SEHORE: Youth leader Shashank Saxena, in a press statement, has urged the district collector and district education officer to change the timings of schools in view of the searing heat. He said that most of the schools in the district close at 2 pm. That is the time when the temperature is at its peak. He has said that the schools should be closed at 12 noon so that the students do not have to face the hot sun while returning from schools. He has also requested the principals and managements of private schools to change the timings on their own without waiting for instructions from the authorities.