In the wake of Coroavirus outbreak, the last date to fill the application form for Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), has been extended till April 26, 2020.
The authorities have notified the extension of online registrations through notice. Earlier, the last date was April 16, 2020. It is important for medical graduates to apply for PGIMER entrance exam for admission to Masters of Surgery (MS) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) courses.
PG entrance exam will be conducted on May 25, 2020. No order for postponement of the computer-based test has been announced by the authority yet.
Aspirants who will be successfully registered for PGIMER can appear for postgraduate test.
Steps to fill PGI application form 2020
-Online registration
-Generation of credentials
-Filling of application form
-Uploading of documents as per the specifications
-Payment of fees
PGIMER admit card 2020 PGI, Chandigarh will issue the admit cards 21 days prior to the date of examination.
In the view of COVID-19 spread, Delhi University (DU) is considering to make its entire admission process online. The step has been taken to minimise the students’ visits to the varsity.
Although the varsity has put the registration process on hold due COVID-19, its admission branch is working towards strengthening the process.
The varsity has begun the process of collecting information from colleges.
In a letter to principals of all DU colleges Professor Shobha Bagai, Dean (Admissions) said, “There has been a conscious effort to minimise visits of the students for physical verification of the mandatory documents during the admission process”.
The letter also said, “In the current scenario, it has been recommended that it becomes more imperative to have the complete admission process online, which also includes the online verification of the certificates.”
In the letter, she also directed the colleges to constitute a “strong” admission team for the process.
“A team of reasonable number of student volunteers along with a Faculty Mentor be formed. The student volunteers must remain available during the time of admission to answer any related query pertaining to the admissions in the college,” the letter said.
DU had implemented the first phase of 10 per cent expansion in EWS (Economically Weaker Section) seats in 2019-20 and the remaining 15 per cent enhancement will be completed in 2020-21 academic session, according to the letter.
In the wake of Coronavirus spread, Punjab education minister Vijay Inder Singla informed that cabinet under the chairmanship of CM Captain Amarinder Singh has decided to prepone summer vacations of both government and private schools.
Singla said that now the one-month summer vacations will start from April 11 till May 10. The cabinet also decided to promote class V and VIII students of Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) based on their earlier examinations.
Singla also said that the parents were worried about loss of the study of their wards during the curfew and decision of preponing the vacations would give relief to them.
He added that all private schools should also have to start the vacations from April 11 but they are free to extend the period as per their requirement.
The cabinet minister said that PSEB has conducted three examinations of class V before imposition of curfew and now the cabinet has decided to cancel the remaining two papers.
In the view of COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) started a week-long campaign for crowd sourcing ideas for improving India’s online education system.
Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that this campaign aims to invite suggestions from “all the best brains” in India. An official statement from the ministry said the suggestions, or solutions can be shared directly with the MHRD. The aim is to overcome constraints of online education while promoting the available digital education platforms, the statement said. The ideas can be shared on bharatpadheonline.mhrd@gmail.comand on Twitter by using #BharatPadheOnline up to April 16.
The minister also said that the students who are engaging with the existing digital platforms can share what is lacking in the existing online platforms and how to make them more engaging.
The HRD minister also asked educators across the country to come forward and contribute their expertise and experience in the field of education.
A conversation can be initiated with them on what they think an ideal online education ecosystem should look like, he said.
The MHRD has asked all educational institutions to focus on online learning since the country went into a lockdown for 21 days from March 25.
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations will declare the 10th Board Results in May 2020. Students can check their results at cisce.org.
ICSE Board ran the Board Examination from February 2020 to March 2020. The number of schools that presented candidates in India & Abroad for the ICSE Examination is the number of applicants who appeared for the ICSE Examination is 1,75,299 and 2,106.
For releasing the Class 10th and plank result dates the CISCE Council will announce the official date.
The results are announced on various dates in May although looking at the past 4 years end result dates, CISCE usually declares the result from the month of May. So this year result is expected to be declared in May only.
The steps to check the ICSE Board Result 2020
– Visit the Indian School Certificate Examinations Official site- www.cisce.org.
– Click on ”Outcomes 2020″ Button.
– Candidates need to add Course Code, Candidate UID and finally the Captcha.
Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has formally declared the NEET PG Counselling Result 2020 for the 1st round.
The MCC issued a formal notification on its website i.e. mcc.nic.in. According to the notification, the provisional result for NEET PG / MDS 2020 Counselling has been declared by the council and the final result will be out by 10th April 2020.
Candidates who had appeared for the 1st Round of Counselling can check their results online via official website i.e. mcc.nic.in.
As per the notification, around 13,237 MD/MS/PG Diploma and 1,144 MDS candidates have been shortlisted in the provisional result under the All India Quota (AIQ).
