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State govts to decide on early summer vacations to maintain academic calendar

India Today Web Desk | New Delhi | April 22, 2020

Many schools that were closed due to lockdown are thinking of starting summer vacation early this year to keep up with the academic calendar. The announcement for the same will not be done by CBSE or Ministry of Human Resource Development. This is a regional matter and only State Governments can take a call on when to start the school summer vacations.

Parents have reached to CBSE and MHRD to seek information regarding the summer vacations in school. Officials have confirmed that all schools will be required to follow the instructions of the State Governments in regards to the holidays. This applies to all the CBSE schools as well.

NCERT started revising the syllabus

In the last update, MHRD and CBSE officials have confirmed that NCERT is already revising the current academic year’s syllabus to accommodate for the lost time. On the other hand, online classes have initiated all over the country to keep up with the studies.

Difficulties in online classes

MHRD and state departments are aware of the practical difficulties. Experts have also agreed that the lost time would make it difficult to manage the entire syllabus, even as the situation remains in flux.

As of now, only Punjab has preponed the summer vacations for the schools. Apart from that, Rajasthan University and Mumbai University have also declared summer vacations. No order for schools has been given out as yet.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/