In a major relief to students, the Directorate of Government Examination (DGE), Telangana has released the hall ticket for Class 10 exam. The Class 10 exam was postponed due to Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The pending SSC exams were reported to be held by May-end.
According to report, only three papers of the SSC examinations were conducted when the lockdown was announced across the country. Eight papers remain, including major subjects like English, mathematics and science for SSC exams.
In a major development, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will begin the evaluation for the pending board exams of class 10th and class 12th from 11th May, 2020. According to reports, CBSE regional offices in green and orange zone will function normally, whereas offices in red zones will function with limited restrictions.
The CBSE has also decided to allow evaluation of the answer sheets from home for teachers. The Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed the evaluation process to start wherein exam centres can deliver the answer sheets to evaluator’s home.
However, the CBSE had conducted its board exam in the months of February and March 2020 until March 18th after which the exams had to be postponed. The remaining exams will be conducted from July 1st to July 15th.
Reports suggest that the CBSE result for class 10th and 12th board exams will be announced in the month of August.
CBSE had earlier decided to conduct exams for only 29 important subjects instead of the 41 remaining subjects. All the remaining exams for class 10th have been cancelled except for the students from Northeast Delhi.
To start evaluation of answer sheets of Class 10 and 12 students, the Ministry of Home Affairs has identified 3,000 Central Board of Secondary Education-affiliated schools.
The evaluation process of answer sheets will begin from 10th May, 2020.
The Union Human Resource Development minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, announced that these schools will be marked as “assessment centres”. Over 1.5 crore answer sheets will be transferred from these assessment centres to the homes of teachers for evaluation. The process will be completed in approximately 50 days.
He further wrote “I am confident that we will evaluate 1.5 crore answer sheets of 173 subjects soon and as soon as the examinations of 29 subjects are completed between July 1 and 15, the results will be declared soon after their evaluation.”
A notice released by the ministry said: “There will no restriction in transporting answer sheets to the residences of evaluators except in areas falling in containment zone,” There are 16 regional offices of CBSE which will be operating without restriction.
The dates of result declaration are yet to be announced. He also directed the states to begin evaluation of the CBSE exams that have already been conducted. On May 8, the minister declared the dates for remaining exams for Class 10 and 12. The exams will be conducted between July 1 and July 15.
In the wake of COVID-19 crisis, UP Government has released new academic calendar for the session 2020-21 for all the higher education institutions i.e. colleges and universities.
According to the new academic calendar, classes in UP will resume from 6th July 2020 onwards. Universities and Colleges have been asked to complete the fresh admission process by 14th August 2020 with classes for new students beginning from 17th August 2020.
Classes for existing students of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Semester Existing students will commence from 6th July. The admission process for fresh students will start on 14th August 2020 with classes resuming on 17th August 2020.
UP principal secretary (higher education), Monika S Garg, said she has also directed colleges and universities to cut down on winter holidays.
This will also help faculty members to complete the pending syllabus which is lagging behind due to the delay in reopening of colleges.
Moreover, for exams in universities that are based in orange and red zones, the answer sheets are to be transported to green zone and the evaluation work is to completed after due discussion with respective district administrations.
In a huge relief to engineering students, Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Board (OJEEB) will start accepting the applications for OJEE 2020 special entrance test from May 12.
According to the notification, the last date to register online will be May 31, 2020. However, candidates will be able to pay the application fee till June 5, 2020.
The officials conduct the special OJEE entrance test for admission into the first year B.Tech courses in all government and private engineering colleges of Odisha.
This entrance exam will be conducted for only non-JEE Main qualified candidates. The syllabus for OJEE 2020 special entrance exam will be as per the JEE Main 2020 syllabus.
The detailed information and terms and conditions for the online application form will soon be released on the official website.
The National Testing Agency conducted the first session of JEE Main 2020 from January 6 to 9 and the second session will be conducted on July 18, 20, 21, 22, and 23.
