# WBBSE publishes West Bengal school holiday list for November 2026 2026-11-05T00:21:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has released the model holiday calendar for November 2026, showing an extended Puja vacation running until 12 November. Major festival dates include Kali Puja and Diwali on Sunday, 8 November, with additional holidays on 9 and 10 November. Bhatridwitiya (Bhai Dooj) is observed on 11 November, followed by a holiday on 12 November. Chhath Puja falls on 15 November with an extra holiday on 16 November, and Guru Nanak Jayanti is on 24 November. Other states have also announced Diwali breaks: Rajasthan schools are closed from 4 to 15 November, Bihar from 7 to 17 November. In Delhi, schools will be closed on 11 November for Bhai Dooj besides the Diwali Sunday. Uttar Pradesh observes holidays on 8, 9 and 11 November. Private schools and institutions following CBSE or ICSE calendars may have separate schedules, students are advised to confirm with their schools. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets present the November 2026 school holiday schedules as straightforward factual listings drawn from state education board calendars. Jagran Josh and News24Online both report West Bengal's extended Puja vacation until 12 November, while India TV provides a concise state-by-state rundown without the deeper calendar detail. The uniform straight-reporting leaves no partisan framing to contrast, the coverage is identical in its neutral, service-journalism approach to informing parents and students. The consolidated picture shows Diwali falling on Sunday, 8 November, prompting extended breaks in states such as Rajasthan and Bihar, while others like Delhi limit closures to the weekday following the festival. Readers comparing the three lists will find no conflict, the key variation is simply how many states each source chose to include. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - jagranjosh.com (neutral report) Purely factual calendar listing, no slant - indiatvnews.com (neutral report) State-wise table with no editorial commentary - news24online.com (neutral report) Service-journalism schedule, no framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Chhath Puja, Diwali, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Kali Puja, WBBSE, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/wbbse-publishes-west-bengal-school-holiday-list-for-november-2026/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/wbbse-publishes-west-bengal-school-holiday-list-for-november-2026/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports 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. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/