THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Education Minister V Sivankutty said that the annual examination for standard one to nine will be held from March 23 to April 2. SSLC exam will start on March 31 and end on April 29.

Schools will be closed in April and May for summer vacation. The Plus One exams will be held from June 2 to 18 after the vacation. Plus Two exams will start on March 30 and end on April 22.

Schools will reopen on June 1. Cleaning work will begin on May 15, ahead of the school's opening. The minister said that training programme for teachers would be held in May and the academic calendar for next year would be published in the same month.