Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ News

Ahead of board exams in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' session with students appearing in the exam, teachers and parents. This year the session will be conducted virtually, which increases the reach of the event. PM Narendra Modi will be addressing the session virtually and will reach students across the world.

The selected participants will participate in the programme online from their respective State and UT headquarters They will be presented with a special PPC kit (ParikshaPeCharcha kit) The portal for online creative writing competition will remain open till 14th March 2021, Pokhriyal added

Pokhriyal announced the UGC guidelines on the academic calendar for the first year of UG and PG students of the universities for the session 2020-21 in view of COVID-19 pandemic The admissions to the first-year programmes for the session 2020-21 will be completed by the end of October 2020 The last date for admissions to fill up the remaining vacant seats shall be November 30, 2020, said the ministry of education

Outlining the efforts of his ministry in safeguarding the future of students, Ramesh Pokhriyal emphasized the steps taken with regard to the new academic calendar and virtual mode of education.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the 5 documents developed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) covering the 5 verticals of Quality Mandate in New Delhi on Friday (December 27).

The AICTE and UGC maintain a list of fake universities and unapproved institutions on their websites, Union HRD Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Thursday.