School half-yearly exams in the State to start on December 8

Schedule And Dates

The half-yearly Christmas exams for upper primary up to higher secondary classes in government and aided schools will take place from December 8 to 17. For lower primary classes, the tests are scheduled from December 11 to 17.

Committee Decision

These dates were finalized during a meeting of the Quality Improvement Programme monitoring committee. Director of General Education Arun K. Vijayan chaired the meeting.

Holidays

Schools will host Christmas celebrations on December 18. Classes will close for the Christmas holidays right after the celebrations.

Context

School exam schedules are carefully planned to make sure all tests finish before the winter holiday break begins. Monitoring committees work to set academic calendars so that teachers have enough time to check papers and share results.