The Academic Year for all NWAC affiliated/accredited schools in India subscribing to American High School Diploma Program curriculum shall be from 1st July of a particular calendar year to 30th June of the next calendar year
Number of working days/instructional hours in an academic year
Working Days and Instructional hours per year for students
Grade I-V (PLP) | 200 (two hundred) working days and 6 academic hours per working day totaling to 1200 (twelve hundred) academic hours per academic year for first to fifth grade |
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Grade VI-VIII (MLP) | 200 (two hundred) working days and 6 academic hours per working day totaling to 1200 (twelve hundred) academic hours per academic year for sixth to eighth grade |
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Grade IX-X (SLP) | 240 (two hundred and forty) working days and 7 academic hours per working day totaling to 1680 (sixteen hundred and eighty) academic hours per academic year for ninth and tenth grade |
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GradeXI-XII (HSLP) | 240 (two hundred and forty) working days and 7 academic hours per working day totaling to 1680 (sixteen hundred and eighty) academic hours per academic year for eleventh and twelfth grade |
The minimum number of working hours per week for the teacher should be 45 (forty-five). This includes both teaching and preparation time (RTE Act 2009)