Right now, the schedule for four weeks has been laid down in the NCERT academic calendar, which is subject to extension depending on the course the COVID-19 crisis takes.
JEE Advanced will be held in August 2020, said Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union HRD Minister
The exams were postponed due to nationwide lockdown announced to contain the COVID-19 spread.
Earlier, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had donated his one month salary and Rs one crore from the MPLADS fund.
Replying to a question of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi in Lok Sabha, Pokhriyal said the government was aware of the incident at Gargi College, a reputed institute in the national capital.
Scores of students from universities across the country, including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University, Jadavpur University and Presidency University, have been protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
His remarks came against the backdrop of police crackdown against students of Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh, following protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
"After providing access to education for all, now the focus is to ensure quality education to students across the country. The government is working actively on it as it believes that only quality education has the potential of developing a good citizen with a strong character. Quality education is a must for all-round development of the country," he said.
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said there is a need to conduct "learning outcome assessment" in primary schools before promoting students.
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government will float an idea to enable IITs and IIMs become accreditation bodies so that burden of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) will be eased.
"Education is beyond politics... We should all resolve to work unitedly to improve education," he said and assured that adequate funds would be extended for research works at educational institutions.
Asserting that dialogue is the key to avoid agitations, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar today said education is not a subject for party politics, as he replaces Smriti Irani who had a controversy-ridden tenure.
After the Budget Session began on a note of confrontation last week, the second week of the session is also unlikely to transact legislative business, barring essential financial exercise like the Union Budget
Uttar Pradesh Congress has issued the legal notice to Irani for alleging that Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust had grabbed land of farmers in Amethi.
Protests continued today over de-recognition of a students' body, comprising mostly dalits, by IIT-M as NDA ally RPI joined the chorus against the premier institute's action, terming it as an "act of injustice" and "attack" on freedom of expression.
Crime branch had arrested four employees in this connection, who were granted bail by the court on Saturday.
More than 700 leaders from business, government, civil society and academia from 45 countries will take part in the three-day India Economic Summit, organised by WEF in partnership with industry body CII.
The government today launched an anti-ragging website helping students of universities, colleges and professional institutes lodge online complaints against ragging or harassment and seek faster response.
Government proposes to enact a crucial bill this year to make it mandatory for every higher educational institution to be accredited in the country, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said today.
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