The Ministry of Education has cut summer vacation short by a week for Primary and Secondary level educational institutions as those education institutions are set to reopen on June 26.
The minister also retained the weekly holiday on Saturdays, alongside Fridays. Abul Khayer, Information and Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education said, the institutions were supposed to reopen on July 2v after the ongoing summer vacation ends,.
Explaining the decision, the ministry said annual teaching days have decreased significantly this year, and they would be reduced further if Saturdays remain a weekly holiday.
Though the ministry eventually retained the day off on Saturdays, it cut down the summer vacation by one week.
