Regular classes in Karnataka colleges expected from October 1

Karnataka government has decided to give green signal for start of regular classes in degree colleges from October 1, Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said on Wednesday.

He, however, hastened to d that department of Higher Education would await guidelines from central government on reopening of colleges which have remained shut since March in view of COVID-19 lockdown, indicating a final call would be taken later.

Narayan, who holds Higher Education portfolio, said online classes would commence from September 1. " government has decided to get ball rolling on all acemic activities online from next month. In dition, all colleges will start in October and students are expected to attend classes in person," he told reporters here.

According to Narayan, state government has alrey me comprehensive preparations for starting offline classes following guidelines issued by University Grants Commission (UGC).

state government will ditionally follow directions from central government as y come, he ded. Along with commencement of acemic year, final year examinations will be scheduled for all undergruate, diploma and engineering students, minister said ding arrear exams will also be conducted.

state government h also conducted SSLC board examination and pre-university examinations. However, re was indication as yet on when schools and pre-university colleges would reopen.

Karnataka's COVID-19 tally is inching toward three lakh mark and state recorded a sharp spike of 8,161 new cases on Tuesday. total cases stood at 2,91,826 and death toll 4,958.

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