Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that schools in the national capital won’t reopen till the state government is convinced about students’ safety. “There is no plan to reopen schools. We’re hopeful that a vaccine will be available soon,” he added. Positivity rate in Delhi has come down to 8.5% in the last three weeks, he further said.

In Addressing students during Mann Ki Baat 2.0’s 18th episode, PM Narendra Modi addressed students and said, “To be amongst the country’s youth is extremely refreshing.” “University campuses are like mini India,” he added. “In these campuses, on one hand, we see India’s diversity, and on other hand, we also find great passion for changes for New India,” he further …

BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi on Monday tweeted that Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University should be renamed as Swami Vivekananda University. “It is Swami Vivekananda who stood for the “idea of Bharat”. His philosophy and values signify the “strength of Bharat”,” he added. “Life of Bharat’s patriotic saint will inspire generations to come,” Ravi wrote.

This is a historic recognition for JGU as all legislative, regulatory and procedural requirements under the IoE regulations have been duly met, enabling JGU to function as an ‘Institution of Eminence’. The IoE Policy was launched to implement the commitment of the Government of India to empower Universities and Higher Educational Institutions to help them become world-class teaching and research institutions. …

UP CM Yogi Adityanath has directed the chief secretary of the state to write to the National Testing Agency to declare Akanksha Singh as NEET 2020 topper along with Odisha’s Soyeb Aftab. Akanksha, who is a native of UP’s Kushinagar district, had also scored 100% marks in the exam but Soyeb was declared first-ranker as he’s older than her.

The topper of the Joint Entrance Exam (Mains) in Assam has been arrested for allegedly using a proxy to write the entrance test, Guwahati Police said. The candidate, Neel Nakshatra Das, has been arrested along with his father, who is a doctor, and three employees of a testing centre. The candidate had scored 99.8 percentile without sitting for the exam.

After receiving complaints about students being stopped from attending online classes due to fees, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued a circular saying that education of the students should not be stopped in any case. “If the school doesn’t do so, we will have to consult with our higher officials for taking legal action against the school,” the circular said.

Live online learning platform Vedantu said its live interactive classes have helped students across India secure some of the best results from online classes in top exams like JEE, NEET. As per Vedantu, a whopping 548 students cleared JEE Advanced with top AIRs like 43, 208 and 227 and 46 students cleared NEET with scores above 550.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has suggested discontinuation of Class 10 and 12 board exams following the roll out of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. “The exams made sense in 10+2 model but not in 5+3+3+4,” he further said, adding “Retaining two board exams in one last stage will dilute the significance of first three stages in school life.”

The Delhi government has urged the CBSE to extend the deadline for payment of board exam fees for Classes 10 and 12 from October 15 to November 14. The parents are facing hardships and are resorting to loans due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the government can’t pay exam fees for 2020-21 like it did in 2019-20, it said.