DANG: The government schools in Dang district have announced that there would be regular classes to the students during the Dashain and Tihar vacation this year.

The District Education Office, Dang, said that there would be regular classes during the festive season as the regular classes of the students were hampered in the past due to agitations and strikes called by the political parties and different sides.

Earlier, the academic institutions in the district remained close for almost a month.

District Education Officer Prahlad Aryal said that the schools have not become able to carry on the courses and the academic institutions would remain open after Dashain and before Tihar.

The Office is also planning to write to the schools for the same. A total of 119,000 students are enrolled in 423 community schools in Dang.