Announcing that all schools in the capital will remain closed until further notice in light of the Covid-19 situation, Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia said Wednesday that students graduating this year will have more opportunities as the government It has added about 1,330 vacancies at the state’s colleges.
“Considering the pandemic, several parents and teachers have suggested that schools should not reopen anytime soon because even if 200-400 students start coming to schools, there is a risk that Covid-19 will spread among children. . Reports suggest that wherever schools were reopened, there was an increase in the number of cases in those countries. The first Minister [Arvind Kejriwal] and I have thought about this even as parents and if we would be willing to expose our children to such risk. That is why we have decided that all schools in the national capital will remain closed until new orders ”, he said.
After the national closure imposed in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), schools in the national capital (government, private, government-assisted, unaided, and corporate) had stopped teaching physical classes.
Schools have moved to an online or semi-online teaching-learning model, with classes being conducted through video conferencing applications or by sending worksheets to students who do not have unlimited access to the Internet. or to devices such as smartphones and laptops.
The deputy minister also said that the new positions will be available in various courses including Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) at the state government’s Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, which has more than 130 affiliated universities.
Although the number of places has been incorporated mainly in undergraduate courses, places in certain postgraduate courses have also increased, such as Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Vocation (MVoc) and Master of Science (MSc ).
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“For those students who have graduated this year and will be seeking admission to universities, it is good news that the Delhi government has added more than 1,330 vacancies in higher education. These seats will be there at PI colleges. Around 630 seats have been added to BTech courses, while 220 and 120 seats have been added to BCom and BBA courses respectively, ”Sisodia said during a press conference on Thursday. About 90 and 120 seats have been added to the Bachelor of Computer Application and BA (Honors) course in Economics courses, while 60 seats have also been added to the MBA course.
Sisodia, who has the education portfolio, said that the increase in vacancies was equivalent to opening five or six new universities. “Past trends suggest that every time a new university is started anywhere in the country or in the capital, the number of places increases by 200-300. If 1,300 college openings are being added this year, the increase in the number of seats is similar to starting five to six new colleges, ”he said.
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