The decision to close all primary schools – up to Class 5 – and shift classes online has been taken as pollution in Delhi remains severe

Delhi CM Atishi said due to rising pollution levels, all primary schools in Delhi will be shifting to online classes, until further directions.

The decision to move primary classes online was made following the imposition of restrictions under Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR.

India’s capital city faced very poor air quality for the third day as thick smog enveloped the capital city, forcing the local government to implement traffic curbs and order schools to switch to online classes.

Air pollution in the Indian capital is more than 50 times what is considered safe by the World Health Organization.

With primary schools across Delhi switching to online mode in the wake of rising air pollution, authorities are taking measures to safeguard the students of Class VI and above who would be attending their classes' offline.

In response to dangerously high pollution levels, the Delhi government has ordered the closure of all primary schools starting Friday, with classes shifting online until further notice. Chief Minister Atishi made the announcement on social media.

GRAP stage 3 will come into force at 8am on Friday. The Delhi government announced that classes for primary schools will be shifted to online.

As Delhi's air quality dropped to 'severe', Delhi Chief Minister Atishi announced that all primary schools in the national capital would be shifted to online modules. In a post on X, Atishi said that the online sessions will continue till further directions.