The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday wrote to the principals of its affiliated schools about the commencement of the new academic year from April with the plan to hold in-person lessons for students of Classes IX to XII and the conduct of assessment for Classes IX and XI. Academic activists of students of Classes IX to XII will come back to regular face to face mode in schools affiliated with Central Board of Secondary School (CBSE) from coming academic year, if the advice by national board is accepted by states. “It would be appropriate to start academic session 2021-2022 from 1st April, 2021, to the extent feasible subject to the instructions of the state governments,” said the CBSE letter.