new delhi union education minister ramesh pokhriyal nishank on monday launched the alternative academic calendar aac for the next 8 weeks for the secondary stagelaunched the alternative academic calendar aac for the next 8 weeks for the secondary stage today alternative academic calendar for 12 weeks for primary upper primary stages and aac for secondary higher secondary stages for 4 weeks had already been released minister tweeted he also said that the calendar contains detailed guidelines for teachers on the use of technology and social media tools to impart education while the students are at home the calendar further aims to empower our students teachers school principals and parents with positive ways to deal with covid19 via online teachinglearning resources and achieve the best possible learning outcomes he added the alternative academic calendar for the secondary stage can be obtained from the link provided below direct link alternative academic calendar for the secondary stage