Karnataka: Students of 7, 8 grade promoted without exam, decision on SSLC exam after April 14
Bengaluru: The students of seventh and eighth grade in the state whose final examinations were not conducted owing to the country-wide lockdown due to the spread of Coronavirus shall be promoted to next grades for the coming academic year without exams. The announcement was made by Suresh Kumar, Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, when he was interacting with people through Facebook Live on Thursday afternoon.
He further confirmed that there will be no examinations that will be held for the students of seventh and eighth grade after the lockdown.
Kumar also added that students of ninth grade can be promoted to SSLC based on Formative and Summative examination. He also informed that if the students fail to clear the formative and summative examinations the students should take another examination before the beginning of next academic year.
Speaking about the SSLC examination and one remaining exam of PUC II (English) Kumar noted that the decision regarding these exams will be taken after April 14. He also instructed students to not take things for granted thinking there will no further SSLC and remaining PU II exams in the state this year.
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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).
