Extreme cold suspends classes in 93 community schools in Solukhumbu

SOLUKHUMBU: Classes have been suspended in 93 community schools in Solukhumbu district due to extreme cold.

Seven local governments have announced winter holidays for the community schools in their area after it became difficult to run classes due to the excessive cold.

Prakanda Neupane, Information Officer of the Education Development and Coordination Unit, Solukhumbu, said the schools have been gradually closing down since last November.

There are 289 community schools in the district and of these, 93 have been closed for the winter holiday.

Out of the eight local levels in the district, all the local levels except Sotang Mural municipality have given winter holidays.

Nawaraj Parajuli, an employee at the Weather Station at Salleri, said that the temperature has reached minus 20 degrees Celsius in the upper region of the district. The temperature has dropped to minus even in the Salleri region.