PANAJI
In what is being seen as a major academic overhaul, schools in Goa are set to commence 2025-26 academic classes for Std VI to X and XII from April 7, with a month-long summer vacation due in May.
As against its traditional schedule of June to April, this year, the academic year for Class VI to X and Class XII will commence from April and end in March, while for the students of Class I to V and Class XI, the term will start from June 4, 2025 and end in March, next year.
Considering the weather conditions, in April the classes will be conducted up to 11.30 am. Heat wave like conditions has been issued for Goa till April 9. The summer break is scheduled for a period of 5 weeks start from May 1.
All the middle, secondary and higher secondary schools, within the jurisdiction of Goa Board, have already issued necessary directions to the students with regards to commencement of classes from April 7.
This transition aligned with National Education Policy (NEP) is expected to facilitate timely completion of the curriculum and so also to meet the 220 instructional hours.
The first term will be held from April 7 to October 15 while the second term will be from November 4 to March 24, 2026.
The Ganesh Chaturthi holidays will be from August 26 to September 1 while Diwali break would be from October 16 to November 3. The annual Christmas vacation will be from December 24 to January 2.
The DoE has asked schools to ensure that the First Summative or Terminal examination will have to end by October 7 and the Second Summative exams to be held preferably before March 13, 2026.
