COVID-19 effect: Schools shut, colleges conducting online classes; get latest updates here

COVID-19 effect: Schools shut, colleges conducting online classes; get latest updates here

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With COVID-19 spreading to more regions, state governments are closing down schools, colleges, educational institutions as a precautionary measure against the disease. Many are conducting classes online.

With COVID-19 spreading to more regions, state governments are closing down schools, colleges, educational institutions as a precautionary measuring against the disease. Coronavirus/COVID-19 has been declared as Pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO) and there is a sense of fear and panic all around the globe. Since the first case of COVID-19 has emerged in India, state governments are taking all the possible precautionary steps to curb the spread of the disease and that include shutting down educational institutes, vacating hostels, postponing entrance examinations, convocation ceremonies, and more. 

In the wake of this emergency situation, educational institutes around the globe are shifting their operations to online learning. Top educational institutions of India like Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D), Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSIT), and more have stopped their offline operations ad have shifted to their teaching-learning procedure online.

In a press release, DU administration has stated that the University will maintain the teaching-learning process in all postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. The study material will be made available on a weekly basis on the University’s website by the respective teachers of all the departments/ colleges/centres. The process of online teaching and learning will go on till March 31, 2020.

We have entered the fourth phase of COVID-19 lockdown. Coronavirus fractured a large chunk of India’s education system. In the view of emergency caused due to COVID-19, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) decided to cancel all its classes, examinations, and public gatherings. Top business schools like Indian institute of Management Indore (IIM-Indore), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L), Xavier School of Management (XLRI), and more have postponed their convocation ceremonies in order to avoid large gathering. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has released an advisory for its students and staff members asking them to cancel avoidable travel outside Aligarh and avoid organizing or attending gatherings of more than 100 people for conferences, functions, workshops, seminars, etc. till April 15.

Here's how different states of India are taking precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus. Scroll below to know the latest updates.

Delhi

June 1, 2020: The University of Delhi asked students to follow the University’s official website only for all the latest updates regarding admissions, exams, etc. The University also advised the students not to use or consider any other information published on any unauthentic source. Read More

Delhi University Date sheet 2020 released! The University of Delhi released the tentative date sheet for open book examinations for all students. The tentative date sheet for the annual and semester examinations is now published on the official website of DU i.e. du.ac.in. Read More

National Institute of Open Schooling or NIOS will start conducting live sessions for NIOS 12th i.e. senior secondary level (class 12th) and NIOS 10th i.e. secondary level (class 10th) students on Swayam Prabha DTH channels. Read More

Delhi University has announced that all the colleges affiliated to it will have summer vacation from June 13 to June 30. The vacation will start after the varsity will complete the question paper setting and moderation for end semester exams. Read More

May 29, 2020:Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said that the schools might be re-opened across the country once the board exams are over. However, the decision regarding the same will be taken after a thorough discussion with health and home ministries. Read More 

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has come forward to support Delhi University's plan to hold online book exam for final year students. Read More

IIT Alumni Council will be setting up a massive genetic testing Lab in Mumbai that will have the capacity to conduct 10 million RT-PCR tests in a month. Read More

May 22, 2020:The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has today reopen the offices. The JNU administration has issued guidelines for the university’s administrative functioning during the fourth stage of lockdown, which will continue until May 31. Read More

Keeping in mind the current coronavirus crisis and Amphan cyclone, the Aligarh Muslim University had organised two-day online course short term course on "Disaster Management and its Mitigation." Read More

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has said that the JNU administration is doing wrong by not allowing the stranded students in the Delhi-NCR region to return to campus. Read More

Amid COVID-19 lockdown, AICTE officials are working online to avoid delays in the scrutiny and approval process. Read More

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had announced that students enrolled in universities and affiliated colleges may undertake SWAYAM courses for which they will be given credits as per University Grant Commission (UGC)'s present regulations on credit framework for online learning courses. Read More

May 20, 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education released guidelines for its newly affiliated schools to make them understand the mission, vision and working of the CBSE in a better way. Read More

May 12, 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE released a notice confirming its decision to resume the evaluation process for CBSE Results 2020. Read More

The Delhi government recently asked suggestions from different stakeholders including students, teachers and principals about the roadmap to be followed in order to reopen schools post COVID-19 lockdown. Read More

May 8, 2020: Jamia Millia Islamia decided to conduct examinations for final year students only. The Last date to submit the assignment is extended to June 5, 2020. Read More

Jamia Millia Islamia released a new academic calendar for the upcoming session, the new session for the upcoming batch will begin from September 1. Read More

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) launched ‘CovidGyan’ recently to help people deal with the challenge of information overload on the novel coronavirus. Read More

May 6, 2020: MHRD revealed that grading in college and University exams could be a composite of 50% marks in case the COVID-19 situation does not appear to be normal. Read More

While answering about the pending CBSE 10th and CBSE 12th exams, the HRD Minister announced that the Central Board of Secondary Education is working on to reduce the syllabus for the new academic session. Read More

Government think-tank NITI Aayog has announced that it has suspended its internship programme for the next three months, starting from May, in wake of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country. Read More

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has released a revised academic calendar for technical institutions. The engineering counseling for admission for allotment of seats to be completed on or before August 15, 2020. Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has said it will be launching a structured online teachers training programs, to enhance the skills and improve the learning outcomes. Read More

The Delhi High Court has directed Delhi government to forthwith de-seal two schools in the state which were sealed on Monday, stating that no show cause notice was given to them before sealing the school for allegedly hiking fees during coronavirus lockdown. Read More
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has announced that it will conduct online classes for students from May 7 to May 17, 2020. Read More

The Human Resource and Development Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ announced that CBSE 10thexaminations will be conducted for the students of North-east Delhi only. Read More

May 4, 2020: Universities based in Delhi such as Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-D), Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Indraprastha University, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Ambedkar University and others are planning to conduct online exams amid COVID-19 lockdown. Read More

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) released a detailed set of guidelines and a revamped academic calendar for the Indian Technical Education Institutes to follow. Read More

AICTE Academic Calendar 2020: Provisional admissions allowed in management diploma, certificate courses Read More

Ministry of Human Resource and Development announced the alternative academic calendar for classes 9 and 10 released by the NCERT. Read More

May 3, 2020: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)  will announce the fresh dates for the  JEE Main 2020 April Exam and National Eligibility and Entrance Test ( NEET 2020 exams) on May 5. The announcement will be made by the Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. 

May 1, 2020: Prominent business schools such as Indian Institutes of Management-Ahmedabad, IIM-Calcutta, IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Indore, XLRI and MDI Gurgaon are mulling to revise this` year’s curriculum to incorporate learnings from the pandemic into nearly all subjects taught in an MBA programme, from economics and strategy to human resources and supply chains. Read More

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) launched 49 e-learning courses for free. Amid closed academic institutions, postponed exams and delayed results, AICTE e-learning courses will not only prevent academic loss of students but will also help students utilize the COVID-19 lockdown period effectively by upgrading their skills. Read More

April 29, 2020: Delhi University has conducted a webinar on coronavirus, to help visually impaired students. Read More

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will be releasing the guidelines for conducting the pending annual examinations and academic calendar for varsities across the country soon. Read More

The Human Resource and Development Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ suggested state governments adopt the alternative academic calendar released by NCERT. Read More

Delhi University released a modified academic calendar for the 2019-2020 session. Read More

Human Resource and Development Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” is all set to conduct a second round of his live session on Twitter and Facebook. Read More

The Union government increased the central allocation of cooking cost per child per day under the Mid-day Meal Scheme to Rs 8,100 crore from Rs 7,300 crore. Read More

the Government of India allowed the states to utilize the unused balance of the previous year which is around Rs. 6,200 crores and an Ad-hoc grant of Rs 4,450 crore is also being issued for the first quarter. Read More

Delhi government has said that it will not be possible to conduct the remaining CBSE exams and so the children should be passed on the basis of internal examination marks only. Read More

The evaluation work of CBSE 10th and CBSE 12th board exam answer sheets will take one to one and a half months, a CBSE official confirmed. Read More

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The CBSE secretory revealed that more than 70% of the evaluation is still left to be done. Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) clarified that the board will be conducting CBSE 10th and CBSE 12th board exams.

The Union HRD Minister asked all the states to start the evaluation process of Board exam answer sheets and facilitate CBSE to evaluate answer sheets of the students in their respective States. Read More

April 28, 2020: The University of Delhi (DU) initiated online counseling services for students. In an official notification, the university released a series of numbers of professors who can be contacted at its official portal. The Central Placement Cell (CPC) of the varsity is also all set to launch a detailed webinar series for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Read More

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)  started conducting mid-semester exams digitally. Read More

April 27, 2020: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) in collaboration with Sports Authority of India, through the Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, will be conducting online classes for PE teachers and coaches in its affiliated school. Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education has extended the last date for schools to apply or renew their affiliation to June 30, 2020. Read More

Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, Six Schools and Special Centres of Jawaharlal Nehru University have decided to conduct the end-semester exams through online mode by June. Read More

The NSUI has said that first and second-year students should be promoted without exams, while third-year students should be promoted based on their past performance. Read More

Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'  will be conducting a meeting with all state education ministers tomorrow, i.e. April 28. Read More

WHO is inviting people to take up a free coronavirus course. Candidates, who will successfully complete the course will be given certificates as well. Read More

The Ministry of Human Resource and Development asked universities to study how India handled the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and the measures the country took to boost the economy. Read More

The Ministry of Human Resource and Development directed the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) not to increase tuition fees. Read More

April 24, 2020: A testing kit for coronavirus developed by a team of researchers at IIT Delhi Kusuma School of Biological Sciences has got approval from ICMR, the nodal body for COVID-19 testing. Read More 

The Delhi Government warned landlords of potential legal action if they are found guilty of forcing students and labourers to pay rent during the lockdown. Read More

The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched short films on preventive awareness campaign against COVID-19. Read More

Considering the prevailing health emergency and various postponements, many schools are now suggesting that the authorities must give weightage to board exam scores for admissions to engineering and medical institutes instead of JEE Main or NEET. Read More

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced a COVID-19 national Bio-informatics Online Hackathon for full stackers. Read More

April 23, 2020: The NCERT under the guidance of the Ministry of Human Resource Development has released an ‘alternative academic calendar’ for the upper primary level (Classes 6 to 8) to help students study during the lockdown. Read More

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has directed all its special centres and schools of the university to decide on taking online or offline exams or a combination of both. Read More

There are certain clarifications the Delhi University decided to make regarding the e-registration by releasing a notice on its official website i.e. du.ac.in. Read More

In order to strengthen the content available online, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development launched a national program VidyaDaan 2.0 on April 22, 2020. Read More

April 22, 2020: The Delhi University (DU) sent a letter to its colleges seeking details of the online classes being conducted by teachers during the lockdown period due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Read More

The Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed the opening of shops selling school books and research establishments dealing with the agriculture and horticulture activities during the ongoing nationwide lockdown. Read More

April 21, 2020: In order to help the government in its fight against coronavirus pandemic, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has decided to provide its school premises for isolation centres. Until now 80 Kendriya Vidyalaya schools have been converted into quarantine centres. Read More

Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia interacted with principals of private schools in the state through video-conference and discussed teaching strategies to be adopted during online classes. Read More

The Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) decided to waive off the condonation fee for delay in filing of applications until June 30. Read More

According to the reports, CISCE collaborated with ‘Fit India Mission’. The collaboration led to a well-customized programme with developed special physical activities for the students studying in ICSE schools. Read More

April 20, 2020: In the midst of extended lockdown due to the coronavirus, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) extended the last date for IGNOU June 2020 assignment submission for June term-end examination again. Read More

April 17, 2020: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed all the private schools of the state not to increase fees during the lockdown. Read More

