Academic Year

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
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
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
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

Work Load on Teachers

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)