Academic new year to start in August every year

Students wear masks they attend classes under "new normal" guidelines on July 1, 2020. (Sun Photo/Fayaz Moosa)

The academic new year will officially be started in August of every year, the Education Ministry has stated.

The Ministry said that in relation to the changes, every academic new year will start in August and that the academic year-end holidays will be at the end of June or July.