The #JEEMain exams commenced from today despite massive online protests from students. As the NTA assured to have taken all measures for students' safety, parents of the JEE aspirants spoke to themojo_in and shared their thoughts.
"I have no problem with exams being conducted. We have to think about children's future as well and exams were meant to happen. It wasn't tough to get to the centre as well," parent of a student appearing for the B.Planning exam in #Delhi.
"Everyone was opposing the exams but it's a pandemic and we have it fight against it. Now or a month later, we would have to come out. However social distancing is a big problem, almost impossible," parent talks about protocols in exam centres
"I'm fully satisfied with the exams being conducted. Initially there were a lot of doubts and confusion for the children but then they made up their mind after the SC order. Commute was a problem because the metros aren't running," parent speaks outside the #JEEMains exam centre
"Because of the order we had to come, otherwise the students and we thought the exams wouldn't happen this year," say parents waiting outside the #Delhi exam centre
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#HathrasGangrape: Police forcibly cremate victim's body at 2:30 am, family allege to have been kept out of the cremation & weren't allowed to bring the body home. @BDUTT
"We were locked in, weren't allowed for cremation rites," says #Hathras victim's father.
#JustIn: Members of Valmiki Samaj pelted stones at the police and broke the police car in protest, demanding "justice" for the #Hathras gang rape victim.
#MonsoonSession of the Parliament begins today with #COVID19 protocols in mind. The session will run from Sept 14-Oct 1, 2020 in a total of 18 sittings. The Parliament has 46 Bills pending currently.
DMK Presidents MK Stalin (@mkstalin) says 2 days not enough to discuss issues regarding #NEET exams, National Education Policy 2020 as many students died by suicide due to exam issues. "I had also urged the Govt. to pass a resolution for it but my appeal was rejected," he added.
#MonsoonSession: The Parliament adopts motion to withdraw the Banking Regulation Bill Amendment, 2020 after motion was moved by #FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman ).
External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar met with Chinese counterpart H.E. Wang Yi in Moscow and discussed #IndiaChinaBorder tensions. Ministers agreed that both parties should continue dialogue, abide by all existing protocols and maintain peace in border areas.
"The recently released quarterly GDP growth numbers for FY2020-21 should alarm us all. Need to be frightened out of complacency. India needs strong growth": former RBI chief, Raghuram Rajan said in a social media post about the economy.
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan talks about the "alarming" GDP and India's economic growth.
Cabinet approves #MissionKarmayogi, a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building to lay the foundation for capacity building for civil servants so they remain entrenched in Indian culture while they learn from best practices across the world: Govt of India
#MissionKarmayogi Institutional framework:
-PM's Public Human Resources Council
-Capacity Building Commission
-Special Purpose Vehicle for owning & operating the digital assets & the technological platform for online training
-Coordination Unit headed by the Cabinet Secretary
#MissionKarmayogi features:
-Support transition from 'rules based' to 'roles based' HR management
-To emphasize on 'on-site learning'
-To create an ecosystem of shared training
-To calibrate Civil Service positions to a Framework of Roles, Activities & Competencies (FRACs) method