MANGALORE, Sep 8 (The Hindu): The Department of Public Instruction (DDPI) has advanced the mid-term holidays for primary and high school students in Dakshina Kannada on a direction from J. Krishna Palemar, Minister in-charge of the district.
Accordingly, the vacation will be from September 19 to October 4. Earlier, the holidays were stated to be from October 3 to October 19.
C. Chame Gowda, DDPI, Dakshina Kannada, said in a release that the department had sent a circular to primary and high schools to conduct their first semester examinations between October 12 and 16.
The mid-term vacation had been advanced to enable students celebrate Dasara festivities, which begin from September 19 in the district, the release said.