Reopening of schools for classes 1 to 8 in Pondy put off

puducherry: puducherry education minister a namassivayam on sunday announced that the reopening of schools, both government and privately managed, has been put off in view of incessant rains in the union territory.        he said in a release after holding discussions with the officials of department of education that the incessant rains is the immediate reason to put off the date of reopening of schools for classes 1 to 8.              the government would soon announce the fresh date to reopen the schools for these classes.      namassivayam said holiday has been declared for classes 9 to 12 on november 8 and 9.       the government had announced a few days ago that all schools would resume classes for students of 1 to 8 tomorrow. but the incessant rain has necessitated the postponement of the reopening date.      "fresh date would be decided and announced soon," he said in the release.