April 16, 2020: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) directed all the affiliated colleges to not demand fees payment from students during the lockdown period. Read More

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) laid down instructions for all its affiliated institutes and directed them to follow the same during the second phase of the lockdown i.e. lockdown 2.0. Read  More

In order to continue the teaching-learning process, the educational bodies directed academic institutions to impart education using technology. Online classes, e-learning platforms, virtual classes on social media platforms started emerging. Considering the same process, AICTE directed institutions to follow the same process of teaching and learning during the second phase of the lockdown as well. Read More

AICTE in its latest guidelines released for the academic institutions asked the institutes to take responsibility and discourage fake news by reporting the matter to concerned authorities. Read More

The Delhi High Court has refused to give an urgent hearing to a PIL seeking direction to the private school in the national capital to waive off fees for the period when they are not fully operational due to the coronavirus nationwide lockdown. Read More

Jamia Millia Islamia extended the application form submission dates for various courses in view of the nationwide lockdown extension announced by the government on April 14 to combat the novel coronavirus spread. Read More

In order to maintain the teaching-learning process during this lockdown period, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is organizing a workshop for its faculty members, to make them familiar with digital platforms. Read More

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a mental health counselling session for its students. The sessions will be aired on Gyanvani (IRC). Read More

April 15, 2020: The Jawaharlal Nehru University said that it is in the process to finalize the mode to complete the course and to conduct the exams, in view of the coronavirus lockdown. Read More

NIOS has postponed its examinations till further orders in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. Read More.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations are one of those board examinations that got deferred during the COVID-19 outbreak chaos. Before the pandemic spread in India, board examinations got postponed in the Northeast Delhi region due to the violent riots that broke out in the month of March 2020. Read More

The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked educational institutions to maintain the academic calendar through online teaching. Read More 

According to the sources, Delhi University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) gave a series of suggestions to the University Grants Commission, before UGC came out with its own guidelines related to the academic schedule. Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education has begun online fitness classes for school students. The live classes were held through YouTube. Read More

National Testing Agency (NTA) warned students against the fake notice under the name of NTA being forward on different social media platforms. Read More

April 13, 2020: The CBSE is expected to release the date of examinations and evaluation plans for class 10 and 12 board examinations 2020 soon. Read More

To ensure that students don’t face any academic loss, UGC decided to constitute two expert committees. Read More

AICTE launched an e-learning portal Enhancement in Learning with Improvement In Skills (ELIS) to foster digital learning and support the student community across the country. Read More

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched a web-portal YUKTI - Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation. Read More

The Ministry Human Resource Development (MHRD) invited the students, teachers and educationists across the country to participate in an online campaign ‘ Bharat Padhe Online’ aimed at boosting e-learning and online education in India. Read More
Delhi University (DU) is considering the cancelation of semester exams and discussing direct promotions. Read More
The Delhi government successfully installed the full-body sanitisation tunnel at Delhi's Azadpur vegetables & fruits wholesale market with the help of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi startup Estylo. Read More
The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu asked all the universities and other educational institutions in the country to fully utilize the power of technology to ensure continuity of academic calendar during the coronavirus lockdown period. Read More

April 10, 2020: All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) directed all its affiliated academic institutes to disburse the salaries of the faculty members and staff. Read More

April 9, 2020: Students of KIIT World School Pitampura have developed a robot that would prove helpful to evade the spread of coronavirus among medical professionals. It has been designed with an aim to reduce contact between COVID-19 patients and healthcare workers. Read More

April 8, 2020: Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, some major firms such as Accenture, Wipro and Tech Mahindra have decided to honour offers made to new recruitments. Read More

The Medical Council of India has released an advisory for all final year postgraduate medical students around the country regarding the health crisis in the nation due to coronavirus outbreak. Read More

Considering the issues encountered by research scholars in holding research work, teachers’ bodies and associations have urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to prolong the deadline for theses submission due in March-April, by a minimum of six months. Read More

In partnership with Forge and InnovationCuris, the innovation department of the Ministry of Human Resources Development and All India Council for Technical Education launched a mega online challenge -- Samadhan -- to assess the aptitude of students to innovate. Read More

In the wake of nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19 pandemic, a Group of Ministers (GoM) recommended extension of closures of all educational institutions. Read More
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Pune division, conducted its first orientation session online on March 27 following the rules and norms of the lockdown. Read More

April 7, 2020: In the wake of crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents are waiting for the government to provide some respite to them by waiving school fees. However, schools reasoned that the classes were already being taken online and there was a need to pay salaries to teachers. Read More

The Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ urged companies to not withdraw job offers due to the economic slowdown created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

According to the reports, the registration for the CA Foundation course is open. Due to postponed examinations and delayed results in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, CA Foundation relaxed the eligibility criteria of its courses as a one-time measure. Read More

April 6, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has introduced an online platform for teachers and students to facilitate learning. Read More

In the wake of the closure of campuses around the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, top educational institutes are preparing emergency plans to tackle the challenges ahead. Read More

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has invited proposals from various governments, private institutes and private organsations, to make use of its supercomputer to do coronavirus research. Read More

Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed all universities and colleges to set up mental health helplines to address psychosocial concerns of students during the lockdown imposed to combat the virus spread. Read More

According to the latest reports, IGNOU students can now submit the assignments online. Due to the nationwide lockdown until April 14, the Regional Director, IGNOU Regional Centre, Noida, stated that for the convenience of students, the open university developed an email address on which students can submit their handwritten assignments. Read More

The registration process for admissions for the session 2020-21 in UG/PG/M.Phil/PhD courses of the University of Delhi is on hold till further orders. Read More

With educational institutions around the country been shut amid coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has formed a committee to promote online education and avoiding delay in an academic session. Read More

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has asked all the teachers associated with it to adopt various online and digital platforms to impart education, to avoid any academic loss of the students during this lockdown period. Read More

The National Institutional Framework Ranking (NIRF) has postponed the announcement of India Ranking 2020 amid the coronavirus lockdown until further notice. Read More

The Delhi government has announced that it will declare the results for class 9 and 11 within three days of lifting the lockdown. Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education has released a notice warning students not to believe in fake notices regarding board exams, that are doing rounds on social media platforms. Read More

April 5, 2020: According to the latest reports, Human Resource Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank talked about the government plans once the lockdown is lifted. While there are many speculations that the lockdown will be extended further, the HRD minister revealed that the government is all set to take a decision regarding reopening schools and colleges after reviewing the prevailing severe situation due to the COVID-19 spread. Read More

April 3, 2020: Indira Gandi National Open University has started imparting education through Gyan Vani and Gyandhara FM radio channels. This has been done to avoid any study loss for the students during these 21-days coronavirus lockdown period. Read More

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) issued an official notification asking students to follow the lockdown rules set by the government to combat the COVID-19 spread. The notice came after a day when a JNU student claimed that the University’s security guards manhandled him while he was trying to go off the campus. Read More

While CBSE 10th exams are concluded (except some examinations rescheduled for northeast Delhi students), the board still cannot give instructions to commence the evaluation work. Read More

Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) declared that the board neither announced new dates for the postponed board examinations nor canceled the examinations altogether. The official declaration by CISCE came when some fake notices started making rounds on social media. Read More

April 2, 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared that it will announce the exam dates for the remaining subjects 10 days in advance. Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that it will not conduct any examinations for class 10th and 12th students, studying in schools located outside India. There are several CBSE schools that are located in 25 countries. Read More

NISA President, Kulbhushan Sharma, stated that due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, the economy is facing a crisis and so are the private schools, especially budget schools. Read More

In light of the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, the human resource development ministry has directed all the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to form a task force. Read More

April 1, 2020: The Jamia Milia Islamia today announced that it will organize the JMI-Online Faculty Development program for teachers, to equip them with online teaching tools during this 21-days lockdown period. Read More

In the wake of nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have unveiled online remedial classes for students of Delhi. Read More

Delhi University (DU) extended its closure and will remain shut until April 14, 2020. The university took the decision regarding the extension of the closure in view of the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24.

The Council for Indian School Certification Examinations (CISCE) has shared guidelines with students and teachers to make sure that students do not lose their time during the lockdown period. Read More

CBSE will be conducting examinations for only 29 main subjects for classes 10 and 12 due to COVID-19. The Central Board will also be promoting students from classes 1 to 8 to the next grade. Read to know more. Read More

March 31, 2020: Indira Gandi National Open University (IGNOU) has said that its employees across the country will contribute their one-day salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has announced that since March 23, about 50,000 new students have registered on the SWAYAM portal. Ever since the government announced the nationwide lockdown and closure of educational institutions around the country, the Ministry has been making efforts to promote e-learning and digital methods of education to help students keep in touch with their studies. Read More

Central Board of Secondary Education and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan employees to contribute to PM CARES Fund to help the government to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Read More

Slow internet speed and connectivity, some of the emerging hindrance in front of Delhi University professors to conduct online classes for students amid coronavirus lockdown. Read More

The human resource development (HRD) ministry on Monday urged all Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to submit holistic plans within two days to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Ministry of Electronics and IT invites creative minds to participate in ‘Hack a Cause’ ask them to contribute their ideas to ‘Hack the crisis in India’. Amid the global pandemic outbreak, while the world is discussing the problems the novel coronavirus is creating for human society, Hack a Cause is asking young talents to come up with creative solutions and win exciting rewards and exposure. Read More

Human Resource and Development Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak ordered National Testing Agency (NTA) to postpone the last date of the application process of various entrance exams by one month. Read More

In the wake of coronavirus pandemic in the country, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (also known as IP University), has stretched the registration deadline for admissions to various courses in the upcoming academic session. Read More

March 30, 2020: Human Resource and Development Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak ordered National Testing Agency (NTA) to postpone the last date of the application process of various entrance exams by one month. Read More

The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has begun online classes for the students, to avoid any academic loss during the ongoing 21-days lockdown imposed in the country. Read More

While academic institutions are shut and examinations are postponed due to the nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, HRD minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' recently shared the best way to utilize this lockdown period. Read More

With schools closed around the country, Pearson has launched an AI-based Math learning app, Quikik, to support students with their math skills. It has also launched an Online Mock Test series for IIT-JEE students to practice during this shutdown. Read More

Amid this crisis, IIT-Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology) has come forward to support the people of the lower economic strata that depend on the campus community. Read More

University Grants Commission has appealed all educational leaders to contribute for Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, to support the government in its fight against COVID-19 pandemic.  Read More

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decided to contribute Rs 21, 00,000 to the PM CARES FUND. The fund will be used to aid the government’s efforts to combat the novel coronavirus spread. Read More

March 27, 2020: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has directed all its affiliated institutes to instruct students not to take any summer internships in other companies. Read More

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) postponed its Selection Test (JNVST 2020) in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read More

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has announced that it has postponed the admission process for the academic session 2020-21, due to the ongoing lockdown imposed on the country by the government to avoid further spread of coronavirus. Read More

The nation is under lockdown for the next 21 days. Schools, universities and other academic institutions are shut until April 14. While some state boards postponed the annual examinations, there are many education boards that decided to promote the students to higher standards without examination. Amid this chaos, Anurag Tripathi, the Secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), shared a positive message for all the students.Read More

To encourage reading during the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Book Trust (NBT) is providing its select and best-selling titles for free download. People across the country are restricted to their homes on account of the 21-day lockdown to evade the spread of coronavirus. Read More

The Central Board Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed all the teachers who are working from home amid nationwide closure of schools due to coronavirus pandemic, to utilize their time to explore new areas of teaching, by making the best possible usage of technology. Read More

March 26, 2020: Amid the pandemic novel coronavirus affecting globally, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Board decided to promote students of class 10 and pass students of class 12 without conducting any Board exams. IB Board conducts exams in the month of May and announces the result in the month of June. Read More

