New Board to be known as ‘Prarthamika Shikshana Parishat’, says Minister Suresh Kumar Bengaluru: After a wait of over three years, a major rejig in the Examination Board of Secondary Education is in the offing. The proposed single examination board for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and Pre-University examinations (II PU) will finally be formed. …
Karnataka mulls on establishing six Research Universities
August 18, 2020Bengaluru: In a move aimed at giving a push to the Centre’s ambitious National Education Policy (NEP), the State Government is mulling establishment of six research-oriented Universities, besides setting up ten Universities focussed on ‘teaching’ and 34 autonomous Higher Education Institutions in the next three years. Speaking to presspersons after holding a high-level meeting with…
SSLC results on Aug.10
August 7, 2020Bengaluru: Ending the anxiety of lakhs of students over the date of announcement of SSLC exam (2019-20) results, the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board will announce the results at 3 pm on Aug.10. Announcing this to press-persons in Bengaluru this afternoon, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said that the results will be…
Karnataka to implement National Education Policy from this month: Minister
August 1, 2020Bengaluru: Karnataka will strive to implement the new National Education Policy (NEP) from August itself, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said yesterday. The Minister was in conversation — through a video conference — with the Draft National Education Policy Committee head Dr. K. Kasturirangan where Suresh Kumar told him that the State…
Teacher transfer in first week of August
August 1, 2020Bengaluru: The annual teacher transfer will take place in the first week of this month. Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar, in a press release, said that the Government has finalised the guidelines for Government school teachers this year and the transfer will take place as per the new set of guidelines….
Private school principals meet Education Minister
July 24, 2020Requests intervention to address problems faced by teaching and non-teaching staff Mysore/Mysuru: Representatives of the Mysore Sahodaya School Conference, an Association of schools affiliated to the CBSE of Mysuru and neighbouring districts, met Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar at his office in the Vidhana Soudha recently and submitted a memorandum, requesting his…
I PU supplementary exam cancelled
July 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The supplementary examinations scheduled for I year PU students from July 16 have been cancelled. The Department of Pre-University Education has announced the cancellation of the exams, following the spike in Covid-19 cases and considering the safety of students. As explained by Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar, the students will be…
MLC appeals Minister to provide facilities for PU evaluators
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MLC Marithibbegowda has appealed Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar to provide adequate facilities for II PUC Lecturers from other districts who have been assigned answer paper evaluation work at Bengaluru. In a letter to the Minister, Marithibbegowda, who represents South Teachers Constituency in the Legislative Council, urged the Government to compulsorily…
State to conduct SSLC exams from June 25 to July 4
May 19, 2020II PUC English exam on June 18 Bengaluru: The SSLC exams, which were postponed since nationwide lockdown was announced on Mar.24, will now be conducted from June 25 to July 4. Also, the II PUC English exam which was pending to be conducted will now be held on June 18. Announcing this at a press…
Minister seeks opinion of parents on starting primary classes
May 18, 2020Bengaluru: In a bid to end the confusion regarding re-opening of schools amid the lockdown, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar has sought the opinion and also suggestions from parents. In a Facebook post on Sunday evening, Suresh Kumar said that many parents have been urging for a late start of LKG, UKG…
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