New Delhi: In view of the prevailing heat wave in the capital, the Delhi government on Sunday extended the summer vacation of city schools by one more week.

All government schools and majority of private schools were scheduled to reopen tomorrow but now they will reopen on July 9.

"We have decided to extend the summer vacation by one week and schools will reopen on July 9 instead of tomorrow," Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said.

The vacations had started on May 12.