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has decided to conduct its Masters Football Management programme entrance examination online. Read More

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar has asked all the faculty members to stay in contact with the students and to keep them engaged in academic

actitivites start taking online classes. Read More

In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decided to extend the school affiliation application deadline. Read More

March 25, 2020: Amid the extension of nationwide lockdown due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to work on revised CBSE exam dates 2020. Read More

Amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, Kendriya Vidyalaya decided to promote students of Class 1 to 8 to the next higher class. The decision is irrespective of whether the students appeared in the year-end examination or not. Read More

While all the universities around the country have been shut down due to a novel coronavirus outbreak, Delhi University (DU) has given access to students to use library resources from home. The University of Delhi students can now avail available library resources by visiting any browser through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Read More

With the country going under preventive lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that all government school students who used to have mid-day meals at school, will now get their packed mid-day meals at their doorsteps. Read More

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has permitted students who could not return home to stay on campus and has also prepared mess services for them. Read More

March 24, 2020: As schools, colleges, universities and coaching centres witness a shut down after the coronavirus pandemic, educational technology companies are taking online education to the next level. For entrance exams such as JEE and NEET, a number of students and professionals are signing up for online classes. Even school students are making the best of this social distancing phase.  Read More

March 23, 2020: In view of the ongoing COVID-19 spread in India and the advisory issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, MCC has rescheduled the NEET PG 2020 counseling. The last date for completion of the registration process and choice filling has been extended by a day. Read More

The UPSC postponed the Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service exam application process. Read More

The HRD ministry sent an advisory to the educational institutions regarding the students who haven’t left the hostel yet. The ministry asked the institutions to let students stay who are still in the hostels and take necessary precautions in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Read More

Amid novel coronavirus outbreak, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has ordered all education bodies to allow work from home to all teaching and non-teaching staff till March 31. In order to control the pandemic virus, social distancing is enforced by the government.  Read More

To create awareness regarding the rapidly spreading deadly pandemic, novel coronavirus, the CBSE has started a helpline for students and parents. Read More

In order to help students to make up for their study loss during this time when all the universities and colleges have been closed around the country, the MHRD has released a list of e-learning resources for students. These resources can be used by students free of cost. Read More

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi researchers have come up with a method to detect coronavirus, which is expected to reduce the test cost significantly making it affordable for large sections. The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune is under process to validate the test on clinical samples. Read More

Amid the rising Coronavirus cases in the country, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has canceled all activities at Learner Support Centers (LSCs) around the country until March 31. Read More

March 22, 2020: According to JNU Vice-Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, the university administration made all the arrangements for students, including the international students who have stayed back in hostels amid coronavirus outbreak. 

March 20, 2020: During the prevailing emergency conditions, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) decided to extend helping hand towards its recent alumni who are studying or doing research works in foreign universities. Read More

March 19, 2020: The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) has postponed the class 10, 12 examinations due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. According to the latest reports, an ICSE official has confirmed that the Board has decided to postpone the higher secondary and intermediate examinations till March 31. The ICSE 2020 examination was scheduled to end on March 30 and the ISC 2020 examination was scheduled to end on March 31. According to the official press release, the revised dates of the postponed examinations will be released by the Board soon. Read More

University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued an advisory to the universities asking them to postpone all exams and suspend all evaluation work till March 31, 2020, due to Coronavirus Outbreak. Read More

Delhi government has ordered all the schools to shut for all teaching and non-teaching staff. Teachers are advised to evaluate answer sheets of annual exams from home and Board exam evaluation work has been suspended till March 31. Read More

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Management Development Institute (MDI) has deferred the GD-PI process for admission to PGPM/PGP-HRM/PGP-IM 2020-22. To select candidates for the 2020-22 batch, the management institute had scheduled the WAT-GD-PI in Mumbai from March 21 – March 26, 2020. According to the official press release published on the official website of MDI, the revised Date & Venue of GD-PI will be communicated to you in due course of time. Read More

March 18, 2020: Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi has postponed the interviews/GD/PI of MBA programmes due to the Coronavirus outbreak. 

According to the official statement released by the Selection Board, the Indian Air Force STAR (01/2020) exam scheduled from 19-23 Mar 2020 is postponed to the last week of April 2020, tentatively, due to the coronavirus outbreak, government advisories, and Section 144 at many places.

The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) has cleared that the Board will be conducting the class 10, 12 examinations as per the earlier schedule. On March 18, 2020, an ICSE official has confirmed that the Board will not postpone any of the examinations in the view of coronavirus. Read More

March 17, 2020: IGNOU extended the submission date after the learner support service activities at all regional centers and Learners Support Centers (LSC) across the country got postponed till March 31, 2020. The postponement took place as a precautionary measure against the rapidly spreading disease COVID-19 or Coronavirus. Read More

Kendriya Vidyalayas of the national capital will be releasing the annual examination results of the year 2020 through email and WhatsApp in view of the coronavirus outbreak. Read More

March 16, 2020:Jamia Millia Islamia asks its students to go home due to the threat posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

March 13, 2020: IIT Delhi abandons classes, exams till March 31, shut down hostels, shift to teaching-learning procedure online. Read More

JNU, University of Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, NSIT also suspend classes and shift to online learning. DU puts internal assessments on hold. Read More

March 12, 2020: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal ordered all schools to shut down

March 5, 2020: The Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia announced the closure of primary classes till March 31 in all schools across the city. Read More

March 4, 2020: Two schools in Noida i.e. Shiv Nadar School, Noida and Shriram Millenium School, Noida shut after the first positive case of COVID-19 came to light. 40 students who came in contact with the first infected case of Coronavirus in Noida sent to isolation for 28 days. Read More

March 3, 2020: Noida school being sanitized after the first case positive case of COVID-19 came to light. Read More

Maharashtra 

June 1, 2020: Maharashtra Government is all set to cancel Final-year University exams across the state in the view of the COVID-19 crisis prevailing in the country. According to the media reports, Maharashtra Chief Minister informed that the students would be marked on their aggregate scores in the previous semesters for the academic year. Read More

May 12, 2020: The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Pune is the centre of Board Examination every year. The students whose centres are there in the city are now requesting for a change in the examination centres to their home states. Read More

May 8, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Kapur have slammed a noted media house for running fake news about various IITs around the country looking for options to conduct year-end exams online or scrapping them. Read More

The Maharashtra government decided to promote all university students except the ones who are in the final year without any examination. Read More

May 6, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has said that it will not hold any exams for the students this year due to the ongoing lockdown and the uncertainty over its extension.

According to the media, Maharashtra SSC Result 2020 and Maharashtra HSC Result 2020 is expected to be released by June 10. Read More

May 4, 2020: The Maharashtra School Education Department has asked all the primary and secondary education officers as well as Zilla Parishad schools to declare the results for classes 1 to 9 and 11 immediately. Read More

The virtual way of education is going to be real for universities in Pune that are planning to bring some major shift in academics once the lockdown is lifted. Read More

April 28, 2020: The National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai has said that it is conducting the online semester examinations for the final year students during the coronavirus lockdown. Read More

April 27, 2020: The decision on holding university and college exams will be taken after the state government announces its decision on the lockdown, SPPU said. Read More

April 23, 2020: With the delay in the assessment of the Maharashtra Board Exam answer sheets, it is evident that the students who appeared for these exams have to wait a little longer for Maharashtra SSC Result 2020 and Maharashtra HSC Result 2020. Read More

April 17, 2020: The University of Mumbai further postponed the undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) examinations until May 3. Read More

The Education Ministry of Maharashtra banned the collection of fees in all the schools of the state until the lockdown gets over. Read More

April 13, 2020: In the midst of health and economic crisis due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the Maharashtra government decided to cancel the pending SSC or class 10 board examinations. Read More

April 10, 2020: A total of 103 medical graduates have been commissioned into the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) this year, during a commissioning ceremony held at AFMC recently. Read More

April 9, 2020: To ensure timely availability of this year’s academic material class 10 and 12 students, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad on April 8, 2020, announced that Balbharti (the state bureau for textbook publishing and curriculum research) published textbooks in PDF format for students. She also added that the students can download textbooks for free. Read More

April 8, 2020: BUCTU urged the University of Mumbai to promote all first-year and second-year undergraduate students as the rising health crisis due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in India led to the postponement of examinations up to an infinite period of time. Read More

April 6, 2020:An IIT Bombay startup firm Ayu Devices has designed a digital stethoscope called AyuSynk. This has been deployed for remote auscultation (listening to chest sounds). Read More

April 3, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and IIT Hyderabad researchers has done a study on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on daily commuters during the transition phase between pre-lockdown and lockdown period. Read More

April 2, 2020: The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) has come up with videos in nine languages on YouTube to explain the importance of social distancing in containing COVID-19. Read More

A team of scientists at IIT Bombay has developed the fact-checking platform KauwaKaate, to help people check the authenticity of the messages, news, images, and articles received about COVID-19. Read More

FLAME University has announced that it has successfully moved to online classes and is conducting the same for more than 200 courses. Read More

March 31, 2020: Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad has announced that SSC exam in the state will be held within the eight days of the end of the coronavirus lockdown period. Read More

March 30, 2020: To support the government of Maharashtra in its fight against coronavirus, Mumbai University has today requested all its teaching and non-teaching staff of all affiliated colleges to donate their one day salary for the Chief Minister's COVID-19 relief fund. Read More

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has developed a platform called CORONTINE to track suspected/potential (asymptomatic) coronavirus carriers. 

The Mumbai University Institute of Distance and Open Learning has postponed the 1st and 3rd-semester examinations for the Bachelor of Commerce course, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Realising the extraordinary impact the COVID-19 had on psychological, social, economic and cultural aspects of human society, the National Book Trust, India, decided to launch a publishing series titled 'Corona Studies Series'. Read More

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) is all set to begin its summer vacation from April 1. The technology institute commenced its summer vacation early this year due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.  Read More

March 27, 2020: The Dhirubhai Ambani International School has commenced stay-at-home life teaching through a virtual platform to avoid academic loss of the students amid the coronavirus lockdown. Read More

Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and following nationwide lockdown for 21 days, the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is doing everything to help its students learn from home. Earlier, the university designed an e-content portal to help students continue with their learning process despite suspended classroom lectures. Now, the University is training 16 college librarians to manage the study material and make it available for the students studying from home. Read More

March 26, 2020: On March 23, a 15-year old boy from Mumbai tested positive for Covid-19. According to the reports, before he tested positive, the boy was appearing for his SSC board examinations, along with other 36 students at the exam centre in south Mumbai. After the test results of the boy came positive, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) came into action and made a list of all the students who came in contact with the boy while appearing for the examination at the same exam centre. The corporation took their swab samples for testing. Read More

Amid the nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country, the Maharashtra Board exams that were earlier postponed until March 31 are now postponed till further notice. Due to this extended deferment, the city teachers want the state government to now cancel the last remaining SSC papers instead of postponing them again. Read More

In wake of 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to avoid further spread of COVID-19, the Univerity of Mumbai is likely to postpone all Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) examination. Read More

March 24, 2020: The Board of Studies of Mithibai College is organising video conferences every day in order to set up the curriculum and update the study material for the upcoming new academic session. This year, the college administration is also working round the clock to set up e-content for students. The new syllabus is scheduled to be put forward on April 1 at the academic council's meeting. Read More

March 20, 2020: As a precautionary against the rapidly spreading disease, the state government has decided to promote all the students up to class 8 to the next class without any annual examinations. According to the reports, the education minister has also stated that the annual examinations for class 9 and class 11 students will be rescheduled after April 15, 2020. Fresh dates for the examinations will be released after analyzing the prevailing situation due to the pandemic. Stating further, she said that teachers except for the ones who teach class 10 can work from home. However, the decision of rescheduling board exams depends on SSC. Read More 

March 17, 2020: According to the registrar of the varsity Niraj Khaty, a total of 187 examinations which were supposed to start from March 19 has been postponed by the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University to prevent COVID-19 spread. Read More

March 16, 2020: Amid coronavirus, Mumbai University has refused to reschedule examinations and has ordered affiliated colleges to conduct examinations as per the schedule. 

