The classes at all secondary-level educational institutions across the country will resume on Saturday amid the ongoing heatwave, said officials.
The classes at government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools, and Bureau of Non-Formal Education learning centres will be resumed from Sunday with shortened periods and without outdoor activities, they added.
All pre-primary level classes, however, will remain closed until further notice.
Some schools in some parts in the country, including in Sylhet, had taken classes on Thursday.
Earlier, the High Court on April 29 ordered the closure of all primary and secondary level schools, colleges, and madrassahs across Bangladesh until May 2.
The primary and mass education ministry soon declared the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools, and BNFE learning centres closed until May 2.
Farid Ahmed, the primary and mass education ministry secretary, told 抖阴精品 on Thursday that they were yet to get the copy of the High Court order.
鈥楾he order was effective till May 2. So, the classes will be resumed on May 5 and classes will be continued as per our earlier notice,鈥� he added.
The ministry鈥檚 earlier notice read that the schools with one shift would conduct classes between 8:00am and 11:30am.
The schools with two shifts will have classes between 8:00am and 9:30am for the first shift and between 9:45am and 11:30am for the second shift, the notice said.
Assembly at all schools will remain closed until temperature becomes bearable, according to the notice.
On Thursday, a press release was issued by the education ministry saying that from Saturday classes at all secondary level educational institutions would be held as usual.
Earlier on Wednesday, the education ministry in a post on its verified Facebook page said that classes on Saturdays would be taken on a temporary basis to cover the learning losses while no decision was made to take classes on Fridays.
Education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury on April 30 said that they did not get a copy of the court order yet.
He also said that if any educational institutions wanted to take classes on May 2 the ministry would not oppose it.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Sylhet reported that some of the secondary level schools remained open in Sylhet on Thursday due to lack of clear instructions from the government authorities, students of the schools said.
Dakshin Surma Government High School head teacher Nusrat Haque said that academic activities in their school were as usual on Thursday like other days.
鈥榃e did not close the school because we did not receive any circular from the education ministry in this regard,鈥� she added.
Educational institutions across the country resumed in-person classes on April 28 after a week-long closure starting on April 21 amid the heatwave.
The education ministry later ordered the closure of secondary-level educational institutions in five districts on April 29 and in a total of the 27 districts on April 30.
Many students fall sick in the heatwave during classes and the presence of students in different districts was low this week.
According to a routine bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department issued on Thursday, a severe heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia.