From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Feb 11: Even as the State Government is making all efforts to ensure that peace as well as law and order situation is maintained with high schools scheduled to reopen from Monday after being given three-day holiday over the trouble and law and order problems over the wearing of hijab and saffron shawls, the Higher Education Department has on Friday that the colleges will remain closed till February 16 even as the examinations will be held as scheduled.
The closure of all Universities belonging to the Department of higher education and colleges under the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE) has been extended till February 16.
However, the examinations scheduled will be held as scheduled and it has been directed to conduct online classes, Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education has said on Friday.
Earlier, in view of the Hijab row, DCTE had declared the closure of institutions from February 9 to February 11. Now as a precautionary measure it has been extended till February 16.
This closure is applicable for government, aided, unaided degree colleges, diploma, and engineering colleges, Minister stated.