It is a matter of immense pride and satisfaction that Punjab has hitherto sent 234 principals and education officers for a five-day leadership development programme to Singapore and 72 primary cadre teachers to Turku, Finland, the CM said.
Merugu Nagarjuna, YSRCP leader accused the state government of dismantling the reforms introduced by former Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
"We are not closing...seven new universities that were opened by them (BJP). We will not close any university. Whether to continue them or not a cabinet sub-committee has been formed headed by the Deputy Chief Minister, CM Siddaramaiah said.
The Karnataka Public Service Commission had conducted the exam in May 2024. Due to wrong translations of questions in Kannada, the re-exam was held where again the mistakes were found in the translations.
The chief minister said the Centre was trying to filter students by holding public exam for classes, including 3 and 5 and the exams for classes from 9 to 12 will be semester-based and similar to All India exams.
Himachal Pradesh CM said that smart classrooms were being developed to benefit the students and the monitoring of the Education department, along with other departments, is being carried out through the CM dashboard.
The Centre disbursed 2,741 PM-USP scholarships for the Bihar students in 2019-20, which significantly increased to 32,938 in 2024-25.