Engineering Classes in Telangana From 17 Aug KCR

Degree, PG and engineering final year exams will be held as per UGC, AICTE directions, says KCR

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday announced that a long-term strategy would be chalked out and executed for strengthening government educational institutions in the State and total cleansing of the education system. The government also decided to start the academic year for engineering from August 17.

Instructing the officials concerned to convene a meeting with educationists and experts and seek their opinion, the Chief Minister said it was decided to follow the guidelines issued by the UGC, AICTE and other such institutions in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic with regard to administration of educational institutions, conduct of examinations as also syllabus

Chandrashekhar Rao, who held an extended meeting at Pragati Bhavan here on education-related issues in the backdrop of the coronavirus spread, said there was a need to protect academic sanctity. Examinations for degree, post-graduate and engineering final year students would be conducted as per the directions of the UGC and the AICTE, and the government would promote the others without any examination as such, he said.

The government was also preparing the schedule for combined entrance tests to ensure that students did not lose a precious academic year, he said. Stating that the government would soon take a decision on reopening of schools in the State, he said this would be based on the Central government’s stance on the issue and also on the decision taken by other States in this regard.

Declaring that the State government was keen on cleansing the existing academic system and was determined to strengthen government educational institutions, the Chief Minister pointed out that the ongoing robbery in the name of offering quality education would only stop with improvement in teaching standards at the government educational institutions.