Karnataka Bengaluru Coronavirus June 20 Highlights: According to Bengaluru police, he was attached with Kalasipalya police station and was one among nine policemen tested positive. (Express Photo Praveen Khanna)
Karnataka Bengaluru Coronavirus June 20 Highlights: The Karnataka government has decided to announce the II PUC exam result in the first week of July.
A day after the pending English paper of II PUC examinations was held in the state, Minister for primary and secondary education Suresh Kumar said “the exam results will be announced in the first week of July. Out of the 36 subjects, evaluation of answer papers pertaining to 26 subjects have been completed. The evaluation of answer papers of nine other subjects is underway.” According to the minister, the English paper evaluation will be carried out in 20 districts.
Meanwhile, the Centre government on Friday, has asked all States and Union Territories to follow practices implemented by Karnataka, which includes the comprehensive contact tracing of positive cases and physical and phone-based household survey which has covered more than 1.5 crore households.
The Union Health Ministry lauded the two initiatives taken by Karnataka that have been developed as part of the ‘whole of government’ approach with the involvement of multi-sectoral agencies and supported by technology-based solutions and interventions. The ministry also said Karnataka effectively traced and tracked each case thereby successfully containing the spread of the epidemic.
In 2018, many areas in the Madikeri town had experienced major landslides.
The National Students Union of India (NSUI) protested in front of the Karnataka Education Minister Suresh Kumar house in Rajajinagar in Bengaluru demanding the cancellation of the SSLC examinations.
Members of the NSUI said that students will face problems due to COVID-19 crisis if SSLC examination is allowed in the state.
According to reports, the NSUI members were immediately arrested by the Basaveshwara Nagar police. As many as 8,48,192 students have registered for the SSLC examination in Karnataka scheduled to be held from June 25 to July 3.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) may allow Class 12 students to graduate early under a special marking scheme, but offer them the option to take the Board exams at a later date to improve their performance.
In other words, CBSE may not hold the Board exams in July and, instead, come up with an alternate method of evaluation. Students who are dissatisfied with their results can opt for the pen-and-paper exam to be conducted by the Board later in the year.
Currently, about 19 states and union territories have finished conducting their Board exams for Class 12 students. These include Bihar, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
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A 56-yr-old head constable who was under treatment for Covid-19 has passed away on Saturday morning.
According to Bengaluru police, he was attached with Kalasipalya police station and was one among nine policemen tested positive. Another ASI of Wilson Garden traffic PS is tested positive.
On June 14 ,A 59 year old ASI (traffic) from VV Puram traffic police station in Bengaluru passed away due to Coronavirus.
A Siddaganga Mutt student in Tumakuru district has been admitted to the isolation ward of the district hospital with Covid-19 symptoms.
The student, a native of the Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh had returned to the Mutt via Raichur on June 15 for writing the SSLC exams.
According to the district administration, based on the information by the Kurnool district administration, the Health department authorities shifted the student to the designated Covid hospital on Friday afternoon. Throat swab sample of the student has been sent for testing.
The health department officials have kept three of his roommates under quarantine.
The ComedK-UGET 2020 which was scheduled to be held on July 25, has been postponed to August 1.
The examination will be held in two shifts, the first from 9 a.m. to noon and the second from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., said a release.
The decision is taken after the request made by the students appearing for NEET on July 26. “It is felt that a few COMEDK applicants may also appear for the Kannada Language Test being conducted by the KEA on the same day of the COMEDK test. A separate window will be provided for such candidates in the first week of July to capture their details. They will be accommodated in centres where UGET 2020 will be held in the second shift,” the release stated.
After receiving complaints of several colleges violating the social distancing rule during the II PUC examination conducted on Thursday, the Primary and Secondary Education department has entrusted the responsibility to physical education (PE) teachers.
A detailed circular issued by the Karnataka State Secondary Education Board Director V Sumangala to all the DDPIs and BEOs across Karnataka directed PE teachers to be present at examination centres well in advance and must ensure that all students adhere to social distancing rule. “The DDPIs and BEOs shall assign duties to PE teachers and deploy them to centres accordingly,” the circular said.
On Friday alone, Bengaluru's civic body BBMP fined 1,189 people and collected Rs 2.28 lakh for failing to wear face masks and maintain social distancing.
BBMP marshals and officials slapped a fine of Rs 200 on 1,040 citizens for failing to wear a mask. They also fined 49 people for not following social-distancing norms
BBMP health officials inspected hotels and restaurants in Koramangala and fined four of them for not scientifically disposing of garbage. They have been fined Rs 52,000, said D Randeep, BBMP’s special commissioner (solid waste management).
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