State Government at the moment has no plan of reopening schools: Karnataka Education Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Education Minister, Suresh Kumar on Tuesday added that the government had no plans at the moment to restart schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, asserting that the government was taking all the measures towards engaging students in learning.
He was addressing a webinar on Tuesday with the NGOs working in the educational sector to launch technology-based education and school activities in the wake of Coronavirus pandemic.
“This is the first time in the country and in the state that schools have not been able to start on schedule. All efforts are being made to enable the children to continue learning” Suresh Kumar said during the webinars seeking their suggestions in implementing technology-based education to enable students to continue their learning.
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Suggestions like using platforms such as WhatsApp and YouTube in helping students continue learning were discussed during the webinar.
He said that all the suggestions given by NGOs for the purpose of children's learning will be consolidated and the program will be implemented in the context of the respective areas.
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UP: 90 Bangladeshis, including 28 children, held in Mathura for illegal stay
Mathura (UP), May 16 (PTI): As many as 90 Bangladeshi nationals, including many children, were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Friday for alleged illegal stay in India, officials said.
They were taken into custody from local brickyards at Khajpur village under the Naujheel police station limits, a senior officer said.
"Regular searches were being conducted throughout the district. During one such operation, police were searching some local brickyards when they came across Bangladeshi nationals working there," SSP Shlok Kumar said.
Giving a break-up, the officer said in all, 35 men, 27 women and 28 children have been taken into custody.
"During interrogation, all of them admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India. They moved to Mathura three to four months back from a neighbouring state. Police are trying to establish their links," the SSP said, adding that their job contractor and other associates are also being questioned.
The officer told PTI that police also recovered some Aadhaar cards from the Bangladeshi nationals, apparently issued on forged documents in some other state.
Further legal proceedings are underway, Kumar said.
