Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government will take a decision soon on conducting classes on Saturdays for four-year degree courses. This move comes in response to concerns raised by students that regular holidays could affect academic activities. Since the start of the current academic year, seven to eight holidays have been declared in several districts.

Under the current rules, colleges do not have the authority to conduct additional classes to make up for those missed due to sudden holidays.

Students across universities are required to attend a specific number of classes to earn credits, and the unplanned holidays have made it difficult for them to meet this requirement. 'Malayala Manorama' had also highlighted this issue.

Meanwhile, a monitoring committee headed by Kerala University Registrar K S Anil Kumar which is tasked with ensuring the smooth conduct of the four-year degree courses also discussed the problem faced by students.