Shortlisted candidates will be given a chance to report to the respective medical colleges allotted to them by 20th April 2020. Considering the current lockdown due to Coronavirus outbreak, candidates will have the option to either physically visit the college and complete the admission formalities or they can report in online mode to allotted colleges.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has clarified that the June term end exams have not been postponed.
The University has asked candidates to contact their regional centres and visit the official site for their queries regarding the exam.
Currently students who will appear for the term end exam in June are busy with their assignments and preparation.
So far IGNOU has extended the assignment submission date by a month.
IGNOU has also allowed them to submit their assignments online. It has asked students to scan their assignment and send them to their regional centers via email.
The regional centres will accept scanned copies of handwritten assignments through a dedicated email id and take care of the evaluation process.
Few students are worried about completing their assignments. They say due to lockdown they are unable to get writing materials to do their assignment.
In the view of COVID-19 outbreak, the Odisha government has asked the private schools to reduce or defer the school fees till June.
The state government extended the lockdown period to April 30, becoming the first state to do so.
Schools and colleges have been ordered to remain shut till June 17.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked schools to be sympathetic while dealing with school fees. In his message to the private players, the CM said this will help the parents whose incomes have been adversely affected.
Students of Class 9 would be promoted to Class 10 for this academic session, following evaluation of the five papers for which exams had been conducted.
The School and Mass Education department has also formed a committee to take necessary measures for 2020-21 academic session.
Administration authorities at various places have urged private schools not to pressurize parents for paying fees.
Not only Odisha, Haryana and Rajasthan governments have also directed all private schools across the state to not pressurize the parents of the students to deposit any fees until the lockdown period is over.
The COVID-19 pandemic has given online education in India an unexpected push, as it has allowed the continuation of formal education as schools closed to mitigate the spread of the virus. As India went into lockdown at the end of March 2020, most schools were wrapping up the 2019-20 academic year. Amidst the upsurge in COVID-19 cases across the country, it no longer became possible to resume in-school classroom sessions for the new academic year. Well-endowed private schools were quick to reinforce their digital capacities and prepare to conduct classes online.
Elets digitalLEARNING magazine organized a webinar on “Preparing a robust system in education and public health after the lockdown in different states and regions”. The webinar highlighted the way the school education sector can review from the crisis. Dr Ravi Gupta, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia welcomed the eminent speakers.
Anirudh Gupta, CEO, DCM Group of Schools, Punjab said “It’s been testing times for all the schools as everyone has to shift from offline to online. The focus of schools were entirely changed and some of them were prepare and some not to face the crisis. It has brought the digital divide across the country and its survival of fittest. The major challenge was to bring all the teachers on the same platform and provide them training to handle classes.”
The major focus was the learning that must continue for a child. Some parents were reluctant to provide screen time to their wards but now they have no options, he added.
Rajeev Bakshi, Chairperson, Raj Kumar Academy, Lucknow, said “The usage of technology was not much earlier but now we are using technology to conduct our classes. We were not prepared but we are gearing up to tackle the crisis. Now, our teachers are putting their lectures on Youtube. It’s a blessing in disguise and the pandemic will help us to prepare ourselves for the future.”
The crisis is very tough for a school like us but we will sail through it and do well, he added.
Ashish Gulati, Vice-Chairman, Blue Bells Group of Schools, Gurgaon, said “We are trying all our means to provide content to schools. We are in a zone, where availability of technology is not a challenge. The crisis has brought teachers and administrators on the same platform. The teachers are working hard to provide learning to students. The students and parents are also supporting us a lot in this crisis.”
The collaboration between students, teachers and parents is very commendable. Teachers are using all the available resources to teach students, he added.
Siddharth Singh, Director, Emerald Heights International School, Indore said “ The lockdown came as a surprise and we were in mid of a session. Our teachers adapted the new change to impart learning to children. There are huge challenges, including digital gaps in the society. The crisis has shown us the importance of physical schools.”
“Schools who are investing on their own, the crisis is very critical for them as the timing is wrong. This is the timing when school gears up for new sessions. Parents must think about schools and must not hesitate to pay the fees,” he added.
In the view of COVID-19 outbreak, the Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to change the question paper pattern for the class 10 and 12 board examinations.
Students appearing for the class 10 and 12 CBSE examinations will now have to answer 20 percent objective questions in the board examinations instead of the 10 percent of objective questions.
The new rule will be implemented by the board from the 2020-21- academic session.
The proposed CBSE examinations for the 29 subjects of class 10 and 12 students have been postponed. The rule regarding the 20 percent objective questions in the examination will not be applicable for the class 10 and 12 CBSE exams which have been postponed due to the COVID-19.
Along with the 20 percent objective questions, the board has also changed the chapters of the different subjects.
The board has also added a new option for Applied Mathematics to the syllabus of Mathematics at the secondary level.
