A 21-day long Diwali vacation this year in higher education: Gujarat govt

Gandhinagar: State Education Minister Jitubhai Vaghani today declared a 21-day Diwali vacation this year instead of a 13-day Diwali vacation which was effective during last two years.

Vaghani in a tweet made announcement that: Various association in the domain of higher education had made representation that as Diwali is the biggest family festival for Hindu dharma, the Diwali vacation should be 21-day long instead of 13-day and required announcement should be made. In response to this representation, Diwali vacation will be 21-day long instead of 13-day which was the practice for last two years. DeshGujarat