Bengaluru: As the Karnataka government continues to be tight-lipped over the outcry of the students demanding the cancellation of final year exams and postponing of CET exams, Saturday saw another twitter campaign by students and organizations to continue seeking their demands to be fulfilled.

The CET examinations in the state are scheduled to be held on July 30 and 31 amidst the COVID-19 scare and the students have been vocally criticizing the government of being careless about the health of thousands of students across the state.

Several social media campaigns have so far been organized by the student organizations like NSUI to demand cancellation of final year university examination and postponing of CET exams. They have also added that the students should be promoted based on their prelims marks and previous performances and not be forced to take the examination when the state is one of the worst-hit states of the country by COVID pandemic.

On Saturday, hashtag #JusticeForKarnatakaStudents was one of the top trending topics in Karnataka and on twitter India with over 70k tweets by 6:00 pm. Students tagged Karnataka Dy.CM and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Ashwath Narayan and CM Yediyurappa in their tweets.

Some of the users also shared alleged screenshots of messages sent to the Dy.CM claiming that he had seen the messages but chose to not reply.

Here are some of the tweets from Saturday's Twitter campaign:

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New Delhi (PTI): A Bill which seeks to set up a single regulator for institutions of higher education is required to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes become independent and self-governing, officials said.

The Bill is likely to be introduced in Parliament next week after it got the Union Cabinet's nod on Friday.

The proposed legislation, which was earlier christened the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, has now been named Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill.

A single higher education regulator, which was proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP), looks to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).

"The Bill proposes to set up a Higher Education Commission of India to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes become independent and self-governing institutions and to promote excellence through a robust and transparent system of accreditation and autonomy. It is likely to be introduced (in Parliament) in the coming week," an official said.

While the UGC presently oversees non-technical higher education in the country, the AICTE oversees technical education, while the NCTE is the regulatory body for teachers' education.

The Commission is proposed to be set up as a single higher education regulator, but medical and law colleges will not be brought under its ambit.

It is proposed to have three major roles -- regulation, accreditation and setting professional standards, officials said.

Funding, which is seen as the fourth vertical, is not proposed to be under the regulator so far. The autonomy for funding is proposed to be with the administrative ministry, they said.