March 16, 2020: Nashik district collector has issued a notification ordering closure of cinema halls, gymnasiums, auditoriums and swimming pools in the city till March 31. Barring SSC and HSC examinations, schools and colleges in the city will also remain closed till March 31. However, schools in rural parts will remain open.

Physical verification of documents for Maharashtra NEET PG counseling 2020 canceled due to the COVID-19 scare in India. Read More

March 15, 2020: The annual budget of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) deferred for an indefinite time by the university vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar. The budget session has been canceled as it generally has more than 100 people that go on around for almost two days. Amid coronavirus threat in the country, the Maharashtra Public Service Commission has postponed all the examinations in the state. IIT Bombay will be conducting PhD examinations through video conferencing till April 15. The institute has asked the campus residents to avoid international travel and non-essential domestic travel till mid-April. The staff has been asked to cancel or postpone all seminars, conferences, workshops, competitions, etc. Read More

March 14, 2020: The state government also issued a directive that all schools and colleges in areas of municipal corporations, municipalities and Nagar panchayats shall remain closed till March 31. Examinations of classes one to nine will be postponed if they are being held currently, only the Std 10th and 12th board exams will take place as per the schedule

Colleges and other educational institutes in Pune and the neighboring Pimpri-Chinchwad area which are affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University(SPPU) will remain closed in view of the coronavirus outbreak. However, examinations will take place as scheduled. 

March 13, 2020: IIT Bombay suspends classes till March 29. Quarantine facilities are also being arranged on the campus and those displaying any COVID-19 symptoms asked to immediately visit the campus medical facility. 

Assam

June 1, 2020: The Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Guwahati is all set to start an online two-year M Tech programme in computer science and engineering from August this year to equip the youth with knowledge and skills for emerging technologies in the post-COVID scenario. Read More

Secondary Education Board of Assam or SEBA is all set to release the Assam HSLC Result 2020. According to the latest updates, SEBA will release the Assam HSCL Result 2020 on June 6, 2020. Read More

April 21, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has said that the placement of the students has not been affected amid the ongoing medical crisis in the country. Read More

April 13, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) on April 11 stated the institute will resume its academic activities from May 15 onwards. Read More

April 9, 2020: The Assam Higher Education Council will promote all the students in class 11 to the next class, without conducting any final examination. Read More

April 8, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has created a device with UVC LED technology to disinfect homes, hospitals, and other bigger spaces with efficiency. Read More

April 3, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Guwahati invites creative and talented minds to participate in the ‘COVID-19 Grand Challenge’ and contribute their ideas to fight the deadly novel coronavirus. Read More

March 30, 2020: Student at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has developed a drone with an automated sprayer to spray disinfectants and to sanitize larger areas. The drone can sanitize 60 hectares in a day, as per the reports. Read More

March 27, 2020: With the uncertainty looming around the re-opening of the schools, the Board of Secondary Assam (SEBA) has started streaming classroom lessons through Youtube for class 10 students. Read More

March 25, 2020: Considering the severe situation, a group of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) is working day and night to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic. The group is also working to develop rapid detection and portable diagnostic kits for various viruses and microorganisms. Read More

March 23, 2020: While talking about the initiative, an official stated that the Education Department directed the schools to create WhatsApp groups for this purpose. It also asked the schools to include the guardians of the students in the same. Read More

March 16, 2020: Assam government suspends all educational institutions, cinema halls, gymnasiums and swimming pools with immediate effect till March 29 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. All exams, except board examinations, have been canceled till the specified date. Read More

March 14, 2020: All schools, colleges in Sikkim to be shut till March 22.

Chhattisgarh

April 15, 2020: In a press release, the Chandigarh Administration Education Department has announced that the Chandigarh class 9 and class 11 results would be announced on April 20. Read More

April 2, 2020: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Bhupesh Baghel, requested the schools to extend the last date of fee submission. Read More

April 1, 2020: The state government has decided to promote all students of class 1 to class 9 and class 11 students to the next class without examinations. Read More

March 25, 2020: The Chhattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education (CGBSE) or Chhattisgarh Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal postponed the evaluation process for the board exam answer sheets. The evaluation process was scheduled to begin from March 26 onwards. However, now the process is deferred until further notice. Due to the delay in the evaluation process, the Chhattisgarh Board result 2020 will also be postponed. Read More

March 12, 2020: Hidayatullah National Law University in Raipur, Chhattisgarh closed its campus till March 18, 2020. The students were asked to vacate the campus by March 12, 2020. 

GOA

April 3, 2020: The Directorate of Education, Goa along with the State Council of Educational Research and Training are all set to conduct mock tests online for Mathematics and Science subjects. According to the DoE, the board is conducting these mock tests for class 10 students who will be appearing for the Goa Board Examinations 2020. The Directorate informed that the subject-wise online classes will be available on liveshala.com and on Zoom App. Read More

March 27, 2020: Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, the nation is under lockdown to control its spread. Considering the severity of the situation, the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) declared the postponement of the class 10 examination. Read More

March 17, 2020: Exams till class 8 canceled. However, examinations of class 9 to 11 will be conducted as per the schedule. 

March 17, 2020: National Institute of Technology Goa (NIT-Goa) asks students to vacate campus and hostel, and go home in order to prevent COVID-19 spread. 

March 15, 2020: the Directorate of Technical Education Goa directs all affiliated institutions to suspend classes from March 16 to March 31, 2020. However, the examinations will be conducted as per schedule. Read More

Bihar 

June 1, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna has announced that it will be offering a free online course on big data computing, through the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a project of SWAYAM, of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD). Read More

May 26, 2020: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) declared the BSEB 10th Result 2020 today i.e. May 26, 2020 at 12:30 pm. Students who appeared for the BSEB Matric Exams 2020 can check their BSEB Matric Results 2020 on the official website of the Bihar Board i.e. http://biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in/. The alternate websites where students can check their BSEB Matric Results 2020 are examresults.net and indiaresults.com/select-state.htm. Read More

April 23, 2020: Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU) in Motihari, Bihar, conducted internal assessments on WhatsApp for several departments. Read More

April 21, 2020: According to the reports, the Patna University issued a notification stating no employee from the COVID-19 hotspot zone is required to visit the office for any reason. Read More

April 20, 2020:The Bihar Education department has asked all its officers and concerned directorate and subordinate to start work from today while maintaining all the guidelines issued by the government to contain the coronavirus. Read More

April 15, 2020: The Bihar School Education Board has postponed the evaluation process for Class 10 examination papers, due to the extension in the lockdown period. Read More

April 8, 2020: Amid delayed results and evaluation work due to the nationwide lockdown in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Universities and Colleges in Bihar decided to extend their admission process for the convenience of the students. Read More

March 31, 2020: BSEB answer sheet evaluation process postponed until April 14 due to the nationwide lockdown. Read More

March 25, 2020: Amid the complete lockdown, Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) took an unexpected move and declared BSEB Class 12 result yesterday i.e. March 24. While several other boards like CBSE, CISCE postponed the declaration of the board exam results, BSEB became the first education board to declare the board exam 2020 result amid the outbreak of pandemic COVID-19. Read More

March 23, 2020: The Bihar School Education Board (BSEB) has canceled the class 10th evaluation process until March 31 amid ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The board has said that the evaluation process will remain suspended until further notice and examiners will be informed accordingly. Read More

Gujarat

April 30, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar will offer online courses amid the ongoing lockdown period, to keep students engaged with their studies through their stay at home. Read More

April 24, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar has announced that it will conduct the virtual seminar series for the students from April 24 until the end of summer vacation. Read More

April 22, 2020: In the midst of closed campuses, postponed exams and delayed results, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad enrolled its new batch online. Read More

April 20, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar has joined an international study to do research on whether coronavirus can survive in human waste or not. Read More

April 15, 2020: Gujarat Education Board decided to begin the evaluation work for GSEB class 10 and GSEB class 12 from April 16. Read More

April 3, 2020: Gujarat state has ruled out the alternative for colleges and universities to mass promote the students. However, the state government gave permission to promote school students without holding examinations due to the nationwide lockdown. Read More

March 25, 2020: The Gujarat Technological University has announced that all the summer exams have been postponed until the indefinite period of time, amid the lockdown and rising coronavirus cases in the country. Read More

March 24, 2020: Gujarat government had shut down all the academic institutions, colleges, universities, and other academic institutions due to the COVID-19/Coronavirus outbreak. As a precautionary against the rapidly spreading disease, the government had also suspended the ongoing examinations. Now, the state government declared to promote all students from class 1 to class 9 and class 11 students to the next class without examinations. Read More

March 16, 2020: National Institute of Design, NID DAT Mains postponed for MDes Course admissions 2020. Read More

March 15: 2020: The Gujarat government ordered shutting down of schools, colleges, tuition classes, malls, multiplexes, and swimming pools among other public places for the next two weeks in view of the rising threat from coronavirus outbreak

March 13, 2020: IIM Ahmedabad cancells convocation slated for 21 March.

Haryana

April 24, 2020: Haryana Education Department has launched 'Sampark Baithak' mobile application for primary school students in the state, to help them study at home during the lockdown period. Read More

The Haryana government on April 23, announced that private schools in the state cannot charge parents anything other than the tuition fee until the lockdown is over. Read More

April 22, 2020: Due to the extended lockdown, in order to control the novel coronavirus, the Board School of Education, Haryana (BSEH), asked teachers to continue the evaluation of answer scripts from home. Read More

April 20, 2020: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar asked students to use the e-learning platform to continue their studies even while staying at home during the lockdown. Read More 

April 10, 2020: A team of researchers at Manav Rachna has developed a face protection shield for health care workers and front line professionals, attending COVID-19 patients. Read More

April 6, 2020:The Chief Minister of Haryana stated that the government of Haryana instructed all private schools located in the state not to pressurize the parents of the students to deposit fees in view of the lockdown. Read More

The BSEH could not conduct the examination for the science subject for Class 10. Now, the results for class 10 students will be declared on the basis of other subjects they appeared in. Read More

March 30, 2020: BSEH launched a digital learning app, Bright Tutee, for students of classes 9 and 10. The education board has made the app free for students until July 31. Read More

March 25, 2020: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposing a nationwide lockdown, to slow down the spread of the COVID-19, the Harayana government school teachers have decided to start online tutorials for the students. Read More

March 19, 2020: The Board of School Education, Haryana has postponed all exams including all the remaining BSEH class 10 and class 12 Exam 2020 until March 31 due to the Coronavirus outbreak in the country. Fresh dates for the postponed examinations will be announced after March 31, 2020. 

March 15, 2020: Following the government's advisory, Kurukshetra University (KU) suspends all teaching activities till March 31, 2020. 

