As schools continue to remain shut due to the coronavirus situation, Himachal Pradesh state cabinet on Saturday allowed schools to charge only tuition fees from the students.
This comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs stated that all educational institutions, including schools and colleges, will continue to remain closed, as the nationwide coronavirus lockdown was extended till May 31.
However, online and distance learning will continue to be permitted in the institutions.
Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has released a revised datesheet for its various postgraduate and undergraduate CETs that were postponed due to coronavirus lockdown. The TS PGECET 2020 will be conducted from July 1 to 3 while the TS EAMCET or Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test 2020 will be conducted from July 6 to 9. According to the revised schedule, the TS PECET 2020 will be conducted after July 16.
Candidates can visit the official website of TSCHE at www.tsche.ac.in or find a direct link to the revised schedule here.
Check Important Dates here:
TS PGCET 2020 —-July 1 to July 3, 2020
TS EAMCET 2020 —-July 6 to July 9, 2020
TS ICET 2020 ——July 13, 2020
TS Law CET 2020 and TS PGLCET 2020 ——- July 10, 2020
TS ECET 2020 ———-July 4, 2020
TS EdCET 2020 ————July 15, 2020
TS PolyCET 2020 ———-July 1, 2020
Parents of students protested here on Saturday against the hike in fees by a private school at Golf Link Road.
The fee had been hiked after the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued an order allowing schools to charge 70 per cent of the total fee during the lockdown period.
The protestors were seen maintaining social distancing norms and wearing masks while speaking against the school’s move to increase the fees.
“The school has increased tuition fee by Rs 600 per month despite the high court’s order that schools can charge only 70 per cent of total school fees,” Sunny Sabharwal, a parent told ANI.
“They only provide photos of pages on WhatsApp. All the burden is on the parents’ shoulders. Our incomes have been affected due to coronavirus. The school authorities did not even allow us to meet the principal,” he said.
Another parent, Navpreet Kaur, the school administration should understand the situation of parents.
“We understand the school also has to bear expenses but they need to understand our situation as well. All businesses have come to a standstill in the last two months,” she said.
The fourth phase of nationwide lockdown will continue till May 31.
National Test Abhyas app that was launched by union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday has been downloaded by over two lakh medical and engineering aspirants of India within 72 hours. The minister on Friday informed this on Twitter and said, “The National Test Abyaas App launched by HRD Ministry’s NTA for students preparing for JEE (Mains) and NEET has become very popular and within less than 72 hours of its launch, more than 2,00,000 students have downloaded this app. Over 80,000 students have also appeared for mock tests.”
The National Test Abhyas app provides free mock tests to the JEE and NEET aspirants. Students get one full length question paper for JEE main, advanced and NEET exams daily. The duration to attempt the questions is of three hours. Students can attempt it anytime during the day as per their convenience.
“A large number of students appear for these competitive examinations and a lot of students could not study in private coaching institutes. Keeping in mind their needs, NTA has launched this app which will facilitate them in preparing for the exams,” the minister said in a video tweeted by him. He also thanked NTA DG Vineet Joshi for this app.
मुझे खुशी है कि NTA द्वारा बनाए गए “नेशनल टेस्टिंग अभ्यास ऐप” को 2 लाख से भी अधिक विद्यार्थियों ने डाउनलोड कर लिया है और 80000 से अधिक बच्चे इसमें टेस्ट भी दे चुके हैं।
यह JEE (Mains) और NEET की तैयारी कर रहे विद्यार्थियों के लिए बहुत उपयोगी ऐप है। pic.twitter.com/Oyzv3OC7jQ— Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) May 22, 2020
“In the time of this unprecedented health emergency, this app will help the students to prepare for the examinations. Through this app, our goal is to create world’s largest virtual test system which will provide immediate, real and unbiased results,” Nishank said
“The app is available on the Android platform and will soon be available on the iOS platform. After giving the test available on this app, students can evaluate their preparations immediately and they will be able to understand the answers to all the questions with their explanations,” he added.
The app also analyses the time spent on different sections which will help the students know their weak and strength areas and prepare accordingly. The app will also keep a record of their total and subject-wise scores.
The faculty members of the Delhi University’s Department of History have joined the chorus against the administration’s decision to conduct online open book exams in case the situation due to the coronavirus outbreak doesn’t normalise.
DU’s Sociology and Economics departments have already voiced their disagreement with the move, while the teachers’ association and students’ union held an online campaign against the decision.
The faculty members of the Department of History wrote to DU VC Yogesh Tyagi against the move and suggested alternatives.
The Combined Committee of Courses (CoC) for postgraduate (PG), undergraduate (UG) honours courses and programmes of the Department of History held a meeting on May 19 via Zoom.
The CoC also discussed the written responses received from a large number of PG History students regarding online open book examinations.
It noted that the coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown led to an unprecedented situation.
The people are dealing with several issues, including infrastructural constraints, technological obstacles, economic hardships, dislocation of students and/or their families, and the challenging environments in many households, it said.
A significant number of students do not have access to a stable WiFi/4G internet, or a smart device with camera/scanner, the faculty members said. “Moreover, many students are stranded away from their notes, reading materials and even the minimum required stationary for an OBE,” the CoC said.
The students have categorically voiced their opinion that offline/online open book examinations scheduled in July will not be fair since they were taught for an altogether different mode of assessment.
The CoC suggested that for undergraduate students in the sixth semester, an average of the marks of previous semesters can be accounted for the 75% marks of the total marks and the remaining 25 per cent will be the internal evaluation marks of final semester.
For postgraduate students in the fourth semester, an average of the marks of the previous three semesters can be taken for the 75 per cent marks while the remaining 25 per cent can be the internal evaluation of the fourth semester, it said.
The CoC also stressed that those who were not able to submit assignments due to problems during the lockdown be given additional time in July to do so.
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Updated: May 23, 2020 12:41 IST
MAH MBA/ MMS CET Result 2020 has been declared on the official website of Maharashtra Common Entrance Test cell on its official websites at mahacet.org and cetcell.mahacet.org. A total of 11, 0631 students have been qualified. The result was declared at 11 am on Saturday but the merit list was not opening due to heavy traffic. Now candidates can access the merit list here.
The Maharashtra MBA CET exam 2020 was conducted on March 14 and 15 in computer based test mode. Candidates who have cleared the test can find their roll numbers in the merit list hat is attached below. The qualified candidates will have to register themselves for the counselling rounds. After the counselling of candidates is done, they will get to chose among the MBA institutes of Maharashtra based on their merit.
The Maharashtra MBA CET 2020 merit list can be downloaded from the official website or alternately check the merit list here.
Click here to download Maharashtra MBA/ MMS CET Result 2020
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The University of Hyderabad has extended till June 30, 2020, the last date to apply for admissions for the academic year 2020-21 in view of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
“Considering the existing situation in the country due to COVID-19, the last date for applying has now been extended to 30th June 2020. A total of 2456 seats are being offered for admissions to 132 courses,” the university said in a statement on Saturday.
The University of Hyderabad had earlier invited online application forms for its entrance examinations and admissions to various courses for the academic year 2020-21 from April 3, 2020, to May 22, 2020.
The statement advised all candidates to visit the university website for further updates.
This comes as the country is under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which has infected a total number of 1,761 people in Telangana, of which 1,043 have been cured/discharged, and 45 have lost their lives.
