TheUttarakhandEducation department has decided to allow government schools to call primary students along with secondary students on Saturdays to make up for the time lost in the current academic year. The decision has been taken in view of the “stable Covid-19 situation” in the hill state.
The education department, meanwhile, has released its annual holiday calendar for the next academic year. The state-run schools will operate for 244 days in winter prone areas while those located in summer prone areas like the plains, will operate for 243 days.
Though, the calendar for 2022 shows that schools will remain closed on Saturday. The principals will have the right to declare upto three holidays in the year for their respective schools. But, they will need to provide prior information to the concerned block education officer.
These three leaves will be counted as “discretionary leaves”. The same right for discretionary leaves have been given to all district magistrates.