CPI MP from Kerala Binoy Viswam has written a letter to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal urging him to revoke the suspension laid down upon Dr. Gilbert Sebastian.
CBSE Board Exam News: The government has cancelled CBSE Board exams for Class 10th and postponed 12th exams till May 30. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by PM Narendra Modi. The meeting was attended by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and top government officials.
Union Human Resources and Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will interact with students from all over the country LIVE today from 12 pm onwards to answer various queries including updates on competitive exam dates, exam results, amid coronavirus lockdown. Students are also welcome to ask their questions, share suggestions to the government.
"Over 80 per cent students have already registered for the winter semester. The students who want to study should not be disturbed. If our universities have to excel in global competition, we need to rise above these issues," HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal told news agency PTI.
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had also raised the issue of rankings in the recent meeting of the IIT Council, the highest decision-making body of 23 IITs.
The meeting chaired by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was also attended by heads of autonomous organisations, vice chancellors of universities, HRD secretaries for higher education and school education R Subrahmanyam and Rina Ray, along with senior officials of the central and state governments.
In another reply to Lok Sabha earlier, the Minister had said that over 800 posts of teachers of the total 1,748 are lying vacant in Sanskrit universities and institutions funded by central and state governments.
Ramesh Pokhriyal said the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act came into effect from April 1, 2010, and the Act makes elementary education a fundamental right of all children in the age group of 6-14 years.
The information was given by Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', while in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The draft NEP has been put in the public domain from May 31.
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