Kathmandu, Sept. 21 -- As the academic year has been cut short with schools unable to run classes since the country went into the lockdown on March 24, the government has reduced the prescribed study hours and curriculum at the school level for the current academic session by around 30 percent with an aim to wrap up the current academic session by April.

Students from grade 1 to 3 will have 690 hours of classes in total while students from grades 4 to 10 will be 848 hours, according to the Curriculum Adjustment Framework prepared by the Curriculum Development Centre.

As per government rules, at least 1,024 hours of classes need to be conducted in 190 days per academic year under normal circumstances.

"The curriculum was adjusted by the...