March 13, 2020: Haryana govt shuts all universities, colleges till March 31 due to coronavirus. Read More

Himachal Pradesh

June 1, 2020: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has developed an ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light-based portable disinfection box and a foot-operated hand sanitizer dispenser for sanitizing hands. Read More

April 30, 2020: To ensure there is no academic loss of students during the ongoing lockdown period, Shoolini University has been taking online classes for various courses that are offered at the university since the announcement of the lockdown. Read More

April 20, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, developing magnetic Random Access Memory (RAM) which is faster, more energy-efficient and capable of storing more information in a smaller volume than existing data storage technologies. Read More

April 8, 2020: Himachal Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (HPBOSE) announced that all students of classes 1 to 9 and class 11 will be promoted to the higher classes without examinations. Amid the arising health and economic crisis in India due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the country’s education system is trying its best to keep its bodies functioning. Read More

March 25, 2020: Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry has come out with a herbal moisturizing hand sanitizer to offer good quality sanitizers. The university is situated in the Nauni region of Solan. It has been made by the Department of Forest Products scientists. On the occasion of International Day of Forests, it was released by Vice-Chancellor Parvinder Kaushal on Saturday. Read More

March 21, 2020: HPBOSE postponed the examinations for class 10 and class 12 till March 31 due to the outbreak of pandemic coronavirus. Read More

March 18, 2020: Shoolini University introduces virtual classrooms to conduct lectures and examinations. Read More

Jammu & Kashmir

June 1, 2020: Jammu University fifth-semester students who are not satisfied with their results can apply for revaluation from June 1 to June 9. Read More

May 8, 2020: Universities, colleges and other professional courses' institutes in Jammu and Kashmir reopened with  30 percent staff for administrative work, but no classes were conducted as per the order. Read More

May 4, 2020: Jammu and Kashmir government has announced all the educational institutions in the state to remain closed until May 17 in wake of extension in nationwide lockdown for two weeks, to contain coronavirus outbreak in the country. Read More

April 27, 2020: The Kashmir School Education Department in collaboration with All India Radio will start conducting audio classes for students in the state from next week. Read More

The education board of Jammu and Kashmir decided to begin the evaluation process of JKBOSE 10th and JKBOSE 12th answer sheets in 'work from home' mode where the teachers and evaluators will be allowed to complete the evaluation from home itself. Read More

April 23, 2020: The Jammu and Kashmir government has directed all the teachers to resume the evaluation of the answer scripts work from home of class 10 and 12 annual examinations that were held in the summer zones of the Jammu. Read More

April 9, 2020: In order to compensate for the academic loss and continue the learning process, the education department of J&K is using different social media applications to connect with students and distribute study material as well as home assignments. Read More

April 7, 2020: J&k govt decided to promote all students of classes 1 to 9 and class 11 students of Jammu division to the next class without examinations. Read More

March 31, 2020: Amid the nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 spread in India, The Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) decided to postpone ‘all the ongoing examinations of JKBOSE for classes 10th, 11th, and 12th being held across the Jammu and Kashmir region'. The Board took this decision after the directions for enforcement of complete safety restrictions came from the state government. Read More

March 30, 2020: The school education department of Jammu and Kashmir ordered all the schools located within the boundaries of J&K to extend the last date of fee submission. Read More 

March 26, 2020: In order to help the government in its fight against coronavirus, the Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has offered its resources like buildings, vehicles and trained manpower. Read More

March 20, 2020: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday i.e. March 20, 2020, has directed school teachers to not attend duties as classes are suspended. It has also directed the teachers to stay at home until further notice. The announcement is made in the wake of the rapidly rising coronavirus cases in the country in the past 48 hours. Earlier, the state government had closed all private and public schools in the state only for the students. However, in the past few days, looking at the rise in a number of COVID-19 cases in India, the government has advised teachers and non-teaching staff today to stay at home. Read More

March 19, 2020: Amid closure of educational institutions across the Valley, Directorate of School Education Kashmir has decided to start conducting classes on television for students through local cable channels. Read More

JKBOSE i.e. Jammu and Kashmir Board has decided to cancel all examinations for Summer and Winter zone students. The examinations will be rescheduled after March 31, 2020, after reviewing the situation around COVID-19. Similarly, Kashmir University has also postponed all its exams for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well. As per the statement provided by Registrar KU, Dr. Nisar Ahmad Mir, new dates for postponed exams will be notified later, separately.

March 11, 2020: All educational institutes, stadiums in Srinagar to be shut from March 12. Read More

Jharkhand

March 26, 2020: In the wake of the novel coronavirus spread and 21 days nationwide lockdown in the country, the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) decided to promote all the students of classes 5 to 7 without any exams. The promotion will be irrespective of their yearly performance. Read More

March 16, 2020: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren declared shutdown of all educational institutions in Jharkhand till April 14. The shutdown would be applicable to government and private educational institutions alike. Read More

March 13, 2020: XLRI Jamshedpur cancels annual convocation for an unspecified time due to coronavirus. 

Karnataka

May 8, 2020: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has begun its one-year full-time Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) batch of 2020-21, virtually. Read More

May 6, 2020: Karnataka Education Minister, S Suresh Kumar announced that the SSLC exams will be held as soon as possible.Read More

May 4, 2020: The Department of Pre-university Education, Karnataka is all set to announce its board exams or pre-university I exam results. Read More

April 22, 2020: In order to make sure that students are not disheartened or under stress due to the postponed exams and delayed results, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar is calling each and every student of class 10 and trying to cheer them up. Read More

April 20, 2020: Karnataka SSLC exam 2020 is not cancelled. According to the reports, Karnataka Education Minister, S Suresh Kumar confirmed that the Karnataka SSLC Exam 2020 will be conducted. Read More

April 17, 2020: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is working on developing a tool to diagnose COVID-19, based on respiratory, cough and speech sounds. Read More

With the extended lockdown until May 3, the Karnataka education department decided to conduct the Undergraduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) final exams in the first or second week of June. Read More

April 10, 2020: Four Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have developed mobile applications, to help authorities and individuals to keep track of COVID-19 patients and their movements. This has been done to avoid any further spread of coronavirus. Read More

The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) postponed the SSLC and the last paper for II PUC examination again. Read More

April 7, 2020: The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore has developed an antimicrobial coating to tackle the spread of deadly viruses. Read More

April 2, 2020: The Karnataka state education board, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) canceled annual examinations for classes 7 and 8. The decision is taken considering the health and safety of the students and staff members. Read More

Team of researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NITK) Surathkal has developed hand sanitizers that will be distributed free of cost. Read More

March 31, 2020: Amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Karnataka government asked all academic institutions to postpone their admission process and extend their last date of fees submission. Read More

March 27, 2020: The University of Mysore (UoM) team is headed by its medical officer Dr. MS Basavaraj comprising of academicians from various departments. R Shivappa, University registrar said that academicians from various science departments have been nominated as the member of the committee. This committee will help district administration for all work related to coronavirus. The committee also includes two paramedical staff of the university medical center. The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has also formed a committee which will be headed by Jagadeesh Babu HK, Head of Department, Public Administration. Read More

March 24, 2020: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) postponed the SSLC examinations. The KSEEB SSLC was scheduled to start this month. According to the reports, the Board took the decision to postpone the examination due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country. Read More

March 17, 2020: IISc Bangalore has declared a 15-day lockdown of its campus to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus which has claimed three lives till now in the country. Read More

March 15, 2020: Karnataka government postpones the annual examination of class seventh, eighth and ninth till March 31. The order is applicable to all schools including private and un-aided schools. However, there would be no change in the exam schedule for Class 10, set to beginning on March 27. Class 12 Board exams are already underway and will continue as per the schedule. 

March 13, 2020: All schools, universities, colleges shut in Karnataka after state reports first death. 

March 11, 2020: The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, postpones the convocation scheduled for March 20, 2020. So far, reports of four coronavirus positive cases are coming from the state.

March 4, 2020: Karnatak Schools granted leaves to students with cold and fever to avert the Coronavirus epidemic. Read More

Kerala

June 1, 2020: The Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on June 1 informed that the academic year in the state begins today i.e. June 1, 2020 with online classes for school students launched by the name ‘First Bell’. Read More

May 22, 2020: According to the timetable released by the Calicut University, the examinations for the MA/ MSc/ MSW/ MCJ/ MTTM/ MBE/ MTHM Regular/ Supplementary/ Improvement (CUCSS-PG) will be conducted by the university in the afternoon session of June 2, 2020, while the M.Com Regular/Supplementary/Improvement (CUCSS-PG) examinations for April 200 will be conducted in the morning session of June 2, 2020. Read More

May 18, 2020: To ensure the safety of students, the schools might ask them to wear masks, said Kerala Health Minister. Read More

April 27, 2020: Kerala University is speculating over conducting semester exams in the second week of May. Read More

April 23, 2020: Amid suspended classes and postponed exams due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Mahatma Gandhi University, (MGU) Kerala is all set to resume university exams from May 18 onwards. Read More

April 22, 2020: The Kerala Education Board decided to conduct the Kerala Board 10th and 12th examination 2020 a week after the lockdown ends. Read More

The Kerala State Higher Education Department withdrew its initial order that directed the universities located in the state to conduct exams after May 11. Read More

April 20, 2020: In the midst of the nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, Kerala Higher Education Department announced the revised schedule for the pending Kerala board exams 2020. Read More

April 16, 2020: An international team led by an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode student has developed website 'COVID FYI' (covidfyi.in), a one-stop digital directory for all COVID-19 related services and help released by official sources. Read More

April 15, 2020: The Kerala Public Service Commission (Kerala PSC) postponed all the recruitment exams due to the further extension of the nationwide lockdown. Read More

March 26, 2020: Top business schools including the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are deliberating the thought of deferring student internships, which were scheduled to take place in April, to as late as October-November amid the lockdown in several parts of the country by the spread of Covid-19. Read More

March 20, 2020: Kerala state board postponed Class 10 and Class 12 board exams on March 20, 2020, due to the rapidly spreading pandemic, coronavirus. It is a historic event in the state with near-universal literacy, as it is probably the first time in history Kerala has postponed board exams. The decision reflects the urgency in government preparations and prevailing emergency conditions due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Read More

March 15, 2020: The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode or IIM-K postpones the convocation ceremony. Read More

March 13, 2020: Mid-day meals at homes in Kerala

March 8, 2020: Kerala districts declare holiday for schools, colleges amid coronavirus outbreak. 

Ladakh

March 11, 2020: After closing schools, Ladakh UT shuts all colleges, universities till March 31.

Indore

March 24, 2020: Amid the coronavirus outbreak and its rising cases in the country, the IIM Indore has postponed the dates for Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI) which was scheduled to be held from April 1-5, 2020. Both WAT/PI was supposed to be conducted across the centers (Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi) in April. However, due to the spread of COVID-19 now it is being postponed and fresh dates will soon be announced by the authorities. Read More

Mizoram 

May 6, 2020: Private schools in Mizoram has announced that it will charge only 50 percent fees from students for the lockdown period. Read More

April 20, 2020: The Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) reversed its decision to resume class 12 board examinations, suspended due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus in the country. Read More

April 17, 2020: Mizoram students have launched a social media campaign, demanding postponement of the re-scheduled MBSE HSSLC class 12 exams, until normalcy returns. Read More

April 16, 2020: The Mizoram government decided to resume examination for class 12 students. Read More

Madhya Pradesh

April 17, 2020: A group of higher secondary teachers wrote a letter to Madhya Pradesh CM urging the government to cancel the remaining board exams of MP Board 10th and MP Board Board 12th students. Read More

April 16, 2020: With the extended nationwide lockdown until May 3, the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) decided to release the revised timetable for the pending class 10 and class 12 board examinations soon. Read More

April 6, 2020: MPBSE decided to conduct pending examinations only for those subjects that are crucial for students to take admission to higher education colleges and institutions. Read More

March 29, 2020: Concerned regarding the safety and health of the students, the Madhya Pradesh government decided to cancel the annual examinations of all the classes except class 10th and 12th. According to a reputed source, the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared that students of all classes except 10th and 12th will be promoted to higher standards without any examinations. Read More

March 26, 2020: The Madhya Pradesh School Education Board declared class 9 and class 11 results amid the nationwide lockdown due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus in the country. Read More

March 19, 2020: The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) postponed all the examinations scheduled in the state till March 31 in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. Read More

March 13, 2020: IIM Indore cancels annual convocation due to coronavirus outbreak in the country. Read More

