PATNA: Bihar education department has courted controversy after it scrapped holidays for festivals like Rakshabandhan and Janmashtami and curtailed holidays for Diwali, Chhath and Durga Puja but instead increased number of holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid). In an unprecedented move, the education department’s annual calendar for Standard I to Standard XII. Earlier, the district administration was responsible for declaring holidays for election schools while the secondary school directorate was authorised to declare holidays for secondary and higher secondary schools. As per the order issued by the education department, there will be summer vacation for school students from April 15 to May 15. During the summer vacation, teachers and non-teaching staff will be attending their duties at schools like other…
