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Karnataka's Class 10 exams to be held in June, PU 2nd year exams in May

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January 7, 2021

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Karnataka will hold Class 10 or the  Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Board Examination (Class 10) in the first week of June while the board examination of Class 12 (Pre-University or PU-II) will be held in the second week of May for the 2020-21 academic year. This was announced by Karnataka Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Wednesday through his official Twitter handle.He added that all the details regarding the exam, and the syllabus will be sent to schools by the government.

This decision comes after Karnataka decided to reopen its schools and PU colleges after a prolonged closedown of over nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools for students studying in Class 10 and 12. Classes for Class 6 to 9 reopened on January 1 will continue following Vidyagama scheme. Since the schools reopened, attendance continues to grow among Class 10, 12 and Vidyagama students.

Of the 4,24,250 students enrolled in 5,492 PU colleges in the state, as many as 2,42,886 (57.25 %) were present and out of 9,29,130 enrolled in Class 10 in 16,850 high schools of the state board, as many as 4,77,051, (51.34 %) were present on Tuesday. Vidyagama saw an attendance of 6,30,557 students which was more than the four lakh odd students that were present on Monday.

But on a flip side, over 50 teachers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus across seven districts so far and in some districts like Chitradurga, the district administration had close down schools, where six teachers tested positive.

In Chikkamagaluru, four students, who went to schools in Mudigere, Kadur and Chikkamagaluru town tested positive as well.

Following this, several schools were shut for sanitisation and the district administrations will decide whether they will reopen or not in the next three days.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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