Keeping the Coronavirus pandemic in view, the Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education is expected to release the Andhra Pradesh Intermediate exam result 2020 in June 2020.
According to reports, the evaluation results of the 1st and 2nd-year examinations will first be submitted by the second or the third week of May 2020.
The result will be declared on its official site.
According to media reports, the evaluation work of the AP Intermediate examination 2020 is incomplete due to the COVID-19 lockdown which was announced on March 24, 2020, by the central government. After the lockdown is lifted the evaluation process will be continued following which the AP Inter Results 2020 will be declared by the board.
The Andhra Pradesh 1st year examination 2020 was conducted from March 4 to 21, 2020 and the AP Inter 2nd year examinations 2020 were conducted from March 5 to March 23, 2020.
Over 10.17 lakh students appeared for the exams from which 5.10 lakh students appeared for the AP Inter 1st year exams, and 5.17 lakh students appeared for the AP Inter 2nd year examinations.
To qualify the AP Intermediate examination students are required to secure a minimum of 35 percent overall and 35 in each subject appeared for.
According to reports, JEE Advanced 2020 and NITs is likely to be held around 12th July 2020. The report also stated the start of the new academic year at IITs and NITs will also be pushed to September 2020.
According to media reports, the JEE Main Exam 2020, which was scheduled to be held at the start of April, has been delayed due to the national lockdown. The JEE Advanced Exam 2020, which screens and selects students for admission to premier technology institutes of the country i.e. IITs and NITs, has also been delayed.
JEE Advanced Organising Chairman Siddharth Pandey said in an interview, NTA is trying to conclude the JEE Main 2020 Exam latest by 20th to 22nd June 2020. This means that engineering aspirants can expect the JEE Main 2020 results to be declared only after 20th June 2020.
Typically, the top 2.25 lakh rank holders of JEE Main 2020 exam are selected to participate in the JEE Advanced 2020 exam through which admissions are granted to IITs and NITs.
With the delay in JEE Main 2020 Result and the subsequent holding of JEE advanced 2020 exam, the academic session 2020-21 is likely to be postponed. Although the new academic calendars have not been issued, looking at the sequence of events, in all likelihood the new academic session will only commence in September 2020 onwards.
In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has released the answer key of the class 12 science board exam held in March.
Students can avail the answer key on the official website- gseb.org. Students can download it and can also raise objection against the official answer key till May 4.
According to Ashwani Kumar, Secretary to the Gujarat chief minister said “The evaluation of class 10 and 12 board exam papers has begun on April 16. The board exams in Gujarat began on March 5 for class 10 (SSC) students and concluded on March 17, 2020. The Gujarat Board exam for class 12 (HSC) General stream students began on March 5 and concluded on March 21, 2020. The board exam for vocational subjects was held from March 13 to March 21.”
However, the Gujarat government has decided to promote students of classes 1 to 9 and 11 of the state board.
As per guidelines issued by UGC and AICTE, the colleges and universities in the state will be on vacation between April 15 and May 15.
In the wake of COVID-19 crisis, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has asked the Central government to remove the prevailing uncertainty around various competitive and entrance examinations to be held.
Kattar urged the Government of India to take quick steps to remove the uncertainty around dates of National Defence Academy (NDA)’s Combined Defense Services (CDS) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), JEE Main, and NEET examinations conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA).
Earlier, JEE Main and NEET examinations where postponed in March. The JEE Main, which is being held as a screening test for IIT entrance exam JEE Advances as well as engineering entrance, was scheduled for April while the NEET, which is being held for admissions to undergraduate courses in medical and allied subjects, was planned for May first week.
According to new updates from the NTA, both the exams will now be held in June as the lockdown has been extended till May 3.
Earlier, the agency had announced May last week as the tentative period for conducting both the entrance examinations.
The UPSC had said in a notification in March last week that the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy examination scheduled to be held in April was postponed. The examination, popularly known as NDA exam, has been deferred till further notice.
