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02.08.2020
MKU to start online classes for PG students
Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) will start online classes for postgraduate (PG) students from Monday onwards, except for first year students that will be from August 24. The Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) academic calendar for PG (odd semester) courses was released on Friday. As per the schedule, students will have six hours of online classes per day - three hours each in the morning and evening. The classes will either be live lectures or tutorial sessions using Google Meet. All the will also be made available through the MKU app.
DMK to oppose new edu policy: The DMK will consult political parties across the country on the new education policy introduced by the Centre a few days ago and put forward points that it is opposed to. Political parties should do everything to protect Indian students’ future, said DMK president M K Stalin in a letter to party cadres on Saturday. The DMK is opposed to the threelanguage formula. Through the policy, the Centre aims at usurping powers of states on matters concerning education, from school to university level, he said.
Man held for molesting 10-yr-old girl: A 39-year-old man was arrested on Friday for molesting a 10-year-old girl in Tirupur city. Police identified the accused as K Abdul Rasheed. On Thursday evening, Rasheed lured the girl into his house by promising to get her a laptop to play games and molested her. The girl managed to escape and told her mother, who lodged a complaint with police on Friday. Police registered a case under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and arrested Rasheed on Friday night.
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