INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: SSC exams will be conducted from May 17 to 26, according to the education department which released the academic calendar for the
year 2020-21 here on Saturday.Schools will reopen for Classes IX and X on February 1 and will have 89 working days with the last working day
During this time they are expected to cover, or revise, 70 per cent of the syllabus, which will be the portion of the board exams
completed by March 15 and FA2 by April 15
The summative assessment will be done from May 7 to 13.Students will have project work and assignments comprising 30 per cent of the
syllabus to be completed at home under the guidance of teachers and parents
This syllabus will not be part of internal assessments and year-end summative assessment/board examinations
The remaining 70 per cent syllabus will be taught in schools and online.The schools will operate from 9.30 am to 4.45 pm in other districts,
while in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the timings will be from 8.45 am to 4 pm
including 115 days from September 1, 2020, to January 30, 2021 (online/digital classes) and 89 days from February 1 to May 26 (offline and
online classes) have been calculated by the department for the academic year.Attendance will not be mandatory at school, which will seek
written consent from parents
Students willing to study from home with the consent of the parent may be allowed to do so, the academic calendar said.According to the
been directed to organise regular health check-up of students
The headmasters need to keep phone numbers of the nearest primary health centre or any reliable medical facility, which can be contacted in
case of medical emergency
symptoms (of Covid-19), the parents should be contacted and transport should be arranged to send the child back to their residence with a
examination by limiting the syllabus to 50 per cent instead of the 30 per cent that has been announced
They said that the government should provide study material in the form of video lessons, exercises and Q-A type worksheets to the students.
