Academic session of schools in Assam from 1 April to 31 March: Himanta

June 29: Due to Covid -19 pandemic educational Institutions are closed from 15 March, 2020. In order to compensate the loss of academic days, after due consultation with stake holders,Cabinet has decided to revise the Academic session of schools from 1 April, 2020 to 31 March, 2021. This was informed in a tweet on Monday by State Education Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The state Education Minister further stated that, “The Academic session of the current academic session shall be upto 31st March 2021. The Academic Calendar of each class shall be decided by the concerning academic authorities after proper consultation keeping in view the local climate and other factors.” It needs mention here that earlier, the academic session in the schools under state government used to begin from 1 January and continue till 31 December. However, change was effected to it this year due to the ongoing pandemic.