School academic calendar changed.
AP government has decided to change the annual calendar to run from August to July 31 . Already the government has issued directions to promote Classes 1 to IX without conducting final examinations .
With the Covid - 19 pandem , ic and the prolonged national lockdown , the entire academic calendar is going to be changed in Andhra Pradesh .
All these decades , the annual academic calendar was conducted from June 12 of one year to June 11 of the following year . Now it will be from August to July with more reforms in the examination pattern . As schools have lost almost two months of the academic calendar , The government has suspended the Class Xexaminations till normalcy is restored . In fact , a similar system was followed till 1995 . Later , the government modified the examination rule and fixed 35 per cent as the pass mark in each subject for promotion to the next class . All these years , the gove ernment has required passing Class Xas a pre requisite for jobs in gov ernment services . But with these changes , the govern ment is planning to intro duce Intermediate as the minimum qualification for entry into any level of gov ernment job . The govern . ment is also framing new guidelines by abolishing the existing unit tests ( con ducted four times a year ) and introducing two - level pre - examinations followed by final examinations . With the new academic calendar there will be changes in the summer holidays and Pongal and Dasara holidays . The gove ernment is framing guide lines to limit the Dasara holidays to three days and Pongal holidays to five days . However , in view of the summer heat , holidays will be for May only , said a senior official in AP Education Department . The official also said that the present unit examinations will be abolished and the plan is to introduce two - level of examinations
QUARTERLY MARKS TO BE CONSIDERED
The Q - 1 and Q - 2 examina tion marks will also be con sidered to give moderation in the final examination marks . All these are under active consideration . Once the lockdown is lifted and observing the situation , the final draft will be pre pared with the Chief Minister ' s approval , the official added .
- Dasara & Pongal holi days will be limited . . Summer holidays only in May
- No unit tests . Two Level Examinations will be introduced . The performance of the students in theQ - 1 & Q - 2 examinations will be added moderation in the final examinations .
- Intermediate will be minimum qualification instead of class 10 . AP Govt pre - draft plan is ready for CM'S approval.
- Class 10 examina tions are expected from May 25 onwards with out halts .