MUMBAI: With Diwali vacations curtailed for an all-India national survey of school students on November 12, the state school education department has said that the balance holidays can be taken after the survey or adjusted in the Christmas or summer vacations.
The state curtailed the Diwali vacations till November 10, instead of the earlier November 21. Schools have to reopen on November 11. The NAS test is for students of classes 3,5,8 and 10.
The survey is being carried out by the centre to study the impact of online education. As selected schools have to ready their students for the survey, all schools have been told to reopen.
