Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Aug 15: With students missing out classes due to rain holidays, the department of Public Instruction may cut short Dasara vacation to help school’s complete the syllabus.

As of August 14, the Dakshina Kannada district administration has announced eight rain holidays this year as a precautionary measure. Meanwhile, some taluks such as Beltangady, Puttur and Sullia apart from the eight rain holidays have declared holidays independently to schools depending on the rain situation in their respective taluk.

“There are chances that holidays may be further declared if rains increase. The department is mulling to cut 15 days of the Dasara vacation to make up for the lost classes. There is a provision in clause number 4 as per the Department of Public Instruction’s holiday notification. It says DDPI has the power to cancel holidays to balance normal working days in case of bundh or any other reason,” said DK DDPI Y Shivaramaiah to media.

The DDPI further states that every school operates for 240 days in an academic year and has to compulsorily operate for 220 days. Hence, vacations are likely to be cut and extra classes may also be held on Saturdays if need arises, he said.

Meanwhile, the Pre-University Education department are also discussing on whether to cut vacations or organize special classes.