Govt thinking of easing workload of homework for-4th-5th grade students: K'taka Education Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, BC Nagesh on Friday said the government is planning to lighten the Homework load of students in 4th and 5th grades in the state.
Speaking at a press conference in the city here, the minister asserted that the CM Bommai-led state government was giving a thought to easing the workload of homework to the 4th and 5th-grade students.
He further added that the students up to 3rd grade cannot be given any homework at the schools according to the NEP 2020.
Earlier, parents had urged the government to cancel homework for students and the expert committee had also supported the demand. The government however is still figuring out on lightening the workload of the student's homework, the minister added.
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
