COVID-19 Impact: Schools, Coaching institutes to remain closed in Uttar Pradesh until May 10, check details here
The state government has also suspended all the online classes till the said date.
Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed all the schools and coaching institutes in the state to remain closed till May 10, 2021. The state government has also suspended all the online classes till the said date. This announcement was made by the UP state government after witnessing the rise in coronavirus cases in the state. Earlier, all the educational institutions were closed till
Earlier, the Uttar Pradesh government allowed school teachers across the state to work from home till May 20, 2021. Uttar Pradesh Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi made this announcement. The UP government has also postponed university and college exams in the state till May 15, 2021.
The Uttar Pradesh Board had earlier decided to postpone the upcoming board examinations for classes 10 and 12 amid a huge spike in coronavirus cases across the nation. The UP Board 10th, as well as the UP Board 12th examinations, have been postponed until May 20.
These examinations will be held after May 20 and the new timetable will be decided in the first week of May, an official statement said. The exams were previously scheduled to begin on May 8.
The government had also deferred university and college exams in the state till May 15. A decision regarding the conduct of these exams will be taken in the first week of May, U Chief Minister and Secondary Education Minister Dinesh Sharma had said.
“In view of the coronavirus spread, secondary education board’s (UPMSP) proposed exams from May 8 have been postponed till May 20 and university, college exams have been postponed till May 15. A decision on exams will be taken in the first week of May,” the minister had said.
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