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ALLAHABAD: The government primary schools and upper primary schools, running separately in same premises, would be merged into junior high schools from classes 1 to 8 across the state from next academic calendar.The decision has been taken by the state education department to facilitate smooth management of such schools by applying minimum resources.The primary schools are for children studying from class 1 to 5 while upper primary schools are from classes 6 to 8. "He has also issued a circular to all district basic education officials for following the direction. "Director of Basic Education, Lucknow, Sarvendra Vikram Bahadur Singh, in a letter to basic education officers (BEO) said, "There would be a head master in the school and he would have the possession of school records. The order would come into effect from April 1 next year, claim officials. He would be responsible for managing the state of affairs..