# Bihar schools closed, Jharkhand open on Children’s Day 14 November 2026-11-12T02:53:00+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Bihar government and aided schools will remain closed on Saturday, 14 November, falling within a Diwali-to-Chhath Puja break that runs from 7 November to 17 November. Students resume on 18 November. Private schools in the state may follow their own schedules. In Jharkhand, the 2026 holiday calendar for government, aided and minority schools does not list 14 November as a holiday. Schools are likely to run Children's Day programmes. Only 16 November (the morning offering for Chhath Puja) and Sunday, 15 November are marked as holidays. Local district orders or private school calendars may differ. Children's Day commemorates the birthday of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and is not a mandatory nationwide school holiday. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The holiday calendars confirm that 14 November falls within Bihar's 7 to 17 November break for government and aided schools, making it a de facto holiday statewide. Jharkhand's official calendar lists no holiday on 14 November, meaning government schools will hold Children's Day programmes that day. The discrepancy leaves parents and students to check individual school notices, especially for private institutions that follow their own schedules. The Bihar education department's closure runs from Diwali through Chhath Puja, while Jharkhand's holiday on 16 November is only for Chhath Puja. No further state-level orders affecting 14 November have been issued in either state. ## Coverage - prabhatkhabar.com Leads with festival holidays, not Children's Day status This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bihar, Bihar Education Department, Chhath Puja, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jharkhand Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bihar-schools-closed-jharkhand-open-on-childrens-day-14-november/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bihar-schools-closed-jharkhand-open-on-childrens-day-14-november/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/