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Imphal, Feb 1 : The All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) has decried the sudden change of academic calendar of Manipur.

A press release issued by the student body said that for many years student organisations worked hard to maintain academic calendar in the State which has been witnessing bandhs and strikes quite frequently.

It was only in the past 4/5 years that the Education Department and educational institutions of Manipur could maintain some sort of academic calendar.

Asserting that following the new academic calendar would jeopardise of career of many students who wish of pursuing higher studies outside the State, ATSUM appealed to the State Government and Education Department to ponder again on the decision to change the academic calendar in sync with the national calendar.

The academic session/calendar should be ahead of the national calendar/session and those of other states.

It further exhorted all educational institutions in the hill districts to start their session immediately as usual and not wait for announcement of the new academic calendar.