<p>Soaring temperatures in some parts of Karnataka will not have any impact on the academic schedule of schools and pre-university colleges, Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh said on Thursday. </p>.<p>Some members of the Legislative Council have asked the Department of Public Instruction to consider postponing the start of the academic year in view of the rising mercury in northern<br />Karnataka.</p>.<p>“There is no such proposal before the government,” Nagesh clarified at a press conference, saying,”Classes for 2022-23 will start as per schedule on May 16. There will be no change in that.”</p>.<p>“The government has not received any requests to delay the start of the academic year. The meteorological department has not made any forecast about rise in temperatures. A decision to revise the academic calendar may be taken by those taluks where there is any such forecast,” he said.</p>.<p>The department has cut short the summer holidays by 15 days to make up for the loss in learning levels in the last two years due to the pandemic. </p>
<p>Soaring temperatures in some parts of Karnataka will not have any impact on the academic schedule of schools and pre-university colleges, Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh said on Thursday. </p>.<p>Some members of the Legislative Council have asked the Department of Public Instruction to consider postponing the start of the academic year in view of the rising mercury in northern<br />Karnataka.</p>.<p>“There is no such proposal before the government,” Nagesh clarified at a press conference, saying,”Classes for 2022-23 will start as per schedule on May 16. There will be no change in that.”</p>.<p>“The government has not received any requests to delay the start of the academic year. The meteorological department has not made any forecast about rise in temperatures. A decision to revise the academic calendar may be taken by those taluks where there is any such forecast,” he said.</p>.<p>The department has cut short the summer holidays by 15 days to make up for the loss in learning levels in the last two years due to the pandemic. </p>