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Modi govt wants CBSE, NCERT, colleges to revise academic calendar due to Covid-19 lockdown

Entrance exam schedule to be revised. HRD ministry also looking at considering lockdown as vacation period for schools and start new session once situation is normal.

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New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has decided to revise the academic calendar for schools and colleges following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a 21-day lockdown from Tuesday midnight to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

The HRD ministry late Tuesday sent a circular to all the states and autonomous bodies such as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), asking them to work on an alternate academic calendar.

B.V.R.C. Purushottam, Private Secretary to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, confirmed this. “On the orders of the minister, we sent a circular to all the states and autonomous bodies last night. It was based on the orders of the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs),” he said. “Autonomous bodies and NCERT have been asked to draft alternate academic calendars.”


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The academic calendar

Schools affiliated to the CBSE traditionally begin their new sessions in the first week of April and then break for summer vacations in May or June depending on different schools and classes. The session then resumes between July and August. Many state boards also follow a similar calendar of completing exams before April, and declaring vacations from May before restarting in July.

This pattern, however, will have to be changed this year as schools cannot reopen in the first week of April due to the lockdown.

As far as higher education institutions are concerned, most institutes ensure a break in May, after finishing exams by April. The new session begins between late July and early August.

Sources in the government said discussions are on to consider the lockdown as a vacation period for schools and start the new session once the situation returns to normal. The modalities of the arrangement are still being worked out.


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Entrance exam schedule to be revised

The government has also asked CBSE, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), and the National Testing Agency (NTA) to work on a revised schedule of entrance exams.

As of now, only the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) has been rescheduled, but no new date has not been announced. There has been no decision on the rescheduling of the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET), for medical colleges in the country, even though the admit cards are to be out by 27 March.

The order sent to the states and autonomous bodies also said the MHRD and all its autonomous bodies will remain closed for three weeks, but officers would work from home.

“In compliance of the order dated 24.3.2020 issued by MHA, all offices of MHRD and its autonomous institutions and subordinate offices shall remain closed for a period of three weeks. However, all officers and staff shall be working from home as per the said order,” the order sent to states and autonomous bodies read.


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85 COMMENTS

  1. Will the 2021 session of 10 and 12 be cancelled amidst the growing numbers of the coronavirus cases?.
    Cause it’s really necessary life is important than school’s online classes,and their” Holiday homeworks”!.
    The cbse should probably cancel 20-21 session.
    It’s good for all.

  2. I want to know that whether the session will restart in july or will be resumed , because there are many students who can’t clear their doubts in online classes

  3. Promoting 9th and 11th students
    of CBSE is not advisable. We must see that teachers are definitely working out for the betterment of students from their homes through remedial teaching online.

  4. I request you to all HRD ministers, education ministers and also CBSE that I’m the student of class 12 of Prince Public School and I have a problem regarding online classes .Due to lockdown all schools has been started online classes but in my school the syllabus is running very fast as the teachers has completed the 12 chapters in 14 Zoom meeting class and we are not able to manage this situation please take some initiative action regarding this situation.

  5. I request to the cbse that many teachers who are going to out of station for board copy checking/ evaluation work far from his home town or schools they will Face a lot PROBLEM related to staying and food. In this pendamic situation. Therefore I request you give order to schools to arrange local teachers for this work OR make model centers to extra places so Teachers can do the work efficiently and without fear of CORONA VIRUS which can affect their lives from Hotels and travel from Train.

  6. Abe jo final year pe hai, last sem ka exams unlogo ka kya? Koi bolega kuch? What will happen those final year undergraduate students? Will they get a degree? Will they be allowed to sit for exams? Because in an exam hall anyhow social distancing is maintained, so i guess exams can be conducted atleast

  7. Please stop online education in schools till things come back to normal. All schools do not have equal infrastructure to support online classes. All school students may not have proper access to the online classes and class materials. Some schools are showing off their online class skills while other schools are struggling and forcing extra work to get study materials available online. It is going to create lot of inequality in the education system. Please stop the online mode of school education as India is not yet 100% efficient in it.

    • Yes agreed with this. It is also putting undue pressure on children to cope up with sudden bombardment of online teaching and parents also suffering due to this

    • Yes I totally agree not every school is taking online classes and those who are taking they do it for such long hours that continuously looking at the screen harms our eyes and affects our brain in a way students are not even taking the classes seriously they are not effecctive at all.

    • I also agree with this as it is creating a lot of pressure on students . Teachers are not cooperating with students and they are just not able to study from these online classes.

  8. Air with humble request most of the teachers are staying away from home town and they are unable to come back to meet their children’s,parents because of lockdown so please don’t consider lockdown period as summer vaccation.

  9. What about seba . Cbse is only not the one in this lockdown seba is there too. Plz I request that the government should think about seba too not only cbse because seba is in trouble too. We have lost almost our mid term exams.

  10. I want to ask something , according to the weather culture we have summer holidays due to hot and unbearable weather in may month. Cities like Chandrapur, Nagpur temperature goes beyond the 45 degrees in May month . So what about this, how the children will attend and tolerate this much hot weather. Please think about it.

  11. Class 9 and 11 students should be prompted because they have to face board examination next year.They have to prepare for board examination and competitive exams during the locked down period.Take decision as quick as possible.

  12. When will the CBSE 12th exam to be resumed? Presently we are under 21days lockdown… if this pandemic situation needs further extension of this lockdown for our own well being , then for how long can the board students wait for the remaining exams. Then the students should atleast secure an average marks on the basis of the subjects till the exams have been conducted before lockdown. At least student of the pandemic year could be considered. If possible cbse should look into it.

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