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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Indian deputy chief of mission meets lawmakers; India-US ties discussed
Washington, Mar 26 (PTI): India’s Deputy Chief of Mission in the US Namgya Khampa met Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth to discuss further strengthening collaboration in defence, trade and investment.
Khampa met the Democrat Congresswoman from Maryland, who is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, here on Wednesday.
“They discussed recent global developments and ways to further strengthen India-US collaboration in defence, trade & investment, and people-to-people ties,” the Indian Embassy here said in a post on X.
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On Tuesday, the deputy chief of mission met Congresswoman Suzan DelBene from Washington state and thanked her for her support to the India-US partnership.
“They discussed issues of bilateral interest -- trade, technology, defence partnership, and recognised the contributions of the Indian-American community in the relationship,” the Embassy said.
