Schools  across the country to remain close for 19 days from today

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The government on Monday decided to close all the basic and secondary level schools across the country for 19 days beginning Tuesday in view of the rising risk of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

A meeting held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Monday decided to grant a 19-day holiday in all the basic and secondary level schools, around 35,000 schools altogether. With this, the schools will resume on January 29.