The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) has announced that the summer vacation in schools will be from May 18 to May 31.
In a bid to reopen the schools after the lockdown ends, the board has proposed that the summer vacation be of two weeks.
The board has directed all the government schools and all the private schools affiliated to it, in Himachal Pradesh, to adhere to these instructions.
The letter to the heads of institutions of privately managed schools says, “As per the decision of the Director, Higher Education, Himachal Pradesh ... dated May 16 that there will be vacation of two weeks with effect from. May 18 to 31, in all government schools all over the state...in all privately managed schools affiliated with this board all over the state.”
All the educational institutions had been ordered to shut down to combat COVID-19.
The country has been under lockdown since March 25 to contain the coronavirus spread. The lockdown has been extended fourth time till May 17.
