A political row erupted after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government decided to slash the holidays for the State’s schools on the occasion of Hindu festivals while increasing them for Muslim festivals in the recently issued holiday calendar for the year 2024.
The Bihar education department had on Monday issued the holiday calendar for 2024 with fewer leaves, and said the chart has been created to ensure at least 220 teaching days under the Right to Education.
The State government announced that it will be removing the holidays for Janmashtami, Rakshabandhan, Ramnavami, Shivratri, Teej, Vasant Panchami and Jivitputrika holidays while giving three days holidays each for Eid and Bakrid, and two for Muharram. However, the number of summer vacation days have been increased from 20 to 30.
