COVID-19 lockdown: Education minister's third webinar on May 14, exclusively for teachers

Human Resource and Development Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” is all set to conduct the third round of his live session on Twitter and Facebook on May 14 at 12 noon.

Human Resource and Development Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” is all set to conduct the third round of his live session on Twitter and Facebook on May 14 at 12 noon. The HRD Minister heard the plight of the parents and students during the first and second rounds of his webinar respectively. This time, the minister decided to come exclusively for the teachers and talk about the issues they are facing amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus followed by three phases of nationwide lockdown until May 17.

Nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the deadly virus COVID-19 led to the closure of academic institutions, suspension of classes, postponement of exams and delay in results. Educational institutions are not able to begin the new academic sessions and students don’t have results to apply for college admissions. The situation is stressful for the students but the fraternity of teachers are suffering too.

The on-going lockdown is creating a lot of confusion, stress and anxiety among people. In order to prevent the academic loss of the students, teachers are leaving no stone unturned to impart learning through various online learning portals, email, calls, websites and more. The major problem the rare facing during these difficult times is delayed salary or no salary. Despite the government’s directions, there are institutions that are cutting salaries of the teachers or not paying them a penny at all for all the efforts they are putting to continue the teaching-learning process.  

In his latest tweet, asking the teachers to share their queries, the minister said, “Teachers, I am sure you are doing your best to ensure a smooth learning experience for your students during the #lockdown. Let's talk about it on 14th May 2020 at 12 noon. I would love to address your queries too. Have you shared them yet?”

During the live sessions, the HRD minister answered various questions related to the postponed board exams including CBSE, new academic sessions, alternative academic calendar, delayed entrance exams and more. In the webinar, The MHRD announced the JEE Main 2020 April Exam and NEET 2020 exam dates. JEE Main is scheduled to be held in multiple sessions from July 18 to July 23 while NEET will be conducted on July 26. JEE Advanced 2020 will be held on August 23. The minister also announced the pending exam dates for CBSE 10^thand CBSE 12^th students. According to the revised CBSE Class 10 Date Sheet 2020 and CBSE Class 12 Date Sheet 2020, the examinations will be conducted from July 1 to July 15. With this announcement, the CBSE 10th result and CBSE 12th result is expected to be announced in August.

Stay tuned with Shiksha.com and catch the live updates of HRD minister’s third webinar on May 14 at 12 noon.

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