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the near-total closures of schools, universities, and colleges. Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of this emergency, educational institutions are shifting to online learning. With high regulation and the increasing infrastructure costs associated with offline channels of education—primarily kindergarten to grade 12 —educators will be motivated to give ed-tech its due respect and will slowly start complementing it with pure-play K-12 curriculum. The new online teaching will help the teachers design pedagogies that are personalised and serve heterogeneous classrooms.
A webinar was organized by Elets Technomedia in association with digitalLEARNING Magazine on “Aftermath of Covid-19 and how the crisis is going to impact school education” with eminent speakers from the education sector. The speakers presented their views on the challenges which schools are facing in the pandemic.
Speaking over the issue Dr Lakshmi Kumar, Director, Pradnya Niketan Education Society & The Orchid School, said “Narrative of schools will be important after the crisis. We must focus on students engagement sessions and re-define our priorities. The narrative must be holistic, not singular in this crisis. No schools can work alone and we need to work in a bubble. There is anxiety witnessed in children during the crisis.”
She also said schools must be ready for the disruptive year and asked schools to focus on socio-relevant content.
When asked about the board exam, she said it’s a worry for all the schools and need to change the way of conducting exams after the crisis. She also urged the support of parents in this pandemic.
Over online learning, she said it is the need of the hour but it cannot replace physical education. She also said the technology can bring new ways of learning.
Karun Gaur, Director, JKG International School, Ghaziabad, said “There is no option but to allow the online classes in schools. We have to adopt both offline and online classes post-COVID. Teachers need to adopt new ways of teaching and to find solutions to engage students.”
He also said schools must sanitize all the classes, buses, toilets and the entire area before commencing the classes.
Over online teaching he said everything cannot be taught through the internet as some subjects need physical classrooms. He also said students are on self-learning mode and can learn new things during this hour. Schools must focus on a non-academic syllabus for students.
Dr Neeta Bali, Principal, GD Goenka World School, Gurugram, said “The COVID will be having long-lasting repercussions. There is uncertainly and anxiety among students and need to negate it. Our councellors are working hard with teachers so that children can bounce back when the school re-opens. We have started online classes so that students will not feel left out.”
Over e-learning, she also said there is a trial and error happening in online classes and need to train ourselves to cope with it.
She also said our focus must be training teachers so that we can tackle such a crisis. The key assessment period is scrapped and now we rely on predicted grades for students. We need to find a viable solution to key assessment sessions and not rely on predicted grades.
Homeschooling cannot be an alternative for a long time as we have to bring back students to schools she added.
Sudha Acharya, Principal, Itl Public School, New Delhi, said “We must focus on mental well being for kids and life skill growths. We need to be have contingency plans for such a crisis. There is a paradigm shift in education but online classes cannot replace the physical schools. “
She also said children are experiencing anxiety and depression in this lockdown, as teachers we need to support them.
On e-learning she said, online classes cannot be seen as a substitute and everything cannot be taught through virtual classes. She also said the schools must re-schedule their curriculum.
Over teachers she said, they are an integral part of social change and need support from parents to conduct online classes.
She also asked to get rid of pen and paper exams for toddlers when schools re-open.
Harish Sanduja, Director Schools, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School said “We need to get prepared what going to happen in the coming days. We need to resolve, remediate, reinvent, re-imagine, before opening schools. Not all students can be called immediately when the school opens. Sanitization must be done before students come in.”
He also said socio-emotional learning is a must for students as school and field norms will be changed.
He also said “We can call students in two slots and we need to change the time table schedule. Split schools into two vertical classes and even and odd roll number can be called to maintain the social distancing. Staggering of breaks will be important for students”
He also said we need to find viable solutions to cope with the crisis.
Everybody who is capable of learning has taken to Teaching!
March 15, 2020….advisory issued pan India to maintain social distancing in schools owing to the spread of the super fatal COVID19.
March 18, 2020….schools closed all over the country.
March 22, 2020……lockdown begins for the entire country.
Life comes to a halt…..schools, colleges, Malls, theatres, shops, factories, hotels, road transport, airways, Parliament…all stop working!!
“Work from home”- was the new TAGLINE.
