India, Aug. 8 -- A last-minute change in festive holidays has forced government and government-aided schools to rejig the exam schedule of the Progressive Assessment Test (PAT), causing frustration among students, teachers and school staff.

Confusion arose on Thursday after the state Education Department issued a circular, informing schools that the state government had declared a holiday for Narali Pournima on Friday, August 8, and another for Gauri Visarjan, on September 2, while cancelling the holidays previously scheduled for Dahi Handi on August 16 and Anant Chaturdashi on September 6.

This unexpected switch has disrupted the ongoing Progressive Assessment Test (PAT) conducted by the Education Department from August 6 to 8. The Eng...