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Thiruvananthapuram: The government will establish three commissions; a Higher Education Reforms Commission to recommend timely reforms and lay out future plans for the sector; a University Law Reforms Commission to assist the government in amending outdated university laws, and an Exam Reforms Commission to make recommendations on how to reform the current exam system.
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The Centre has passed on to the states the onus of providing digital access for all students, disappointing some academics who said it was the Union government’s responsibility to implement its push for online education.
To a question in the Rajya Sabha from Shiv Sena member Anil Desai, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the states had been asked to address the issues of digital access.
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“Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the Constitution, and the matter relating to education pertains to central as well as the state government concerned,” Pradhan replied.
“The states and UTs (Union Territories) have been advised to map the students school-wise with their individual performance. Accordingly, the state governments have been directed to act based on the situation prevailing at every place to meet the demands of all students for providing them with the digital access required for learning digitally.”
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The Kerala government has decided to impose some tougher restrictions from June 5 to 9 in order to bring down the test positivity rate, said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Only the shops selling essential commodities will be allowed to function from June 5 to 9. All other shops which have been given permission now to open will close at 7pm on June 4. The shops which are selling the raw materials for industrial units and those shops which are selling construction materials will be allowed to open. Stay with us for all live updates from across India.Read Less