The school education department of Uttarakhand has decided to promote all students of government schools of class I to V to higher classes in the state and they would be provided grading on the basis of a work sheet prepared by them during the period when the schools were closed. This was necessitated as the schools of the state were closed in March last year in view of the pandemic of Covid-19. The education minister Arvind Pandey informed the house that the students of classes VI, VII, VIII, IX and XI would be promoted on the basis of online or offline examination depending on the situation.
In response to a question by the Jhabreda MLA, Deshraj Karnwal, the education minister said that during the period of pandemic when the schools were closed, the students were provided Food Security Allowance (FSA) in lieu of Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme. This allowance was transferred to the bank accounts of the students under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. The minister stated that the cooking cost of Rs 4.48 per student in March 2020 and Rs 4.97 from April 2020 was transferred to the accounts of students.
