Regular Classes for 1st, 2nd year students in Karnataka to begin from January 14
The government has already begun the offline or regular classes for the Class 10th, second pre-university, final year degree and postgraduate students.
After a gap of more than nine months, regular classes for first and second-year college students in Karnataka will resume on January 14. Colleges, Universities and other educational institutions across the state have been kept closed since mid-March in wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country and the lockdown induced to contain it. While making the announcement, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan, who also holds the higher education portfolio, has directed the Vice-Chancellors of all the government and private universities, senior officials of several departments, including that of higher education, to suggest a date for resumption of the classes.
The Vice-Chancellors attended a meeting with the Deputy Chief Minister. During the meeting, it was unanimously decided that the government should begin the offline classes. Narayan asked them to suggest a date and based on their submission, the date to start classes will be announced. This applies to both the first and second-year students of degree, post-graduation, diploma and engineering.
The government has already begun the offline or regular classes for the Class 10th, second pre-university, final year degree and postgraduate students. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the classes are being conducted successfully.
By taking this success into account, it has been decided to open the remaining classes also, he said. while talking about the student's bus pass, Narayan said the confusion will be cleared soon after discussing it with another Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who holds the transport portfolio.
Last week, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar had announced that the Karnataka SSLC 2021 examinations would be conducted in the first week of June, while the Karnataka 2nd PUC will be conducted in May.
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