The General Education department has published the timetable for the first-term examinations. The timetable will be applicable to schools following the Muslim calendar too.

A meeting of the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) monitoring committee, presided over by the Director of General Education, decided to conduct the examinations from August 18 to August 29.

The examinations for Classes I to IV will begin only on August 20. The examinations for the remaining Classes till Class X will be held from August 18 to 26, while those for the higher secondary classes will be held from August 18 to 29.

After the examinations, Onam celebrations will be held in all schools on August 29. The schools will close for Onam holidays the same day.

There will be no exam in Kasaragod district on August 27 on account of Ganeshotsavam. The examination scheduled for that day will be held on August 29.