India, Dec. 14 -- With Stage-IV actions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) being enforced in Delhi Saturday, classes for students up to Class 9, and Class 11 will be moved to the hybrid mode.

According to a circular by the Delhi Directorate of Education, all schools were directed to also conduct classes for the above Grades online, in light of the deteriorating air quality in the national capital.

This comes after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) invoked GRAP 4 in Delhi with immediate effect, as the air quality index (AQI) in the Capital slipped to the 'severe' category.

The DDE circular, dated December 13, states that "all Heads of Schools of Government, Government Aided, Unaided Recognized Private Schools of...