Re-opening of schools, CBSE exams &
results, university exams - Here's what HRD Minister said
By : Tulika Tandon | Jun 08, 2020
Union Human Resource Minister, Dr Ramesh
Pokhariyal Nishank has recently answered all the queries of students across
India in an exclusive interview with TimesNow. The minister answered basic
issues related to CBSE Board exams, University final year exams, reopening of schools,
Governments plan for NEET, JEE etc. Watch the entire interview here.
The interview was conducted by the senior
editor Megha Prasad. The interview by the end gave every student the answer to
government’s plans and strategies regarding the education sector in India
during the outbreak of a pandemic. The most important topics discussed that
were discussed are listed below.
1.
Board exam at home centres:
The
minister said that since there is a problem in travelling and reaching the
centres of CBSE Board, the students may inform their schools about their
location which in turn would be informed to the Board by the school. Thus a
child would not have to travel in this tensed atmosphere and reach the centres
that are nearest to them to appear for the boards that are to be conducted in
July.
2.
Safety of students giving exams in
July:
When asked if it would be safe to conduct the exams in July as it
would be the peak of COVID 19, the minister said that the government will see,
observe and then continue the conduct of exams, As of now the Board dates have
been decided from July 1 which would be conducted. The guidelines issued by MHA
and health ministry would be followed very strictly by the Education ministry.
3.
NCERT, UGC Taskforce in place:
The minister said that since the student
population is more than 33 crore in India the UGC and NCERT task force is very
helpful. Shifting to the online mode of teaching has been very fruitful in
conducting classes as per the minister. He talked about Diksha, E Pathshala,
SWAYAM, etc which are helpful platforms.
4.
Reopening Schools:
The
minister was asked about school reopening safety and social distancing issues.
He said that it is quite evident that the parents would be worried about their
wards but it would be primarily important for the students to be protected and
study in a sanitized way for the government too. He is in talks with state
education ministers regularly. The schools in the states would have to follow
all guidelines issued by the MHA.
5.
Entrance
Exams delayed:
The
students are under a lot of pressure on their entrance exams being delayed. The
HRD Minister said the government is trying its best to ensure that the students
do not lose a year over the pandemic and thus have decided to conduct entrance
exams maintaining all social distancing norms at the centres. Although the
number of students is high yet the authorities would maintain the safety of
students at all times ad centres have been increased to deal with such
problems.
6.
Lack
of resources:
The
students of Jammu and Kashmir are specially facing internet issues as there are
2G services in the territory. The HRD Minister said that many classes over
television and radio have been started by the government to cover this area and
also the studnets have been provided with valuable learning through books and
study materials. There has been no break as per him in the learning for the
students of J-K.
Watch the entire interview to get
exclusive details on all competitive exams, results, steps being taken by the
Government and online classes issues faced by students.
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