Countries across Southeast Asia have in quick succession announced the closure of their schools and universities in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus which has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
More than 850 million young people, or about half the world’s student population, are barred from their school and university grounds because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
School closures impact not only students, teachers, and families, but have far-reaching economic and societal consequences. School closures in response to COVID-19 have shed light on various social and economic issues, including student debt, digital learning, food insecurity, and homelessness, as well as access to childcare, health care, housing, internet, and disability services.
Not only schools, Higher Education institutions were also highly impacted due to the Corona close down.
Elets Technomedia in association with digitalLEARNING Magazine organized a webinar on “Redefining the Leadership in Virtual Environment – Innovation to Transformation” with eminent speakers from Higher education.
Speaking during the webinar Silky Jain, Executive Director, Tulas Institute said “We had to vacate our hostels and arrange transports for students to go back as soon as the lockdown was announced. We commenced online classes from the second week of lockdown. We were not prepared to handle such a crisis. The huge challenge is most of the students are coming from tier 2 and 3 cities, who have issues with laptops and internet bandwidths.”
She also said everything cannot be converted to online as practical classes for some subjects are necessary. Admission will be a huge issue for institutes this year as there will be less mobility of students. Colleges must adapt micro-learning and assessments will be a challenge for us. Blended learning will be important for all colleges when colleges will re-open.
Prof Bhamidimarri Rao, President, Institute of Advance Research said “The primary mission of educators is not changed. Educators should prepare themselves for life outside the university campus. If we will not change our ways then we will be nowhere. Technology moves faster than the adaptability of humans. We must able to learn to adopt new technology.”
She also said connectivity in the country is getting better but internet bandwidth is an issue for many parts.
Over digital education, he said we can have a complete digital education in the future. Interaction through digitalization will be the next thing on campuses. However, peer learning cannot be done through online learning. There are limitations to Artificial Intelligence as it cannot replace teachers, he added.
Prof Christopher Abhram, CEO, Dubai Campus, SP Jain College of Management, said “Technology can bridge the gap within students. We have invested heavily in technology. The biggest challenge was to get faculties to get accustomed to the technology. We have replaced whiteboard with mobile phones on weekends. With technology, we can change higher education.”
He said adaptability must be our focus and the world is ready to take technology for an option in the education sector. Collaboration and critical thinking can provide us potential solutions. Every institution must revisit the curriculum and ways of teaching.
He also said “SP Jain has introduced Engaged Learning Online (ELO) – to bring on-campus learning experience online. ELO uses a blend of emerging cutting-edge technologies to bring in the rigor of an in-class engagement online and in real time. Students can log in from any part of the world and get all the benefits of on-campus education. They can interact with faculties, share ideas with their peers, collaborate on assignments, break out into teams to discuss and debate. All this happens in real time and without any loss of engagement.”
Over Artificial Intelligence, he said it cannot replace teachers. Al can be used as substitute not as replacement.
Dr Akhil Shahani, Managing Director, The Sahani Group said “We need to stop the traditional teaching methods as they don’t have the cutting edge anymore. We can make the classes more interactive. If we can make the class interactive then we will not lose students’ attention during the classes. We have to change our method of learning”
Ed-tech players will be the biggest beneficiaries in this crisis as every institute is adopting online learning, he added.
He also said institutes must focus on employability not placements. Placement can be an issue for the students this year. After lockdown institutes cannot accommodate more students in classrooms. There will be blended learning as some students will learn from home and some from homes. Classes must be more interactive and faculties must act as facilitators, he added.
Dr Rahul Dasgupta, Trustee and Director, Globsyn Business School said “The bigger challenge was to ask students to make use of technology in studies. Every subject cannot be taught online. The learning curve has been very passionate from last few days. Effective learning is must be our focus.”
The COVID crisis has created repercussions in the education sector. With everything under lockdown, firms are giving research based internships to students. Placements can be an issue for this year as slowdown can be witnessed across the globe, he added.
He also said are trying to upscale the offers our students received.
Abhay Gupta, Founder & CEO, Luxury Connect Business School said “We are an eight years old institute and market has opened up with others coming up in the sector. We have created 100 pc video based programmes. The acceptance of online courses has surged in last few months. We will find a way to sail through this pandemic. “
Over online education, he said today is very difficult to hold the attention of students in physical classes and in online mode it’s more difficult.