Meghalaya

April 27, 2020: The Meghalaya Education Department has said that it will discuss with the Health Ministry before any taking any decision on the opening of schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the state. Read More

April 24, 2020: The second phase of the nationwide lockdown i.e. lockdown 2.0 further delayed the MBOSE HSSLC Board pending exams. Read More

April 7, 2020: Meghalaya Cabinet on April 6 decided that schools and other academic institutions in the state will remain closed until April 30 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in the country. Read More

March 23, 2020: As a precautionary measure amid coronavirus outbreak, the Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) has postponed its ongoing Class 12th (HSSLC) examinations for an indefinite time. The state government has asked the Meghalaya Board to postpone all the remaining MBOSE HSSLC examinations until further notice. Read More

March 18, 2020: The Indian Institute of Management Indore suspends all its classes and examination with immediate effect due to coronavirus outbreak and its rising cases in the country. Read More

March 16, 2020: Meghalaya government has ordered the shutdown of schools and colleges and cancellation or postponement of major sports events till March 31 to avoid mass gatherings in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read More

March 13, 2020: IIM Shillong cancels convocation due to coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Odisha 

May 12, 2020: The Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) is all set to begin the evaluation process of the Odisha Matric Exams 2020. Read More

April 29, 2020: IIT Bhubaneswar has come out with a device that can disinfect the devices using the UVC light. Read More

With an aim to protect healthcare workers attending coronavirus patients, the ITI Berhampur has come out with an aerosol box for the intubation process. Read More

April 22, 2020: The Odisha government along with UNICEF has launched a calendar-based fun-filled list of activities, to keep students engaged during the ongoing lockdown period. Read More

April 21, 2020: Odisha government directed educational institutions to start academic activities online. Read More

April 9, 2020: All educational institutions in Odisha to remain shut until June 17, said Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha. Read More

The Odisha government decided to engage 1,620 AYUSH personnel including doctors, post-graduate and under-graduate students in the battle against coronavirus spread in the state. Read More

April 3, 2020: The Odisha government in collaboration with Unicef have launched an online cultural competition for children, to keep them engaged at home during this 21-days lockdown period. Read More

March 30, 2020: On account of the nationwide lockdown, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has started a virtual mode of lectures. In order to finish the syllabus in time, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneshwar has commenced virtual classes. Read More

March 27, 2020: With schools around the country being shut down due to the coronavirus spread, the Ministry of Union Tribal Affairs has directed all the states with Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) and Eklavya Model Day Boarding Schools (EMDBS) to reschedule their holidays. Read More

March 25, 2020: The India Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar (IIT-BBS ) is conducting live video streaming of theory classes to run academic programmes smoothly for its students and keep possible spread of the virus in check. Read More

March 23, 2020: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Berhampur and an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) jointly produced effective hand sanitizers. According to the officials, the institutes prepared these sanitizers to distribute it to the Odisha government employees who are on duty amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read More

Andhra Pradesh

May 12, 2020: In an announcement that is expected to provide relief to lakhs, the state Education Minister said that the Board of Secondary Education Andra Pradesh (BSEAP), is all set to hold AP SSC Exam 2020 in July, which was earlier postponed due to coronavirus outbreak in the country. Read More

May 4, 2020: Andhra Pradesh Government, in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE), decided to provide free online )
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) coaching to 3rd and 4th year engineering students belonging to the state.

April 29, 2020: Andhra Pradesh government has launched a fee reimbursement scheme, which is expected to benefit over 12 lakh students in the state. Read More

March 27, 2020: Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the government of Andhra Pradesh announced that under the strict lockdown all-round the country it is not safe to conduct the annual examinations. Considering the health and safety of the students, the AP government directed the schools to promote students of class 6 to class 9 without exams. The promotion will be solely based on the student’s yearly performance. Read More

March 24, 2020: The Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh postponed the class 10/ SSC Exam 2020. According to the latest reports, the education minister of Andhra Pradesh declared the postponement of the BSEAP class 10 examination. The BSEAP SSC exams that were scheduled to begin from March 31, 2020, onwards are now postponed by two weeks due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Adimulapu Suresh, the state’s education minister stated that the Board will release the BSEAP SSC datesheet later. For now, the exams are postponed for the next two weeks and will now be conducted after April 15. Earlier, on March 7,  the Board announced the postponement of the class 10 examination until March 31. Read More

Punjab

May 12, 2020: Compartment examination of Class 9 and 11 students of government schools in Chandigarh have been postponed until further notice. The examination was supposed to be conducted from May 15, however, due to ongoing coronavirus lockdown in the state. Read More

May 8, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar released a revised academic calendar for the ongoing semester. Read More

Punjab government announced summer vacation for higher education institutions. Read More

April 30, 2020: The Punjab higher education department advised all the universities to conduct examinations of all final year (exit) classes in the month of July if the lockdown is lifted. The vice-chancellors and controllers of exams of Panjab University, Chandigarh; Punjabi University, Patiala; and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, along with state government officials discussed policies regarding examinations and admissions for the next session in universities and colleges of the state through a video-conference on April 29. Read More

April 22, 2020: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar has designed a doffing unit' to help frontline healthcare workers to remove their personal protective gear under sterile conditions. Read More

April 21, 2020: Chandigarh University released the ‘COVID-10 warriors scholarship scheme’ worth Rs 5 crore for the individuals who are fighting against coronavirus. The scheme is applicable to their wards as well. Read More

April 20, 2020: Officials from Punjab education institutes declared that the institutes will need at least 15 days to prepare for examinations after the COVID-19 lockdown gets over. Read More

April 17, 2020: Punjab Technical Education and Industrial Training Department have started online classes to train students of the ITIs in the state. Read More

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has announced that a team of researchers at the campus has developed a 'WardBot' to deliver medicine and food to coronavirus, to reduce any human interaction. Read More

April 13, 2020: Punjab cancels class 5, 8 remaining exams, prepones summer break. Read More

Chandigarh University in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has provided 500 liters of hand sanitizers and face masks to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. Read More

April 10, 2020: The Education Department of Punjab made this clear that it is mandatory for all schools to release the full salaries of its staff members (official and non-official). Read More

The Punjab Education Department served notice on forty-eight private schools for demanding fees from students during the lockdown. Read More

April 8, 2020: During the nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the online platform has been the only way to reach students. However, the digital medium comes with its own set of obstacles. Students and teachers located in far-flung regions are struggling on account of slow internet and connectivity issues. The situation is no different for city-dwellers too as they are also finding it challenging. Read More

The Punjab government has launched Padhai Tuhar Dwar, an online education portal, to keep students engaged and in touch with their studies during this 21-day lockdown period. Read More

April 7, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has developed a design of the Negative Pressure Room, to avoid the spread of COVID-19 through the air among the health staff working in isolation wards and testing labs. Read More

April 3, 2020: Panjab University (PU) has announced that it will be conducting a seven-day training programme for teachers on online teaching techniques from April 4, 2020, amid the 21-days coronavirus lockdown. Read More

April 1, 2020: Amid the nationwide lockdown, academic institutions are exploring ways to continue with their annual activities like conducting classes, allocating project works, sharing study materials and more. Panjab University, situated in Chandigarh, is under a similar dilemma. The University is yet to conduct its convocation but is not able to set a date. Read More

March 26, 2020: In the light of rising Covid-19 cases in India, a B Tech student (Electronics Communication and Engineering) at Lovely Professional University (LPU) has designed an IoT device named KAWACH’. Along with his professors, Prabin Kumar Das has developed a pendant to endorse social distancing. Read More

March 25, 2020: The Panjab University has today issued the guidelines for the faculties, who will be conducting classes online. This is been done to avoid any study loss during this time when all colleges and universities around the country have been shut. Read More

March 24, 2020: In order to contain the spread of COVID-19, the government had ordered educational institutions around the country to remain shut until March 31. In lieu of that, Lovely Professional University (LPU) has now started virtual classes for students which can be attended by them both from their hostels or homes. LPU is also making sure to do proper, needed temperature and allied check-ups for every individual entering the campus. All the staff rooms, schools, and cabins have also been sanitized. Read More

March 23, 2020: Punjab School Examination Board (PSEB) released revised datesheet for the postponed exams. On March 20, 2020, the state board postponed the examinations due to the outbreak of the deadly pandemic, coronavirus. Read More

March 19, 2020: Punjab State Education Board (PSEB) announced the postponement of the state education board's examinations of class 10 and 12 until March 31 due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus.

March 15, 2020: IIT Ropar, Patiala extends mid-semester break for one week. The institute has suspended all institute's travel abroad. Faculty who visited abroad in the last 15 days are advised to take compulsory medical leaves for 15 days from the date of their return to India. 

Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) suspends teaching and examination work in all the departments till March 20, 2020. 

March 13, 2020: Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla announced the closure of all schools in the state till March 31 as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus

Rajasthan

May 30, 2020: Pending RBSE 10th, 12th examinations will be conducted in June. The timetable will soon be released. Read More.

May 12, 2020: The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) is all set to hold the pending class 10 and 12 examinations soon. Read More

May 8, 2020: Rajasthan Education Minister, Govind Singh Dotasra, has announced that the schools in the state will re-open from July 1, however, teachers will report to duty on June 26 or June 27. Read More

May 6, 2020: Rajasthan government has announced that it has got approval from the government to broadcast educational content on 25 All India Radio (AIR) across the state for 55-minutes free daily until June 30. Read More

May 4, 2020: JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) Jaipur has introduced Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) courses in Research and Analysis and Data Analytics along with a BBA course in Banking and Financial Services.Read More

May 1, 2020: Rajasthan Governor Mishra said in order to achieve best in higher education during this coronavirus lockdown, it is need of the hour to make use of innovative technology. Read More 

The Rajasthan Technical University (RTU), Kota declared summer vacation from May 4 to June 20. According to the reports, the University released a notice asking its faculty members to submit data of all examination works immediately after the lockdown period is over. Read More

April 13, 2020: Amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, the Rajasthan government has decided to promote all the students from class 1 to 9, and class 11 to the next grade without holding any examination. Read More

With the increasing health crisis in India due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the higher education department of Rajasthan indefinitely postponed the examinations of all universities and colleges for an indefinite period. Read More

April 3, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur has come up with a face mask using 3-D technology, to help healthcare workers attending coronavirus patients. Read More

April 2, 2020: As the continuing nationwide lockdown to evade the spread of COVID- 19 has led to the closure of all schools, Rajasthan Government has teamed up with the e-learning platform Bright Tutee to occupy students in digital learning. Read More

March 19, 2020: Rajasthan University has postponed all examinations scheduled till March 31. The University has postponed all theory and practical examinations which were scheduled between today and March 31. The new dates for postponed examinations will be released on the University's official website later. Read More

March 13, 2020: Rajasthan closes all educational institutions including schools and colleges till March 30.

