Lockdown 2: HRD minister to hold a webinar for students

NEW DELHI: The union minister for human resource and development, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has announced a second webinar to address students’ concerns related to the impact of COVID-19 on their education.

Asking students to share their questions on Twitter using hashtag #EducationMinisterGoesLive , the minister tweeted on his official Twitter handle.

Students, I will be going live soon to interact with you, answer your queries related to #COVID19 's impact on your education, and much more.
You can share your questions with me using #EducationMinisterGoesLive

Stay tuned for more details! pic.twitter.com/VhnlZawU9T

— Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) April 28, 2020

Previously, Pokhriyal had held a webinar on April 27 to address the queries of parents about their children’s education, “academic future”, examinations, teaching methodology, availability of books, mental health and other issues. Parents from dozen of states across India including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Lucknow, Bihar, Odisha had written their questions online on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #EducationMinisterGoesLive.

Thanking parents for joining the webinar, the minister had also posted the link to his first webinar on his official Twitter handle for their reference.

The minister is yet to announce the date for the second webinar. The students have already started posting their questions on Twitter. The queries of students from schools and universities center around examinations. Given that the academic sessions ends in March and April in schools and many colleges, they are uncertain about how they would be promoted to next grade and how the examinations would be held.

Sir, I am a student of BSC Cs final year, Due to Covid-19, My final semester are on a hold for a long time and the Mumbai University isn't concerned about addressing us on aur exams, the situation is getting worse in Mumbai and we students are in stress! #EducationMinisterGoesLive

— Yash Modi (@01YashModi) April 28, 2020

Respected sir , we want to know that how the CBSE will give marks to the student. Also there may be chances of partiality . And what of those students who have not good marks on pre board . But they r prepared for their board exam . Some of them have not given internal exams also

— Rohit Rai (@RohitRa97968055) April 28, 2020

The webinar for students is aimed at addressing their queries related to the impact of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown and preventive measures being taken to control the spread of coronavirus.

In mid-March, the ministry of human resource and development had shut all the educational institutions in the country to curb the COVID-19 outbreak. All the examinations including board exams and entrance tests were postponed till after the lockdown. Many states have cancelled examinations for Classes 1 to Class 9 and Class 11 and granted automatic promotion to the next class. However, the pending examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 may be conducted after the lockdown is lifted. Many schools and colleges across the country have now resumed education through digital platforms and MHRD has been actively promoting online classes and its digital resources like SwayamPrabha, Yukti, e-pathshala and so on.

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