New Delhi:
Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar on Sunday said it was necessary to hold the second year Pre-University (Class 12) exams, in the interest of students future. An appropriate decision will be taken in the days to come, considering various aspects and the Centre s suggestions, he said.
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The Minister, who participated in the meeting of the Education Ministers of all states organised by the Centre s Ministry of Education, stressed the need to hold exams for second PU students in some way as they prepare for professional courses. Earlier this month, the Karnataka government had postponed the second PUC (Class 12) examinations which were scheduled to begin from May 24, citing a surge in COVID cases as the reason.
The chatter was back on campuses as schools in Kerala, Karnataka and Assam reopened after several months with strict COVID-19 regulations such as wearing masks, thermal screening, washing hands and mandatory social distancing. Though many students attended school, with letters of consent from their parents, some chose to continue education online with their guardians anxious about the pandemic situation and the emergence of a new strain of the novel coronavirus. India on Friday reported a single-day rise of20,035new COVID-19 cases which pushed the country s virus caseload to1,02,86,709. The death toll increased to 1,48,994 with 256 fresh fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data.