Ministry of Education, on Thursday, announced its decision to kick off the new academic year on August 10, 2021, after extending the first semester of 2020 till December over various disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although the 2020 academic year began on January 12 with its first semester to conclude in May, the newly revised calendar by the ministry noted the extension until December 3, followed by the beginning of the second semester on January 10.