Barely a week after the office of the deputy director of education warned schools against flouting RTE rules, which mandates 220 working days at the upper primary level and 200 working days in the primary level, the education department has finally given clear instructions permitting all schools in the state to opt for a five-day working week from the ensuing academic year 2015-2016.

Many schools, worried about being taken to task by the education department were contemplating introducing a change in the school routine.