The decision has been taken considering the interest of students and helping them to catch up with their studies as schools were closed due to COVID-19.
Odisha government reduces schools' summer vacation to 10 days
Odisha government has announced that it has decided to reduce the summer vacations in schools from 50 days to only 10 days. The decision has been taken considering the interest of students and helping them to catch up with their studies as schools were closed due to COVID-19.
“The summer vacation will be curtailed and allowed for a brief period from June 6 to June 16, 2022,” a notification issued by the School and Mass Education department said. The summer vacation in schools which used to be for 50 days will now be for 10 days, an official said, adding that the teaching hours will be from 6 am to 9 am from May 1 to June 5, keeping in view the summer heat.
For the last two years, schools across the state have been kept closed due to COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown imposed to curtail it. Students were also promoted to the next class without appearing in the examinations. Though the schools were holding online classes, they could hardly reach all students, the rural school students could not take benefit.
Considering all these factors, the government had drawn up a strategy to help the students, who missed out on studies in previous years, to catch up with previous years’ courses, sources said. The notification also stated that the class promotion for the students from Class 1 to 8 will be made by April 20. New Admission/Re-admission for Class 1 to 9 may be done from April 20 to April 30.
As per the New Assessment Policy introduced by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, Class 9 students will have to appear in Summative Assessment-II Examination. However, the conduct of SA-II and declaration of results for students of Class 9 and promotion to Class 10 must be completed by May 10, the notification said.
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