Tamil Nadu

May 22, 2020: Tamil Nadu School Education Minister clarified that it will conduct the class 10 exam as per the schedule and will not delay it further. Read More

From distributing masks to students to disinfecting the examination centres twice in a day, the Tamil Nadu government is taking every possible step to ensure the safety of students and teachers from coronavirus while conducting the Class 10 exam. Read more below about other important steps taken by the government: Read More

May 12, 2020: Tamil Nadu School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan has today announced the time table for the Class 10 Board exams along with the exam dates for pending Class 11 and 12th exams. As per the released TN 10th timetable 2020, the TN Class 10 Board exams will be conducted from June 1 to June 12. Read More

May 6, 2020: Tamil Nadu School Education Minister, K. A. Sengottaiyan, announced on May 5, 2020, that the schedule for the pending TN SSLC exam will be declared in the month of June. Read More

May 4, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras-incubated Start-up Muse Wearables is working on developing novel and scalable methods that can be used for coating textiles with nanoparticles-based antimicrobial agents that can inactive the human Coronavirus on contact. Read More

April 28, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras is planning to make final-year students and research scholars return in the second half of May. Read More

April 23, 2020: The Higher Education Department in Tamil Nadu has directed all Universities and Colleges not to force students or parents to pay the fee during the lockdown period. Read More

April 22, 2020: Tamil Nadu School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan stated that the Tamil Nadu Board SSLC exams are not cancelled and will definitely take place. Read More

April 17, 2020: The Tamil Nadu Higher Education department has postponed all the semester exams in all educational institutions in the state to the start of the next academic year. Read More

April 9, 2020: Anna University announced that the end-semester examinations of April-May for affiliated colleges will be held after the end of the lockdown period. Read More

April 7, 2020: The Madurai Corporation installed a disinfection tunnel at Madurai College ground to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. Read More

April 1, 2020: Anna University extended its closure for its affiliated colleges and all departments until April 14, 2020. Read More

March 25, 2020: Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the government of Tamil Nadu announced that under the strict lockdown all-round the country, it is not feasible to conduct annual examinations for the students of Class 1 to 9. Read More

March 24, 2020: The Madras high court ordered the school education department to begin TN HSC, class 12 board examination 30 minutes late. The order is for the examination to be held today i.e. March 24. The HC took this decision in favor of students and parents traveling from far off places. It would help the parents and students get more time to reach examination centres. The TN HSC exam scheduled for March 24 will now begin at 10:30 am and end by 1:30 pm. Read More

With coronavirus pandemic tightening its grip on India, Anna University has announced that all its teaching and non-teaching staff to start work from home from March 25 until March 31. Read More

March 16, 2020: IIT Madras startup GUVI (Grab Your Vernacular Imprint) launches a free upskilling course online for students affected by the shutdown. The course will help students to prepare and sharpen their skills for the campus placement drive sitting in the comfort of their homes. According to the official statement released by the institute, to help the students become ‘job ready’, more than 100 technologists from top product companies of the industry have volunteered to conduct free webinar sessions for 30 days. The sessions will be related to top IT skills that companies look for during the hiring process. Read More

March 15, 2020: The Tamil Nadu government today directed the closure of all kindergarten and primary schools till March 31 as it stepped up preventive measures against coronavirus. TN CM announced an allocation of Rs 60 crore from the State Disaster Relief Fund to carry to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

March 14, 2020: KG and Primary schools to remain shut in Puducherry till further orders. 

Puducherry

March 25, 2020: In order to control the virus spread, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a strict lockdown for the next 21 days. People are advised to stay inside their homes and follow social distancing. Concerned regarding the safety and health of the students, the Puducherry government decided to cancel the examinations for class I to IX. According to a reputed source, the Directorate of School Education, Puducherry declared the students from class 1 to class 11 as ‘ALL PASS’. Read More

Telangana

June 1, 2020: Telangana State Board of Intermediate Examinations, TSBIE is all set to conduct the pending TS inter Board Exams 2020 in June. According to the revised TS Intermediate 2020 Date Sheet, the pending TS inter Board Exams will be held on June 3. Read More

May 12, 2020: The Osmania University (OU) is mulling to conduct the undergraduate (UG) examinations in the second week of June. Read More

April 6, 2020: On May 5, the Telangana State Government announced the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown in the state until May 29, 2020, while the national lockdown is expected to be lifted on May 17. Read More

Telangana Chief Minister, while addressing a press meeting on May 5, decided that the TS SSC or class 10 examinations in the state will be held soon. Read More

April 30, 2020: The University of Hyderabad, has said that a modified academic calendar, including pending end-semester examinations and entrance exams for admitting new students to various programmes, will be released after May 7. Read More

April 29, 2020: While the economy is struggling due to the lockdown imposed in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, at least 732 final-year students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, received full-time employment offers from the leading recruiters of the industry recently. Read More

April 24, 2020: No student in the first or second year of degree programmes will be detained this year, the Telangana State Council of Higher Education directed all colleges and universities. Read More

April 20, 2020: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has ordered all private schools in the state to not hike fees in the academic year 2020-21. Read More

Osmania University engineering students have asked varsity administration and colleges to conduct traditional classes before doing any examination based on the online classes, once the lockdown period is over. Read More

April 13, 2020: Telangana Intermediate Board (TSBIE) is all set to release the TS Inter Result 2020 soon after the lockdown is over. Read More

Telangana government has asked all the public and private schools to promote class 1 to 9 students to the next academic grade, due to coronavirus lockdown. Read More

April 10, 2020: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) students pursuing public health drafted by the government of Telangana in the fieldwork related to controlling the COVID-19 spread in the state. Read More

March 31, 2020: Prof BS Murthy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad Director, has urged the Government of India to think of implementing 'bag valve mask' as a substitute to meet an increase in demand for ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. Read More

A faculty member, Seema Mishra of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) claimed to have designed a potential vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. Read More

March 30, 2020: The Telangana State Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination postponed the Board exams again due to the nationwide lockdown till April 14. Read More

March 26, 2020: A group of students at Mahindra Ecole Centrale (MEC) Hyderabad has developed India's first live, district-wise COVID-19 tracker website, CovIndia, which can be downloaded as a mobile application too. Read More

March 20, 2020: The Telangana State Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination postponed the Board exams that started on March 19, 2020. According to the reports, the Board postponed the examinations after the Telangana High Court intervened in the matter and ordered to postpone the Telangana SSC board exams 2020 due to the COVID-19 spread. Now, The TS SSC exams will be deferred from Monday i.e. March 23, onwards. Read More

March 16, 2020: Telangana government orders all state-run universities to suspend classes till March 31. 

March 14, 2020: Telangana shuts down all educational institutions till March 31.

Tripura

June 1, 2020: The Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) decided to postpone the pending papers of Tripura Class 10 and 12 board exams again. Earlier, the pending papers for TBSE 10th Board Exams 2020 and TBSE 12th Board Exams 2020 were scheduled to be conducted from June 5.

April 29, 2020: Tripura government is considering the introduction of neighbourhood classes, where one teacher would teach a maximum of five students in their vicinity by maintaining social distancing until schools resume. Read More

April 20, 2020: Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on April 19 declared the promotion of all the students studying in classes 1 to 9 and 11. Read More

April 17, 2020: The evaluation of Tripura board examination copies would start shortly amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, said Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath. Read More

April 2, 2020: Tripura government has announced that it will provide an allowance of Rs 35,000 to 8,882 teachers who have lost their jobs after their recruitment was termed faulty by the Supreme Court Read More

March 24, 2020: The Tripura Board of Secondary Education postponed the board exams in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. According to the reports, the TBSE exams scheduled between March 23 and March 31 are now suspended and postponed indefinitely until further notice. Students must note that fresh dates for TBSE class 12 and TBSE class 10 exams 2020 will be released by the Board considering the prevailing conditions. The notification regarding the revised datesheet will be shared on the official website of the Board. Read More

Uttar Pradesh

May 12, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) is all set to commence the evaluation process of UP Board class 10 and 12 exams in orange zones from today i.e. May 12. Read More

May 8, 2020:The schools in Gautam Buddh Nagar district have been allowed to collect the fees for the academic year 2020-21 but they can't hike fees, said the district administration. Read More

Allahabad University (AU) has announced that it will conduct the year-end exams for all undergraduate courses from July 1 and for all postgraduate courses from July 16. The University will resume admission process for the next academic session (2020-21) from May 10. Read More

May 6, 2020: Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL), a defense public sector undertaking, has signed an MoU with Nocca Robotics, an incubated start-up of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-K) Kanpur to manufacture large scale affordable ventilators. Read More

May 4, 2020: Uttar Pradesh government has started taking online lessons for the students during the lockdown period using YouTube channel. Read More

Good news for the students waiting for the UP Board results 2020. The Uttar Pradesh board is mulling to release the board exam results for classes 10th and 12th by the end of this month if the evaluation process concludes smoothly. Read More

The Uttar Pradesh Board result 2020 is likely to get delayed as the teachers in the state have refused to resume the evaluation work of class 10th and 12th Board answer sheets. Read More

May 1, 2020: With students not paying fees on time, more than 40,000 teachers of 700 private engineering colleges that are affiliated to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) have got no salary or with 75 percent to 50 percent cut. Read More

April 28, 2020:The Uttar Pradesh government on April 27 directed all schools, irrespective of the boards they are affiliated to, not to hike the fees for the academic session 2020-21 amid the prevailing health and economic crisis. Read More

April 24, 2020: The Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) has started taking online classes on home-based physical activities, yoga, and mindfulness training by a qualified professional for the residents of its hostels. Read More

The evaluation work for Uttar Pradesh class 10 and 12 answer sheets will start only after the lockdown is over, confirms the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad. Read More

April 23, 2020: Professors at Banaras Hindu University has proposed a clinical trial of ayurvedic medicine fifatrol to see its effectiveness in tackling COVID-19. Read More

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University is planning to start practical classes through the virtual lab, during the lockdown period. Read More

April 22, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Education Board warned students and parents about the fraud calls that claim to pass students in board exams in exchange for money. Read More

The Uttar Pradesh government directed schools located within the state not to charge transportation fees from students during the lockdown period. Read More

Uttar Pradesh Education Board will now conduct online classes for the students through WhatsApp by creating common groups for teachers and students. Read More

April 21, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), in a joint project, have developed a working prototype of a Positive Pressure Respirator System (PPRS). Read More

Keeping in mind that the University is surrounded by most of the areas that are under containment zones, the authorities of Jamia Millia Islamia issued strict guidelines for the establishments and residential staff quarters to follow. Read More

April 20, 2020: Jamia Hamdard University has announced that it is going to pardon attendance shortage for all students across its different schools as a one time measure. Read More

April 16, 2020: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the state officials to start online classes in all the educational institutions and work on making it a permanent model of teaching, a senior official said. Read More

April 15, 2020: The Uttar Pradesh government on April 14 announced the promotion of all the students studying in class 6 to 9 and class 11 to higher standards without examination. Read More

April 13, 2020: Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University will release the date sheet for all the undergraduate and postgraduate semester examination, once the lockdown is lifted. Read More

April 10, 2020: The Jamia Milia Islamia has formed a 13-member committee to provide psycho-social support to the students during and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More

AMU in its latest press release stated that students can opt for online internships and work remotely i.e. from home or hostels. Read More

April 9, 2020: Jamia Millia Islamia lately held a two-day online faculty development programme. For taking part in the session, overall 200 faculty members out of about 450 registered participants including directors of centres, heads of departments, deans, professors, associate and assistant professors were invited for attending the sessions. Read More

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) schools promoted all students of classes 1 to 8 directly to the next class without examinations in view of the rising emergency situation due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Read More

April 6, 2020: Lucknow district administration came forward to give some relief to the parents of students amid this rising health and economic crisis due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. On April 5, the Lucknow district administration announced that no school shall force any parent or student for fees payment until the lockdown period is over. Read More

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has received funding from Standard Chartered Bank to support its affordable, indigenous, portable and invasive ventilator prototype. Read More

April 2, 2020: On Tuesday, researchers from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) informed that its Department of Molecular and Human Genetics had innovated a new Covid-19 test kit that can give precise results in 5-6 hours. Read More

March 31, 2020: Allahabad University is chalking out all possible ways to help students staying at girls hostel on campus to reach their respective homes safely. Read More

IIT Kanpur is trying its level best to help their fellow workers who are affected severely due to COVID-19 lockdown. The institute decided to pay full salaries to all contractual laborers, daily wage laborers, mess and other project employees. Read More

March 30, 2020: Allahabad University has postponed all its Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) admission process 2020, amid the coronavirus lockdown in the county and its outbreak. Read More

