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Education Minister Pokhriyal to hold virutal meeting with all state educat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will interact with education secretaries of all states on May 17 and review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education sector.
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Karnataka govt postpones SSLC exams in view of COVID-19 second wave
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Owing to the sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state government has postponed Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations, which was earlier slated to begin from June 21, informed Karnataka Primary and Secondary Educ
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Karnataka postpones CET exams from July to August due to COVID-19 situatio
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): Karnataka Education Minister Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana on Wednesday informed that Common Entrance Test (CET)- 2021 has been postponed to August 28 and August 29 in view of surging COVID-19 cases.
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COVID-19 crisis: Ramesh Pokhriyal donates Rs 1.5 cr from MPLAD fund for me
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has donated Rs 1.5 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) fund for the purchase of medical equipment in his Lok Sabha Constituency Haridwar to fight the second wave of the
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Class 12 exams postponed, class 11 students to be promoted in Karnataka
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 4 (ANI): Karnataka Education Minister Suryanarayana Suresh Kumar on Tuesday said that class 12 exams have been postponed and class 11 students will be promoted directly to the next class in wake of the situation created by COVID-19 pandemic.
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JEE (Main) May 2021 session postponed: Pokhriyal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): In wake of the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said the Joint Entrance Examination (Main)-2021 scheduled for May 2021 has been postponed.
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Education Minister of Tripura launches Auro Scholarship Programme of Sri A
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura)/New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In a virtual event organised by Sri Aurobindo Society, Education Minister of Tripura Ratan Lal Nath launched 'Auro Scholarship Programme' of Sri Aurobindo Society for all the students of the state.
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COVID-19: Pak students, activists demand resignation of Education Minister
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Several students and social activists have initiated an online campaign demanding the resignation of Pakistan's Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood over his failure to get the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination postponed.
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1,100 call centre staff will guide Covid patients in home isolation: K'tak
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 27 (ANI): Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said that services of 1,100 call centre staff will be utilised to give guidance to the COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation.
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All schools will be closed until April 30, says Sri Lanka's Education Mini
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Education Minister Professor GL Peiris on Tuesday announced that all schools island-wide will be closed till April 30 amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country.
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No exams to take place until June 15 amid COVID-19 surge, says Pak's Educa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 27 (ANI): Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Pakistan, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday announced that no examinations will take place in the country until June 15.
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Encourage younger generations to read: Punjab Minister on World Book Day
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 23 (ANI): Younger generations must be encouraged to discover the pleasure of reading, said Punjab Higher Education Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Friday at the launch of pictorial visuals depicting the significance of books on the occasion of World
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