Northern Province Governor Mr. N. Vedanayagan has announced that all schools in the Northern Province will be given a holiday on Thursday (27), the day after Maha Shivratri. Instead, the governor has announced that schools will be held on Saturday, March 1.

Meanwhile, on the occasion of Maha Shivratri, Tamil schools operating in Eastern, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces have also been given a special holiday on the 27th.

In addition, it has been informed that the educational activities of the Sinhalese and Muslim schools in the Eastern, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces will take place as usual on the 27th. On the contrary, it has been announced that schools will be held on March 01 Saturday for the schools that are given holidays.