Chandigarh, Sept. 8 -- :All educational institutions, including schools, colleges, universities, polytechnic institutes and ITIs in Punjab, will reopen from September 8, though classes in government schools will resume a day later, education minister Harjot Singh Bains announced on Sunday.

Bains also authorised deputy commissioners to decide on closure of such institutions in the areas which remained inundated or are severely affected by floods. The government had ordered closures of all educational institutions till September 7 due to the state's worst floods in nearly four decades. He said that private schools can reopen on September 8 for both teachers and students, contingent on ensuring building and classroom safety by the school ma...