Union Home Minister Amit Shah said class 10 and 12 board exams have been granted exemption from lockdown measures and special buses will be arranged for students by the respective state governments.
Taking the social media platform, the Home Minister said “Taking into consideration academic interest of large number of students, it has been decided to grant exemption from lockdown measures to conduct Board examinations for Classes 10 and 12.”
He also said social distancing, the use of hand sanitisers and the wearing of face masks would be mandatory for students.
Shah attached a letter from Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, in which it was also said thermal screening was compulsory at all exam centers. There will be no centers permitted in containment zone.
“The Class 10 exams will be staggered on four dates starting July 1. First paper will be Social Sciences, while the next day students will be required to appear for Science exam,” Sanyam Bhardwaj, the Controller of Examination, CBSE said.
The results are likely to be announced in August. However, educational institutions are not among those allowed to re-open just yet.
Taking into consideration the academic interest of large number of students, it has been decided to grant exemption from the lockdown measures to conduct Board examination for classes 10th & 12th, with few conditions like social distancing, face mask etc, for their safety. pic.twitter.com/P4ULsmbPVv
In the view of Coronavirus pandemic, UK’s Cambridge University announced that all its lectures would be delivered online over the next academic year. Cambridge University is one of the first in its kind to declare.
There will be no face to face lectures in the varsity campus.
The varsity shut its campuses to students in March after the British government imposed a lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The University said “Given that it is likely that social distancing will continue to be required, the university has decided there will be no face-to-face lectures during the next academic year.”
It also said the decision could be reviewed depending on official guidance from the Britain government.
Earlier Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope said “We must all be realistic about the world-wide challenges posed by the pandemic. University life here, as everywhere, will need to adapt.”
Cambridge moved all its teaching online in March, and exams are being held remotely.
British universities are warning they will face a financial crisis if students decide they don’t want to pay tuition fees – currently $ 11,300 in England – for a virtual experience.
Ecommerce platforms, retail chains and kirana stores reported a sharp surge in sales of staples, daily necessities and personal hygiene products in the past few days as panic buying took hold across India amid the fear of closures as Covid-19 cases rise. Deliveries have been delayed and some items such as sanitisers have gone off shelves or are unavailable online. Retailers and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies said there are no shortages and that they will speed up supplies to shops besides seeking to curb hoarding. Despite manufacturing and selling essential products, in this lockdown period, FMCG companies have had to swiftly respond to unprecedented challenges, with innovative strategies to maintain supply chains and ensure consumers can access their products. Products such as rice, atta, pulses, edible oil, sugar, biscuit, tea, instant noodle, butter, frozen food, soaps, hand washes and floor cleaners are flying off the shelves.
Elets Technomedia and digitalLEARNING Magazine organized a webinar over “International Marketing Conclave Insights of Impact on Brands during COVID-19” with esteemed speakers from the FMCG sector.
Atul Sharma, Principal Consultant – Innovation and Design Thinking, Oasis of Learning said “Firstly, we have to see can we operate in this crisis, secondly, how can we reach customers and lastly, how we can help consumers. There is uncertainly going on and find new ways to survive.”
He also said these are times for the world to join hands to fight the crisis. We need to think out of the box to survive the unprecedented times. Many sectors are suffering under the lockdown and people have to be more innovative and creative to find solutions.
For students he said Leadership, Empathy, experimentation will be important for students post COVID crisis.
Mrinalini Mankotia, Assistant Regional Manager, ASEAN Markets Nestle said “The Covid-19 has become a pandemic. We are in a new normal and there is an economic depression looming. With the pandemic, there is a silver lining for FMCG. Food is the new medicine. There are huge strategic shifts in FMCG sector. Consumers are seeking safety and there is a massive shift happening online.”
She also said the FMGC sector must look to change the prices as consumers are going through rough times. Challenges are in forex, it impacts the supply chain, now people have to go more local. Brand communication is of utmost need and reminding the consumers about products, she added.
She said quality is very important as the sector needs to keep the consumers with them. Marketing communication works on functions not emotions, she emphasized.