Owing to the epidemic all other institutions started partially working on these lines….all eyes were now hooked on to schools. A school, which is just not a building but a place where an entire gamut of activities are executed on daily basis, where the entire day is packed with motion, movement and commotion, had to rise to the situation and begin with what is called VIRTUAL TEACHING. Thanks to COVID 19!
This specie called TEACHER……showed a quick transformation during the lockdown which was exemplary. Educators across the world witnessed a quick acceptance, instead of reluctance, towards this change which was nothing less than a gigantic challenge. Corona Virus has challenged the medical fraternity across the globe but could not dare to disgrace the undoubting mettle of TEACHERS.
Within hours, the teaching pedagogy took a shift to Virtual mode. Simple – yet no less creative – solutions were implemented. Digital Teaching took a toll over the teachers for the initial days. It was a delight to see Teachers across the globe transforming themselves with the jet speed. Quite understandable that digital teaching was no rocket science but for those educators who were adapting themselves gradually to this tech era, converting their teaching resources into digital platforms in a jiffy, was an arduous task. ‘Transformation’ can sometimes feel like an empty signifier, like one of those cliches people trot out to make the work they do seem larger and more significant than it really is…”how does one move from aspiring to transformation to achieving it?” We saw this happening live with our educators-from 58 year old to the young mothers, from the Hindi dept to the sports, from the music teachers recording the songs to the ICT team of the school helping one another…..all transformed themselves.
Classes began in almost all schools with the same gusto as a normal session begins. The tech-gurus worked on improvising database, new worksheets and resource materials were prepared, demo classes, faculty meetings, innovative techniques of online teaching kept teachers busy 24X7, feedback taken from the stakeholders and improvements generated.
It was the encounter of an alternative life, as stereotypes triggered the Transformation – Yes, a transformation which shall not last for a few weeks, or till the lockdown lifts or for a session but for a lifetime and leave its impact on the upcoming young enthusiasts who like to be inspired.
The difference these tech gurus made in the learning and lives of their students is worth praising. As technology continues to expand and the rate of change increases, I feel proud in saying that teachers can face any challenge.
Let me wrap up with a salute to these transformed Tech-Gurus to keep up the Good work!!
Keeping the COVID pandemic in view, the Rajasthan Pre-Teacher Education Test 2020 has been postponed. According to the official notification, the examination set to be conducted on May 10, 2020, has been postponed until further notice.
Students can visit the official site- ptetdcb2020.com for further notice.
The decision to postpone the Rajasthan PTET 2020 was made due to the nationwide lockdown being extended in the country until May 3, 2020. The revised schedule of the examination will be released by the officials as soon.
According to the notification, Rajasthan PTET 2020 application correction window has been extended until May 5, 2020.
Rajasthan PTET 2020 examination is conducted for the admissions to the B.Ed 2 year BEd Exam or BSc, BA, BEd 4-year programs offered. Candidates interested to pursue the course are required to appear and qualify the Rajasthan PTET examination.
During a webinar held on social media platform by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ to dispel doubts about school education during the lockdown period, the minister said CBSE exams will be conducted after lockdown.
CBSE was in the middle of conducting board examinations this year when the coronavirus crisis struck and exams had to be postponed until after lockdown period.
The Board had, in the beginning of April, had clarified its stance on conducting board examinations and said that while class 10 pending exams will not be held, for class 12 exams only for main subjects will be held.
List of subjects for which exams will be held, has already been shared by CBSE.
The HRD minister also appealed to the parents that while they should not force students to study the entire time, they should also make sure that students are ready to appear for the exam as and when it is held.
He added that proper precaution will be taken to maintain the safety of students at this time.
Over board exam results he said that arrangement is being made to begin evaluation for board exam answer sheets. For subjects in which exam will no longer be conducted, grade/mark would be awarded on the basis of internal assessment, he added.
With the COVID-19 outbreak spreading across the nation, the Central government has imposed a lockdown till May 3, 2020. All the educational institutions are facing an unprecedented halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis is huge for the educational institutions as they have to shift their entire focus on online education. The schools are finding new ways to teach students in this crisis. The ed-tech firms are trying to provide all type of solutions; educational institutions need to tackle the pandemic. From pre-schools to Universities every organization is directly or indirectly dependent on ed-tech firms.
