Haryana to open schools for children with disability: Education minister

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal on Tuesday said that special schools will be opened for physically challenged children in the state.

"Separate special schools will be opened for specially-abled children in Haryana. Besides, studies in these schools will also provide suitable employment opportunities to these children," he was quoted as saying in an official statement here.

The statement said that Pal is currently on a visit to Kerala.

"During his visit to Kerala, the education minister came to know about the efforts being made for the specially-abled children in special schools being run for these children there," the Haryana government statement said.

Pal said that the Haryana government is considering opening special schools for these children in the state now. For this, help of NGOs will also be taken by the state government, he said.

He said that efforts will also be made to make them efficient in various tasks, along with studies, which will also provide employment opportunities to them.

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Education Minister goes live on Twitter at 12 noon to address Kendriya Vidyalaya students

Education Minister to go live again today at 12 noon. The Minister will interact with students of Kendriya Vidyalaya to discuss the reopening of schools after several months.

Yet again, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will go live today at 12 noon to interact with students of Kendriya Vidyalaya. In this live webinar, the Education Minister is expected to discuss the reopening of Kendriya Vidyalayas after several months of online classes. The schools have been closed since March 2020 due to the pandemic.

This time the webinar is exclusively meant for KV students. As per reports, the Education Minister may likely talk about the mental health of the students who had to face several problems during the online classes. NDTV reports says that the Minister may also address the students of Classes 10 and 12 who will be appearing for the CBSE board examinations 2021 starting from May 1.

Many students flooded Twitter asking the Education Minister about the reopening of schools across the country. Some others demanded the COVID-19 vaccine before reopening the schools while a few of them wanted the schools to reopen at the earliest so that they could finish their syllabus before the final exams.

Meanwhile, Education Minister has already announced CBSE Board Exams 2021 dates on December 31, 2021. Soon after the announcement, CBSE released the official notice that CBSE Board Exams 2021 would begin on May 4 and end on June 10. The Practical Exam would begin on March 1, giving students enough time to prepare.