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Enrolment in govt school from class 1-8 increased in last three years, says Minister

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Government school enrolment from class 1-8 has increased over the last three years, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday, as per an official statement. Furthermore, from 2022-23, pre-matric scholarship scheme is available only for students in class 9 and 10, Virendra Kumar, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister said. The statement was tabled in a written reply in the parliament. In addition, he said that enrolment of class 1 to 8 in Government schools has increased in the last three years by about one crore. “From the year 2021-22, it has been decided to provide scholarships to students only from class 9 and 10 under the Pre-Matric Scholarship scheme for OBCs. Under the scheme of Pre-Matric scholarships to Scheduled Castes (SC) and others, Pre-Matric scholarship has been provided only to class 9 and 10 students since the launch of the scheme in 2012-13,” the Minister said. The minister further added that to incentivise children from these communities to attend school, the government pro...
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Covid-19 review meeting: Centre pulls up socks, Mansukh Mandaviya directs officials to strengthen surveillance

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After a sudden surge in  COVID-19  cases in some parts of the world, the Indian government on Wednesday reviewed the situation in the country. Union Health Minister  Mansukh Mandaviya  reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the country and directed officials to be alert and strengthen surveillance, PTI reported. This comes amid the reports of rise in coronavirus cases globally. “COVID is not over yet. I have directed all concerned to be alert and strengthen surveillance. We are prepared to manage any situation,” Mandaviya said in a tweet. Amid the sudden rise of cases in Japan, the  United States of America , Korea, Brazil and China, the  Health Ministry  on Tuesday urged all states and Union territories to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples of Covid to keep track of emerging variants. According to the news agency, the Centre has said that such an exercise will help in timely detection of newer variants, if any, circulating in the coun...
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