States can have own academic calendar: Min

22.04.2020

Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said states can develop their own academic calendar and assessment schedule and choose when to have their summer break depending on the locally prevalent situation. In an interview to TOI’s Manash Gohain, the minister said CBSE will assess the loss of instructional time due to the lockdown for a proportionate reduction in curriculum load for board exams 2021. He said the number of hits on key online educational portals in higher education has gone up five times since the lockdown. P7