All the categories will be addressed differently she added.
Arnab Ghosh, Former VP, Godfrey Phillips India and Senior Marketing and Strategy Professional said “We are in a VUCA world. The pandemic has forced people to lost faith. Brands need constant reassurance to consumers. Brands need to communicate more frequently and build empathy. Human connections are very important for bands in this crisis. Being transparent and building trust will also be essential for brands.”
Over opportunities, he said big brands will get bigger. There will be a surge in health and hygiene categories, commodities likely to be branded. Lots of new categories will come up and there will be a surge in food sections also.
COVID has created a space for small brands with a digital explosion. The growth of the internet in rural India has grown to 35 pc as compared to 7 pc in urban. Small brands can go niche, and create their own space in the sector, he added.
In the coming days, media is going a significant change in media and TV is poised for the second coming.
Virtual and augmented reality and more new things will evolve to provide better services to consumers.
Saurabh Dayal, Co-Founder, ClearDekho.com, Ex Paytm, Wipro, HCL said “These are unprecedented times. We are trying to bridge the gap between the offline and online space. We will see many contact less shopping systems and now there will be fewer window shoppers. More rental models are coming up and cloud retail business will surge. There will be a huge surge in online business. Most of the huge retail markets will be hugely hit.”
The COVID-19 has affected the online business immensely. People are shifting from offline to online. The cost of delivering will increase and margins will reduce and there will be a lot of collaboration not competition, he added.
There will be diversification in the sector and customer accusation costs will be reduced. Lastly, he said people should replace fear with faith and hope.
Amit Phull, CMO, Ansal University, Ex. Decathlon, Ansal Retail said “There will be a paradigm shift in business after COVID. Only 7-8 pc retail industry is functioning. About 20-25 pc jobs will be lost in the retail sector. The retail brands will take 9 to 12 months to recover from the crisis. Brand loyalty will be diminished as consumers will go for cheaper things. Retailers need to revaluate their business to regain the confidence of the business.
He also said the emergence of virtual reality in retail will bring a new dimension. Communication needs to address properly to consumers. To make our consumers feel they are smart, new strategies must be adopted. This is the time when brands must not try to sell more but keep touch with consumers.
There will be more brand building activities in the market, he added.
According to new updates, BSEB Matric Result 2020 for 10th Class Students will not to be released today. The Bihar Board officials have confirmed that last minute preparations are underway for the declaration of Bihar Board 10th Result 2020.
The BSEB 10th Result 2020 will be declared this week. The result will be declared on the official exam portal i.e. biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in. However, many media organizations have reported that the Bihar 10th Result 2020 will be declared today, about which no formal announcement has been done by the BSEB.
Over 15 lakh students from Bihar Board are expecting their Matric Results 2020 this week.
The Bihar Board will not hold any press conference and invite media persons for the declaration ceremony of BSEB Matric Results 2020.
The Bihar Board conducts a second round of thorough testing of the students’ answer sheets for toppers. As part of this process, answer sheets of students who have been termed as toppers after the first round of evaluation, have been taken to Board’s office for a second round of checking.
The evaluation process of the exam has been completed.
After much deliberation, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) is set to release the Bihar Board 10th Result 2020 today. As thousands of students are waiting for Class 10 Results, the official website of BSEB was found ‘not responding’. The website encountered an unexpected error and showing “Please try again later” showed up on the homepage.
In a major development, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is expected to announce the new dates for the Civil Services (Preliminary) exam 2020 on today.
The examination was earlier scheduled for 31 May but was postponed due to lockdown.
The UPSC said “The Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2020, scheduled to be held on 31 May stands deferred. Decision on fresh date of the examination will be made available on 20 May after assessing the situation.”
Over 10 lakh candidates register for the UPSC civil services preliminary examination every year. Around 1.6 lakh functionaries participate in conducting the exam across 2,500 centres.
The interview of candidates who had cleared the Civil Services Mains was scheduled between 23 March and 3 April.
