School half-yearly exams in Keralam from December 8

Thiruvananthapuram The half-yearly (Christmas) examinations for students from upper primary to higher secondary classes in government and aided schools in the State will be held from December 8 to 17. The examinations for lower primary classes will be held from December 11 to 17.

This was decided at a meeting of the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) monitoring committee that was presided over by Director of General Education Arun K. Vijayan.

Christmas celebrations will be held in schools from December 18, following which schools will close for the Christmas holidays. Schools will reopen on December 28.