.
However, since it was raining heavily for most part of Friday, it was decided to keep schools closed on Saturday in the interest of students' safety, officials said. As for CBSE schools, some schools worked on Friday despite it having been declared a holiday by the state government. CBSE schools took individual decisions on Saturday too.