A webinar was organized by Elets Technomedia and digitalLEARNING Magazine on “Developing effective learning outside the classroom during COVID-19 Confirmation” with some eminent speakers from the education industry. The speakers presented their views and described how the education sector can overcome the crisis.
Speaking over the issue, Dr Shuchi Sharma, IAS, Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Government of Rajasthan, said “We must go for more and more e-learning sessions. E-lectures must be the potential solution in this crisis. E-lectures have brought great opportunity and will boost the traditional way of teaching. The bigger challenge is how to conduct exams online in the coming days if the lockdown extends.”
She also said the government must think to conduct e-classes in universities as plenty of e-content available.
She even said, “Everyone is going for hit and trial method. There will be a great number of online courses in the coming days.”
She also said there are limitations of online classrooms and everything cannot be taught virtually.
She also emphasized on turning classrooms to discussion forms so that no student will feel left out.
Sharma also said the technology will bring new dimensions of teaching and boost new opportunities for teachers.
Dr R. A. Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Rajasthan Technical University, said “E-learning is very important for technical universities. We have asked all the lecturers to record their lectures and upload them on Youtube. Students can do most of the things through e-learning. E-learning gives lots of exposures to students. The connectivity between teachers and students has improved a lot during e-learning classes.”
He also said the university has urged the faculties to upload their notes online so that others can get the benefit.
He also said E-learning gives lots of exposures to students and will boost teachers to prepare for the classes beyond the syllabus. The technology is boon for higher studies as every content is easily available for students.
Dr H.D. Charan, Vice-Chancellor, Bikaner Technical University, said “Corona crisis can be seen as a boon for e-learning. The govt has provided a large number of digital boards which has helped us to record a large number of lectures. E-learning can add value and will be a good addition to the higher education sector.”
He even said blackboard teaching cannot be replaced by any other means.
He also said the university has conducted online workshops for teachers very successfully. Online tests have been done through Google which was very popular among the students.
He also said teachers will play an important role when the institutions will be re-opened and a new tern will emerge after the COVID crisis.
Raghav Gupta, Managing Director – India & APAC, Coursera, said “The impact of COVID is very significant on Higher Education. Creating an online course is easy but providing quality content is not easy. Creating high-quality content is a different ball game together. Colleges in this crisis need Real-time communication moves, online education platforms, Learning management systems, online assessment, or plagiarism control systems. We all must focus on both offline and online systems.”
He also said it will be beneficial for all to keep 20-30 pc online education in our syllabus.
According to Raghav, the industry is changing rapidly and colleges must adopt industry-oriented courses that will be beneficial for students. He also said colleges must adopt a blended model of teaching.
He also said curation is important for all the colleges. Over 1.5lakh students are learning on Coursera.
Coursera is one of the leading online learning platforms for higher education, where over 58 million learners from around the world come to learn the skills of the future. More than 200 of the world’s top universities and industry educators partner with Coursera to offer courses, specializations, certificates, and degree programs
In the view of COVID-19 crisis, NMIMS University has postponed the NPAT 2020 examination dates. According to the official website, the NPAT 2020 examination has been postponed to May 18 and 22, 2020.
Candidates can visit the official website for any updates – npat.in.
According to the notification, the NPAT 2020 examination was earlier scheduled to be conducted on May 9 and 10, 2020. According to the notification, the NPAT 2020 examination dates have been postponed due to the COVID-19.
As per the revised schedule, the candidates who had opted to appear for the examination on May 9, 2020, will be appearing for the examination on May 18, 2020, and those who had opted to appear for the exam on May 10, 2020, will now be appearing for the examination on May 22, 2020.
The last date to apply for NPAT 2020 is May 10, 2020. Candidates who have opted to appear for the examination must note that the test will be conducted in the online mode.
Steps to fill application
– Candidates need to visit the official site
– Click on the Apply Online section
– Verify the account and fill the application
– Submit the application with requisite application fee
