THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the completion of the Christmas exams tomorrow, government schools will close for vacation starting December 21. Schools closing on the 21st will reopen after the break on December 30. For LP (Lower Primary), UP (Upper Primary), and High School sections, the exams that began on December 11 will conclude on December 19. School exams will officially finish on the 20th, and the vacation will begin on the 21st. The General Education Department had advised that if a holiday is declared between December 11th and 19th, then the examinations that are supposed to be conducted on that day should be held on the 20th instead.
Decisions regarding holiday schedules had been announced earlier. Students did not receive the usual ten-day break for the Onam vacation this year. Similarly, for Christmas, students are being given only nine days of vacation. Schools closing on the 20th will reopen on December 30.