By: Education DeskNew Delhi | Updated: September 23, 2025 03:57 PM IST 3 min readA yellow taxi submerged in water on a flooded road in Kolkata. (Express Photo: Partha Paul)Kolkata School Holiday on Sept 24, 25 Due to Rain: West Bengal state Education Minister Bratya Basu announced that all government-run educational institutions in West Bengal will remain closed on September 24 and 25, following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to keep students off waterlogged roads and prevent electrocution-related accidents. Teachers and non-teaching staff have been directed to work from home to complete pending tasks during this period, before the holidays for Durga Puja take into effect, later-on this week.এক অভূতপূর্ব দুর্যোগের পরিস্থিতি সৃষ্টি হয়েছে রাজ্যে। মাননীয়া মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর উপদেশে এই দুর্যোগে ছাত্রছাত্রীদের স্বস্তি দিতে এবং দুর্ঘটনা থেকে রক্ষা করতে আগামী কাল এবং পরশু, অর্থাৎ ২৪ এবং ২৫ সেপ্টেম্বর রাজ্যের সমস্ত বিদ্যালয় ও উচ্চ শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলি বন্ধ রাখার সিদ্ধান্ত…— Bratya Basu (@basu_bratya) September 23, 2025Basu stated that the decision was taken in view of the ‘unprecedented calamity-like situation’ across the state. He added that teachers and non-teaching staff have been advised to work from home to complete urgent and pending academic tasks. “In keeping with the advice of the chief minister to offer relief to our students in the current situation and to pre-empt accidents, it has been decided to keep all education institutions closed tomorrow and the day after, that is, on September 24 and 25,” he wrote on X.On Tuesday morning, Kolkata woke up to an inundated city after hours of continuous downpour that began late Monday night. Several neighbourhoods—including Lake Market, Rashbehari, Thanthania, Patuli, Santoshpur Avenue, Park Circus, Nagerbazar, and Bosepukur Talbagan—reported waterlogging, with levels rising up to waist height in some places. At least two people lost their lives in rain-related incidents. Pandals in Bosepukur Talbagan were also submerged after nearly five hours of rainfall.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) attributed the rainfall to a low-pressure system over the northeast Bay of Bengal. It has issued a yellow alert across multiple districts, including Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Murshidabad, and Nadia. Warnings of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds remain in place until September 26.In Assam, schools and colleges across the state also remained closed on September 23, 2025, as a mark of respect for singer Zubeen Garg, whose funeral was held on the outskirts of Guwahati. The order applied to both government and private institutions, while government offices in Kamrup district also observed a holiday.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the funeral procession would be simple and dignified, with only a limited number of vehicles accompanying the ambulance carrying Garg’s mortal remains. The state’s Education Department also postponed the half-yearly examinations originally scheduled for September 20, announcing that they would remain on hold until the completion of the cremation.Education Minister Ranoj Pegu confirmed the postponement on social media, directing Inspectors of Schools and District Elementary Education Officers (DEEOs) to reschedule exams in view of Garg’s untimely passing.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd