Telangana announces Dasara holidays: 13 days for schools, 8 days for junior colleges

Schools have been granted a 13-day Dasara holiday till October 3 and they will reopen on October 4. If students skip school on October 4, which is a Saturday, they can extend their vacation by two days and rejoin the classwork on Monday October 6.

Hyderabad: School students and teachers in the State can break for Dasara vacation commencing September 21. The junior colleges, however, will have their holidays a week later from September 28.

Schools have been granted a 13-day Dasara holiday till October 3 and they will reopen on October 4. If students skip school on October 4, which is a Saturday, they can extend their vacation by two days and rejoin the classwork on Monday October 6.

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The junior colleges have got an eight-day holiday, including Sundays, till October 5, with reopening scheduled for October 6. Students will have half-yearly examinations from November 10 to 15.

Prior to vacation, the schools have to conclude their formative assessment (FA) – 2 examinations. After resuming classwork, students have to take summative assessment (SA) – 1 examinations from October 24 to 31.

After evaluation of the answer scripts, SA 1 results will be declared by November 6. Following completion of SA 1, except for teaching there will be no examination in the month of November.