Bengaluru: Primary and secondary education minister Suresh Kumar has directed officials to begin preparations to conduct the SSLC examination, which had been stalled due to the Corona lockdown.
The minister held a video conference with the deputy directors of public instruction (DDPI) of all districts on Monday. Students of all districts are eager to know the schedule of the examination. The officials should pay immediate attention to conducting the SSLC examination keeping in mind the social conditions, following the COVID-19 pandemic attack, necessary precautionary measures should be implemented at the examination centres., said the minister.
Suresh Kumar also gathered information regarding the preparations to be made in the districts as per local necessity, as, in the backdrop of the Corona attack, the districts in Karnataka have been segregated as red, orange, green and containment zones. Since maintaining social distance has been stressed upon in the current times, it is necessary to help students not distance themselves from one another emotionally or mentally. The preparations for examination should focus on this too, insisted the minister.
Speaking further, he said that students who would be answering the examination will have to be provided masks and sanitizer at the centres. The students should also be made to undergo thermal scan before answering. In case of a student showing symptoms of fever, the student should be provided a separate room to answer, the officials were told.
Sidelights:
- The Department of Public Instruction is already conducting revision classes in Chandana Vahini for students answering SSLC examination. Similar classes will begin for English medium students too
- Examination centres in containment zones will have to be shifted. Sub-centres will have to be opened. Every examination hall will have lesser than the usual 24 students. Also, every hall will have CCTV cameras installed and medical facilities provided. An action plan should be readied to implement this.
- The examination schedule should be declared. Special care should be given to necessary gap between subjects.
- An action plan should be prepared to permit students from other places to answer the examination in cities or towns where they currently are.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
