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S Suresh Kumar, Primary and Secondary Education Minister of Karnataka State, announced that the current academic session will be extended till May for all classes and the academic year will be starting from July month.

Kumar said, "We already announced SSLC exams will not be held before May end. So the academic year will continue till then. Some learning must happen before students take exams". He further said, "We are open to involving all children in some academic activity or other. Students in private schools, who are more privileged, must be viewed differently from those in government schools. The government's role is to promote a mechanism where every child gets the right to an education".

The evaluation for all the classes will be done at the school level, excluding Class 10 which will be based on the concept of comprehensive and continuous assessment.

The Minister also informed that the decision to reopen preschools and daycare centres will be taken by the Women and Child Welfare Department.