Karnataka cancels class 1-9 exams, students to be promoted based on comprehensive evaluation
SSLC board exams to be held as scheduled between June 21 - July 5
Bengaluru: Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Wednesday said there will no exams for the students of Class 1 to 9 and that they will be promoted through a comprehensive evaluation.
The minister further added that the SSLC Board exams will be held as scheduled between June 21 to July 5.
Earlier in the day, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announced that ICSE or class 10 board exams are canceled while the CBSE had earlier last week made a similar announcement.
Karnataka, on the other hand, has been firm in conducting class 10 board exams despite a steep rise in the number of COVID cases and opposition from the students.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
