Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to participate in a live session with students, teachers, and parents at 11 AM as part of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024 at Bharat Madapam, ITPO, New Delhi. The 7th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024 is expected to draw attendance from approximately 205 lakh students, 14 lakh teachers, and 5.6 lakh parents, as per information shared by the Mygov portal.

PM Modi will directly interact with Exam Warriors. He is also the author of the Exam Warriors book, which got rave reviews across the student and teacher community.

In this program, around 4,000 students will have the opportunity to interact directly with the Prime Minister. Registrations for the event took place between December 11, 2023, and January 12, 2024. The mega event has extended invitations to two students and a teacher from each state/UT, with an additional inclusion of 100 students from Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) and winners of the Kala Utsav.

Pariksha Pe Charcha 2024 is the last session of the Modi 2.0 Government. We expect him to address Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025 as well after winning the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls.

The Kerala Engineering entrance examination aka KEAM for admission to various government and private engineering colleges will be held on May 17. The Government has made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the exam. The examination is being held for admission to Engineering and Pharmacy courses.

According to reports, nearly 123,624 candidates are in the fray that will be held across 339 centers. The Kerala Government also arranged KEAM examination centers in Delhi, Mumbai, and Dubai. The timetable is as follows

Paper 1: Physics & Chemistry – 10 AM to 12.30 PM
Paper 2: Mathematics – 2.30 PM to 5 PM

However, Paper 2 is not applicable to candidates appearing for Pharmacy courses. The candidates should carry photo affixed identity proof along with the admit card. While Thiruvananthapuram bagged maximum 43 centers, Thrissur got 40 centers. It seems that students from Tamil Nadu are coming to Thiruvananthapuram to write an examination. That’s why the district has a huge number of candidates.

The candidates should reach the venue one hour before the scheduled start of the exam. The examination is being held on a working day and hence candidates should arrive early to avoid traffic snarls. They should carry food and water as well since it’s a one-day-long examination. There is a two-hour gap between Paper 1 and 2 and hence candidates have ample time for relaxation. The exams will be tough but students who have appeared for IIT entrance will not have any difficulty cracking the exam.

UC Davis is one of the popular University in California, which houses students from across the world. The UC Davis students are gearing up to conduct massive protest across the campus against the conduct of offline classes. The Omicron scare is still alive and hence the demand for online classes grows. The main reason is that certain classes house 1000+ students packed in a single hall and this will most likely cause spread of COVID-19. However, the leadership under Gary is unable to make any exemptions since exams are due in March end.

The first-year classes were held offline for 3 months. With the outbreak of Omicron, the total number of positive cases increased, and hence the classes of January month were held online. The management under the leadership of Chancellor Gary decided to start offline classes by taking all precautions.

UC Davis has mandated that students should wear either N95 or K95 masks only. The typical cloth masks will not be encouraged anymore. Moreover, students will have to follow standard COVID-19 protocols both inside and outside the campus. As always, students will be allowed to leave the campus by Friday afternoon and return by Sunday evening.

The management is adamant that classes should be conducted offline for maximum productivity. There is no guarantee as to when COVID will vanish from the earth and classes can’t be adjourned indefinitely. The campus is isolating affected students with RTPCR test once in 15 days. There are reports that few classes will be held despite the strike.