Academic Term - India

India

In elementary and high schools, the school year is usually from June to March, while in Universities it is from August to April. There is a mid–year break during summer, usually from the end of May to the start of July in Universities and in elementary and high schools, the vacations range from the beginning of April and lasts up to the end of May. There is also a winter vacation of 2 weeks at the end of the year. However, in the southern states like Karnataka there will be two breaks, one for Dasara in September/October for 15 days and another for Christmas in December which ranges from 7–15 days. A semester system is being implemented in most of the Universities in India as directed by the University Grants Commission.

Kerala University, MG University and Sri Sankara University have reached a consensus and the other universities are also likely to introduce credit based semester system in Kerala. Delhi University also introduced this system. Credit based trimester system is chosen by Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Andhrapradesh.'RGUKT also known as APIIIT.

For Indian administered Kashmir, the school year usually begins in mid-October or the start of November. There are two vacations in a year, Winter holidays last from the start of December till the first of March. A summer vacation usually lasts two weeks from mid-July to the end of July, the dates do vary. For schools, students move from old to the new academic year immediately after the exams for the previous year is over with a small break of a week for compilation of results.