In the light of Corona pandemic , Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has announced that the academic year for the Engineering Colleges across the state will begin from August 17, 2020. The final decision for reopening, the schools will be taken in the state soon.
The CM said that the academic year of engineering course will commence from August 17 and the government will soon be making a decision on the date for reopening the schools in the state and the issues related to examining the centre guidelines, methods adopted by other states.
The state government is preparing to combine the entrance exam schedule so that the students will not lose their academic year. The government will also take responsibility for the education of orphans girls studying until class 10 in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya for which a policy decision will be announced shortly.
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The state government has also decided to follow the UGC and AICTE guidelines issued for conducting the university examinations for the final year students while the other course students will be promoted to the next term without any exams. The chief minister has also announced a long term strategy being prepared and executed to strengthen the government institutes in the state.
