May cancel Class 10 exams if Covid not in control in July: CM Yediyurappa


Belagavi, Jun 5 (IANS): Hours after Karnataka Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar announced that state board's Class 10 (Secondary School Leaving Certificate/SSLC) examinations will be held in third week of July, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday clarified that these will be held only if the pandemic comes under absolute control.

Yediyurappa, who is on a day-long tour in Belagavi and Dharwad districts to take stock of the pandemic preparedness, told reporters that SSLC students and their parents need not panic over the announcement of examinations.

"As the minister has already stated, no student appearing for SSLC examinations will be failed," he said.

He noted that even the examinations for this crucial year will only be held if the Covid situation comes under control.

During his review meeting in Belagavi, he said that the state government would appoint an administrator to monitor the affairs of the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), which has been designated as a Covid care hospital.

BIMS Director, Vinay Dastikopp, has been sent on leave following complaints of negligence in Covid management.

Yediyurappa drove to the Suvarna Soudha to hold a meeting of officers relating to Covid management. He also said he would take steps to ensure that sugar factories paid arrears to farmers.

The Chief Minister also visited the RSS office on Goods Shed Road to meet senior pracharak Sriharibhau Vajhe, as the 86-year-old has been ailing for some time due to age-related reasons.

While reviewing Covid preparedness in Dharwad district, Yediyurappa said that the state government had received 9,000 vials of anti-fungal drug Amphotericin-B, used in the treatment of mucormycosis, or black fungus, which will be distributed equally based on the infection levels in all districts.

He added that the Dharwad administration must strive hard to bring down the case positivity rate from 11.9 per cent to five per cent.

"Unless the positivity rate comes down to 5 per cent which is a benchmark set by experts, we cannot relax ongoing lockdown measures," he warned.

Meanwhile Health Minister K. Sudhakar announced that the state government would henceforth consider all those who die of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) infection as Covid deaths.

"The state government will also take steps so that orphan children of those parents who died of SARI would also be considered under the Covid relief package," he said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Rajesh B Shetty, Udupi

    Mon, Jun 07 2021

    So eager to cancel exams, always in a negative gear. Our politicians never think about the children's future, their ambition. Lockdown, cancel exams. Think about solution to the problems, not problem to the solution.

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  • SJM, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    “Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to meet it” - Better cancel now

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  • Sunil K, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    With all this indecision and hesitancy, somebody will cry - either the students or the PM.

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  • Achhu, Mlore

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    Khumba Mela did not cancelled. Just think our rulers rule.

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  • WALTER SEQUEIRA, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ವಿಧ್ಯಾವಂತರಾದರೆ ಬಿಜೆಪಿಗೆ ಓಟು ಹಾಕುವವರು ಯಾರು? ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ರದ್ದು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ರಗಾಳೆ ಇಲ್ಲ

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  • Lokesh, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    Why hold exams when no one will fail? What illiteracy is this?

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    I predicted yesterday only that ,today YEDIYURAPPA will take U turn and give this cancel exam statement.

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  • Dilshad, Thokattu

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    Just postpone all exams and not to promote any students by any means. Let students who deserve get obtain highest mark. Dont try to sail them all in same boat..it will don confusion in future during job hunting.

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  • Cynthia, Dkatte

    Sat, Jun 05 2021

    Postpone till when re ? Till the 3rd/4th/5h wave ? By that time student will become father and you will be grand father...apply vicks

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