March 27, 2020: The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad completed the board examinations in the first week of March 2020. Students who appeared UP Board 10th and 12th examinations must be expecting their results any time soon. Read More

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Kanpur) will be making portable ventilators to provide medical assistance to coronavirus patients. Read More

In light of the national lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, Prof Tariq Mansoor, Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor, has requested the people all across the globe to provide help to the economically weaker sections of the society. Read More

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has announced that all the PhD students, who have completed the maximum duration of their course after March 20 and are unable to submit their thesis amid the nationwide lockdown, can now submit it after the resumptions of the normal functioning of the University. Read More

March 26, 2020: In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, Indian Institute Technology (IIT) BHU students have come up with an indigenously developed mask which doesn’t only offer safety from virus but is cost-effective as well. Read More

March 25, 2020: During the prevailing emergency conditions due to the pandemic, the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kapur) decided to extend helping hand towards its recent alumni who are studying or doing research works in foreign universities. Read More

In order to combat coronavirus, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has set up helpline numbers to help those in need. These helpline numbers can be used by an individual to get his/her queries addressed about COVID-19 as well. Read More

The UP B.Ed. JEE exam has been postponed amid coronavirus outbreak. However, the university has also asked all its faculty members to start uploading lecture content online to help students cope up with their studies during this time. Read More

March 24, 2020: The war against coronavirus is becoming prolonged and continuation of classes in schools, colleges and coaching centres is not a probability in the near future. Amid this, several educational institutes are relying on virtual classes to ensure completion of the syllabus. Online classrooms are being held by using tools such as Skype, Google Hangouts and Zoom. Students and teachers have been urged to remain online during school hours. Lucknow University has issued e-content on its website and has urged students to carry on studies online. Teachers have been told to constantly update and upload content related to their subjects. Read More

March 23, 2020: The admission process to the postgraduate medical and dental courses in Uttar Pradesh has been postponed by DMER in view of the COVID-19 spread in India. Revised dates for UP NEET PG 2020 counseling will be released soon. Read More

March 19, 2020: AMU postpones all its university examination until March 31, 2020. Read More

IIM Lucknow released a notification stating that the WATPI process in the campus is postponed indefinitely amid the spread of COVID-19. Read More

March 18, 2020: Allahabad University has deferred all examinations, on the main campus as well as that of constituent colleges till March 31, 2020. The University has also decided to close the Central Library for students till March 31. The varsity’s decision was followed by the issues of the students raised against being vulnerable to COVID-19/Coronavirus while sitting close to each other without taking any precautions. Read More

March 17, 2020: IIT Kanpur asks students to vacate hostels. Sends another advisory to its students and campus residents in order to battle COVID-19 spread. Read More 

Uttar Pradesh government shuts all the educational institutions, tourist places, multiplexes, etc till April 2, 2020.  

AMU asks teachers with recent foreign travel history to undergo a Coronavirus examination. 

AMU admission tests for various university schools suspended.  

March 15, 2020: IIT Kanpur suspends all classes and examinations till March 29, 2020. The institute has extended its mid-semester break. 

March 14, 2020: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) postpones educational tours till April 15. Classes and sessional tests suspended till March 22. Read More

March 13, 2020: All schools, colleges, universities, in Uttar Pradesh to be shut till March 22. IIM Lucknow cancels the convocation ceremony due to the COVID-19 scare.

March 9, 2020: Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh postponed exams for its distance education programme as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus. The exams will now begin on April 1. Read More

Uttarakhand

May 22, 2020: Uttarkhand government has announced that it will commence the admission process for the new academic year for various courses in all colleges and universities across the state from September 1. Read More

May 6, 2020: Amid the outbreak of the pandemic novel coronavirus, IIT Roorkee is hosting the 'SPARK summer internship program. Read More

April 23, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has developed a screening booth to collect samples of suspected coronavirus patients while keeping the health workers safe. Read More

April 20, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has begun an advanced certification course on deep learning at Cloudxlab.com. Read More

April 7, 2020: IIT Roorkee professor has developed a surveillance system to keep track of the suspected and infected COVID-19 patients. Read More

April 3, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee researchers have developed a low-cost portable ventilator that can be used to treat coronavirus patients. Read More

March 30, 2020: With educational institutions been shut and lockdown imposed nationwide until April 14 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has started online classes to avoid any further academic loss of the students. Read More

March 24, 2020: Uttarakhand government on March 24, temporarily assigned four medical colleges in the state exclusively to treat the coronavirus cases. According to the state government spokesperson and Cabinet minister Madan Kaushik, the four government medical colleges reserved for the novel coronavirus cases are in Haldwani, Dehradun, Almora and Srinagar. Read More

Two students of IIT Roorkee have prepared over 150 litres (1500 bottles) of herbal hand sanitizer. It is their attempt to reduce the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the country. Heal-agnostics Innovations Pvt. Ltd., a start-up incubated at TIDES, IIT Roorkee, will distribute the hand sanitizer free of cost. Read More

March 21, 2020: Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) postponed class 10, 12 examinations until further notice due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Read More

March 16, 2020: One foreign and eight Indian students of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee kept under 14-day isolation due to Covid19 suspicion. Read More

March 15, 2020: Uttarakhand government shuts all multiplexes, cinema halls, degree colleges and technical institutes across the state till March 31. 

West Bengal 

June 1, 2020: The West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE) directed examiners to submit West Bengal Class 10 answer scripts of Madhyamik (secondary) examinations i.e. within 48 hours. Read More

May 29, 2020:The West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has said that the state-run schools will conduct classed on alternate days to ensure social distancing norms are followed. Read More

May 12, 2020: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has asked all the head of the institutions to promote all the students of Class 11 in the state to Class 12 for the next academic year. Read More

May 4, 2020: Jadavpur University (JU) placement drive is receiving a commendable response from the companies amid COVID-19 lockdown. Read More

April 28, 2020: Two students of Jadavpur University have developed a device to analyse if a coughing person is a coronavirus positive or not. Read More

April 27, 2020: The West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee stated that the state government has not received any official communication from the Ministry of Human Resource Development or the UGC about framing a guideline to hold examinations that have been postponed. Read More

April 22, 2020: NIT Durgapur’s artificial manual breathing unit that automatically pumps oxygen for patients gathered accolades from the Ministry of Human Resource and Development. Read More

Jadavpur University students are developing a mobile application to circulate correct data related to coronavirus. Read More

April 20, 2020: The guardians of students, who are eligible for the mid-day meal, can collect the rice and potatoes on behalf of their wards, from today until April 30, the West Bengal School Education Department said. Read More

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has developed and installed a disinfection tunnel at the campus, to sanitize the visitors. Read More

All government, government-aided, and private education institutes and training institutes in West Bengal will remain closed until June 10. Read More

April 16, 2020: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education will conduct the Class 12 board exams in June, in wake of coronavirus outbreak. Read More

April 15, 2020: The West Bengal Board on April 15 decided to promote all the students studying in class 11 to the next standard without any examination. Read More

West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has asked all the WBBSE (Class 10) examiners to check the answer scripts at least twice, put the marks into the marks-foils and keep the answer scripts ready for submission. Read More

April 13, 2020: With the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in force, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has invited students to apply for a summer internship in its departments. Read More

April 9, 2020: According to a statement, IIT-Kharagpur donated Rs 1 crore to the PM-CARES Fund to back the central government's endeavours in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. It had launched a campaign among its faculty and staff members to donate their one day's salary. Read More

April 6, 2020: A team of researchers at Jadavpur University developed a prototype of a three-layer fabric face mask using readily available and low-cost materials. The face masks have been made keeping in mind the growing demands, amid the rising cases of coronavirus in the country.

The West Bengal government has announced that from April 7, one-week virtual classes will be conducted for the students studying in state-run schools, from class 9 to 12. Read More

April 3, 2020: Amid the lockdown, IIT Kharagpur preponed its summer break to prevent further loss of studies after the lockdown period. Read More

April 2, 2020: The West Bengal government has announced that all students from class 1 to 8 will be promoted to the next class in view of the current situation due to coronavirus pandemic. Read More

West Bengal government sent out a notice to colleges directing them to continue the teaching process online. Read More
Amid the global crisis due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Students of Jadavpur University opened a community kitchen to feed at least 200 poor people daily, who are rendered jobless due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown. Read More

March 31, 2020: This IIT Kharagpur module for Joint Entrance Examination or JEE preparation is expected to satisfy students' need for adequate online resources and e-learning materials to continue with their preparation. Read More

March 30, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has designed a prototype to make face shields for healthcare workers from home during the lockdown. Read More

March 27, 2020: In the wake of lockdown triggered due to coronavirus pandemic, teachers of Jadavpur and Calcutta universities have begun conducting online classes for students, similar to what many schools in the city have done. Read More

March 26, 2020: In wake of the closure of university until April 15 due to coronavirus outbreak, the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) has started teaching its students through online classes to avoid any academic loss. Read More

March 25, 2020: In order to spread awareness about the precautionary measures to be taken to contain coronavirus spread, a group of students at IIT Kharagpur has uploaded videos explaining the WHO guidelines in 12 different languages on social media. Read More

March 24, 2020: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has announced that its researchers have now come out with two different alcohol-based hand sanitizers, which are made following the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More

March 23, 2020: On March 22, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBCHSE) asked teachers to put off the scheduled process of submission of class 10 state board examinations marks and answer scripts to head examiners until further notice in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in India. Read More

With rising coronavirus cases on a daily basis in the country, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has canceled all Class 12 state board post-examination work. Read More

March 20, 2020: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) postponed all the scheduled class 10, 12 examinations till April 27 due to the rapidly spreading disease coronavirus. Read More

March 19, 2020: In order to curb the loss of studies, many schools in West Bengal have decided to conduct online classes to complete the syllabus and keep the students connected to the curriculum. Read More

West Bengal Government will provide mid-day meals of the school children at their homes. 

March 16, 2020: Jadavpur University, Kolkata closes campus and suspends classes following the government's advisory. 

March 14, 2020: The West Bengal government announced the closure of schools, colleges, universities, Madarsas, SSK (Shishu Shiksha Kendra) and MSK (Madhyamik Shiksha Kendra)  till March 31. Board examinations, however, will continue as per schedule. 

The IIT Kharagpur and the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur suspended academic activities as a precautionary measure in view of the novel coronavirus till March 31, 2020. 

March 7, 2020: Calcutta University (CU) stops scholars, students, and faculty from traveling to or from COVID-19-affected nations.

Also Read: Coronavirus Outbreak: Top US universities shift classes online

With postponed examinations, canceled entrance examinations, and shut college campuses, aspiring students of India may face severe problems during college admission 2020. Not just within the boundaries of India but students who are aspiring to study abroad are also under great stress. There is a growing worry among the students who have already applied to foreign universities and are eagerly awaiting their admissions responses. Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus/COVID-19, top American Universities have decided to cancel classes and give online lessons, affecting thousands of students. The list of Universities who have decided to close down their campus and give online lessons includes major University names like Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and more. Universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University New Jersey, University of California Berkeley, and more have called off all the events and gatherings. 

The universities might say that the outbreak of coronavirus will not affect the reviewing process of admission applications, but the worry remains that both Indian and International universities will see a decrease in the enrollment of international students due to Coronavirus. With sudden orders to vacate hostels, campus closure, canceled VISA, and more, the situation has created a sense of insecurity and fear among students and their parents. The fear and anxiety might make many students drop their idea of studying abroad. The coming semester could witness a serious economic ramification for the universities that depend on a large number of international student enrolments.

COVID-19 may have a little to no impact on this year's admission cycle. However, due to the rapidly spreading nature of coronavirus, all students and educational institutions must prepare for varied scenarios until the Pandemic is contained. Positive coronavirus cases in India have risen to 1,91,105. 

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