Mumbai schools will remain shut for a little longer as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come out with a circular stating that schools will not open till January 15. With January 16 and 17 being weekends, the civic officials said that it would be further shut for another two days. Last month, the civic commissioner had deferred the reopening of schools till December 31 and with just two days from the last day of the year, the BMC has issued a further extension for schools to remain shut.

The circular also stated that the American and other consulate schools can be reopened after following COVID-19 norms. However, the circular doesn't clarify when the schools should be started. The state education department last month had issued a statement saying that even though the state had approved reopening of schools from November 23, local authorities are free to take their own call and it was following that that the BMC had extended the schools shutdown till December 31 and is now continuing it till January 15.