UPSC has also deferred other examinations like UPSC NDA/NA Exam 2020 and UPSC CMS Exam 2020.
In a major relief to students, the Bihar School Examination Board will announce the BSEB 10th Results 2020 today. The BSEB will upload the Bihar Board Class 10 results on the official website biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in.
Students are advised to check their results through online. Over 15 lakhs students appeared for the Bihar Board Class 10 exams, which were scheduled from February 17 to February 24 at 1368 exam centers.
The BSEB Matric Exams 2020 were held in the month of February this year.
The board has already completed the evaluation process for the remaining answer sheets for BSEB Matric Exam 2020.
The evaluation process got delayed due to the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic. The Bihar Board Class 10 results were earlier scheduled to be declared in the month of March.
Meanwhile, the board has already announced the result for BSEB Class 12 examination 2020 on March 24 on the official website.
In a major development, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) requested all universities and colleges to allow upto 20 per cent credit transfer in every semester through the government’s SWAYAM.
SWAYAM, is an online platform with close to 2,000 online courses initiated by the MHRD. It also supports the launch of online degrees and provides equivalent courses approved by the AICTE.
In a circular AICTE said: “AICTE requests vice chancellors of all universities and directors or principals of autonomous colleges to facilitate students and permit credit transfer to the extent of 20 percent in every semester through the online courses provided through SWAYAM platform.”
This allows students to avail 20 percent of their total course credits by attending equivalent online courses through SWAYAM.
The allotment of 20 percent credit through SWAYAM was issued as per the first amendment of the University Grants Commission(UGC)(Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM)Regulations, 2016.
AICTE’s circular follows a slew of announcements by the Government of India as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, to overcome the hardships brought by the coronavirus outbreak.
In the view of Corona pandemic, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said students whose plans to study abroad have been affected due to COVID-19 will get a fresh chance to apply for JEE-Mains.
“In view of representations received from various Indian students who were scheduled to join colleges abroad but are now keen to pursue their studies in India due to changed circumstances arising out of COVID-19, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to give an opportunity,” HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank” said.
The application window for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE-Mains), which opened today, will have to be completed by May 24, 2020.
The NTA director Vinnet Joshi said “students who were not able to complete their application form due to other reasons can also make use of this opportunity”.
The exam will be held across the country from July 18-23, 2020.
📢Students who dropped the idea to study abroad, here is your chance to pursue your studies in India.
I have advised @DG_NTA to give one more opportunity to students to submit new/complete online application form for JEE (Main) 2020.
Hurry! Forms available till 24th May. pic.twitter.com/hSwXQ9GBjX
— Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) May 19, 2020
In the view of Coronavirus epidemic, Tamil Nadu Board has rescheduled the Class 10 board exam again. The Class 10 exam will now be held from June 15 to June 25. It was earlier decided that the exam will be held from June 1 to June 12.
The new development has been announced by Tamil Nadu Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan. The government has increased the number of exam centers to 12,000 from 3,800 in order to make it safe for the students.
Only 10 students will be allowed to sit in one classroom during the exam.
Over 9.5 lakh students will appear for the class 10 board exam in Tamil Nadu.
For the class 12 students who could not appear for the board exam paper on March 24, there will be an exam on June 4.
In Tamil Nadu, while the class 11 and class 12 exams started in the beginning of March, the SSLC exams were scheduled to begin towards the end of the month.
Sengottaiyan had said that the evaluation of answer scripts for class 12 exam will begin from May 27, and a schedule for this will be released soon.
10-ம் போதுத்தேர்வை பொறுத்த வரை, இன்று மாண்புமிகு முதல்வர் அவர்களுடன் கலந்தாலோசித்த பிறகு தேர்வு தேதிகள் மாற்றப்பட்டிருக்கின்றது.
ஜூன்-15 ம் தேதியிலிருந்து ஜூன்-25 ம் தேதி வரை தேர்வுகள் நடைபெறும்.
பல்வேறு தரப்பினரின் வேண்டுகோளை பரிசீலித்த பின் தேதிகள் மாற்றி அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
