Maharashtra to start its academic year online for schools from June 15

The academic year for students studying in Maharashtra schools will begin online from June 15, 2020. Read below to know more

The School Education Department of Maharashtra has announced that it has decided to begin the academic year in state schools from June 15, 2020. However, the schools will be conducting the classes online. 

The decision has been taken in order to avoid any further delay in starting the academic year and to minimize the educational loss of the students during the ongoing lockdown period. In mid-March, schools, colleges, and other educational institutions around the country were shut down due to coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent Pan-India Lockdown.

Education Commissioner Vishal Solanki while speaking to a media house said that “We are starting the academic year from June 15. We will try to reach out to children digitally and study them. The transportation of textbooks is permitted. Therefore, we are trying to distribute as many textbooks as possible before June 15.”

The starting of the digital academic year would mean that students can start with their studies from June 15, 2020.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that they have not decided the date to re-open schools, colleges, and educational institutions across India. Further, the ministry has also tweeted regarding the fuss going around about the re-opening of schools among students.

With the number of cases of coronavirus increasing in the country, it is still not clear that when the academic session will begin in various schools, colleges, and educational institutions. India reported 6,535 coronavirus cases and 146 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,45,380 and the total number of death to 4,041.

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