The luxury industry is recession free always as it was unaffected during 2008-09 great recessions. There is a slump in the supply side but the demand side remains high. The quantity will be taken over by quality. The industry will be a hit but will come back, he added.
Over placements, he said there will be always opening in luxury industry.
Prof Bharat Bhaskar, Director, Indian Institute of Management said “Digital transformation was need of the hour as education sector needed such a transformation. The change which was supposed to take place in five years will be done in the next two years. The education sector is accessing the digitization. Now we are teaching 4000 students in digital mode. “
He also said the COVID-19 has caused an acceleration in the education sector to adopt the technology. Technology can add a cutting edge to the sector with new implants. Admissions are not an issue but starting the sessions will be an issue, he added.
Online education is the transform of knowledge as wisdom cannot be transformed. Technology can be a facilitator to provide content to student, he said.
Case teaching can be done through online very effectively. It can be done more effectively during virtual classes. We can learn from each other and make online education more effective for students, he added.
In the wake of COVID-19 crisis, Punjab government has cancelled the class 10th exams and promoted students based on their performance in pre-Board exams.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said “Class X students under Punjab School Education Board will not have to take any exams and will be promoted on basis of their performance in pre-Board exams.”
The state government has also decided to promote students from classes 5th to 9th for the safety.
The CM also said “The state government has decided to promote all students of Classes V to X under Punjab School Education system to next class without any examination.”
Earlier, several other states had decided to promote the students owing to the Coronavirus outbreak situation in the state.
Many entrance exams were postponed or cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, the HRD Ministry announced the fresh dates for exams of class 10th and 12th students under the Central Board of Secondary Education Board which were postponed.
Over 62 thousand people were tested positive in the country.
In a huge relief to the students, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (AKTU) has declared the December 2019 B Tech 1st year exam result.
All the candidates can check their results on its official website, aktu.ac.in.
According to report, the highest pass percentage of 99.7% was scored by students from Engineering Chemistry and Civil and Mechanical Workshop papers followed by Engineering Physics Lab and Electrical and Electronics Workshop students scoring 99.6%.
For Life Skill paper, 98.3% students cleared the exam and for Engineering Physics A, and Basics of Civil and Mechanical Engineering paper 80.1% managed to pass.
The pass percentage for Engineering Physics B was 77.1%, Linear Algebra and Calculus paper is 76.8%, 75% for Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and 74.2% for Engineering Chemistry. The lowest pass percentage was 68.5% for Engineering Mechanics paper.
In a major development, exams for remaining papers of CBSE class 10 and 12 will be held in the first two weeks of July i.e 1st to 15th July . The exam was scheduled after a long delay because of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is expected to announce the exam dates this evening. Meanwhile, CBSE board exam results are expected in August.
With some exams still pending, the country went into a total lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. The exams for over 80 subjects are to be held.
The school education board has decided that exams will be held only for 29 main subjects, in order to speed up the evaluation process.
The CBSE’s board exam schedule will be factor in the entrance exam dates in order to make it convenient for class 12 students. The engineering entrance exam (JEE Main) will be held from July 18 to July 23 and the medical entrance exam (NEET) will be held on July 26.
Rajasthan Government has decided to reopen schools across the state from 1st July 2020 if the situation around Coronavirus pandemic normalizes.
The decision was taken at a virtual meeting held by State Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra with over 50 teachers’ organization.
In the meeting, it was decided that the schools across the state would reopen from 1st July 2020; however, teachers would have to report to duty from 26th or 27th June 2020.
The minister also confirmed that schools can start the process for new admission in English medium schools soon. He also said that keeping in mind the current situation and lockdown, the admission process will be held completely online. A similar process for Hindi medium schools is also being considered.
The minister also informed teachers’ organization that the revised dates for pending Board exams for 10th and 12th Class students would be announced soon.
He said that Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot is reviewing the COVID-19 situation across the state and decision will soon be taken about pending Rajasthan 10th and 12th Board Exam 2020 after discussion with the concerned stakeholders.
