PANAJI
The academic year 2024-25 for students of Class I to X and XII will begin from June 4 and will conclude on April 30, next year. The summer vacation will begin from May 1, this year and go up to June 3.
Director of Education Shailesh Zingade on Wednesday issued the academic calendar detailing out the terms and vacation breaks for the upcoming term.
The first term will be held from June 4 to October 26, while the second term is scheduled between November 18 to April 30, 2025.
The Directorate of Education (DoE) has asked schools to ensure that the First Summative or Terminal Examination ends before October 26, and the Second Summative exams to be held preferably before April 5, 2025. The schools have to ensure that the final results are not declared before April 29, next year.
The Ganesh Chaturthi break is notified from September 6 to 12 while the Diwali vacation is from October 28 to November 16. The Christmas holidays are between December 24 and January 2, 2025.
Further, the heads of schools are directed to declare 10 discretionary holidays, out of which four would be declared on September 9 to 12 for Ganesh Chaturthi and remaining six days are to be declared in consultation with Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) or Village Education Committees.
The total number of working days including examination days for the teachers will be not less than 220 days, while the instructional days will not be below 200 in the academic year.
The department has also said that the school instructional hours should not be less than five hours 30 minutes per day, exclusive of school recess.
