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Private School open despite government order.

GNS JAMMU  : Despite Jammu and Kashmir government''s order to keep schools closed in the valley due to the ongoing cold wave, several institutes have been functioning saying the decision was issued at a short notice.The state government earlier this week asked to close down schools in view of cold wave.However, private schools said that they were forced keep the institutes open as the government had issued the orders at a very short notice."The students are going to be home for the next three months and we had not even assigned them the syllabus to be covered during this period. We will close our school from next week after completing this exercise," Farooq Ahmad, a teacher at a private school here, said.The government while ordering closure of schools upto VIII class on November 29 had warned of strict action against those who failed to comply with the orders.In order to make up for the academic loss during the summer unrest last year, the state governm