Top Telangana news developments today
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Key news developments from Telangana on April 20, 2023
Here are the key news developments from Telangana to watch out for today :
1. The State government has issued orders withdrawing weightage for marks secured in Intermediate (plus two) for determining ranks in engineering, agriculture and medical common entrance test for admission to professional colleges.
2. The State government has issued a gazette notification implementing the amended Motor Vehicles Tax Act which envisaged levy of life time tax on vehicles at ex-showroom rate. Earlier, the tax was levied on discounted prices of showrooms..
3. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University has launched an inspection of engineering colleges for renewal of recognition for 2023-24 based on their facilities.
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Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.