Common Engineering Entrance Exam will have elements of IIT JEE also
It seems the IITs have agreed to join the HRD Ministry’s bid to have a national common engineering entrance examination for all engineering colleges in the country. This only happened after there was an agreement that several elements of IIT-JEE will be part of the new All India common examination for Engineering Admissions, reports HT
The report is that the Ministry of HRD will soon call a meeting of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Council to stamp a decision to merge the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
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Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) The Tripura government and opposition parties have urged the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to further relax eligibility criteria for admission to medical colleges for northeast’s tribal students.
“Both the centre and the MCI are yet to communicate their decisions on more cut-off marks relaxations for the tribal and the Scheduled Castes (SC) community students seeking admission to MBBS courses,” Tripura’s Health and Education Minister Tapan Chakraborty told reporters Sunday.
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The wait for CBSE Class X Results for Chennai region seems to be over as the CBSE Results website indicates that the results will be announced today.
Class X Results for Other Regions are expected to be announced in the next few days (hopefully all may be released within this week).
TOI Reports that Officials at CBSE admit that announcement of results has been delayed, but do not want to comment over the issue. Off the record they put the blame on introduction of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) this year. “Preparation of results is more tedious than ever before. This may be gauged from the fact that every student’s result is spread across four sheets. Then results for students who have taken the board exams is being prepared simultaneously,” said one of them. Another officer attributed the delay to the All India Engineering Entrance Examination paper leak.
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India’s overall progress in Education
The major keys for the India’s overall progress are human resource development and education which is an evident from the 24 per cent increase in budgetary allocations.
The Right to education Act is planning to provide education to all Indians not only in literacy and learning but also in improving skills at all levels.The over-populated India with close to 1.2 billion people within its shores, but advanced countries with declining populations face a major deficit of human beings.
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Parents want changes in grading system for HSSC exam
As the final examination for the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) started on March 7, the parents are asking for modifications of grading system for this academic year. They have suggested that final marks at the time of declaring the results should be higher of the two obtained by the candidate namely internal assessment (20 per cent) plus board performance (80 per cent) or board performance (100 per cent).
Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte said to a parent that he will add some positive approach towards the objection. “We had met him earlier in June 2010. Again we have made to him a representation in the last week of January, where he assured us that he will do something positive but nothing has come so far,” a lady parent said.
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Students Opting for Board exams increase by 14.98% in 2011
As compared to 2010, CBSE has registered almost 15% increase in the number of students who are taking examination in 2011. For both classes 10th and 12th, the number of students have remarkably increased.
A total of 10, 61,566 students are part of Class 10 exam in 2011, whereas in 2010, the figure was 9, 02,517.
The reason behind the increase is that for the first time this year, the students were given an option of either appearing for the board exam or taking an internal exam conducted by the respective schools under the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation scheme
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CBSE introducing New Rules for Class X Exam shortly
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is going to change certain rules today and come up with the new rules regarding the class X exams procedure. Now, CBSE will issue some strict guidelines to all the schools for the final X examinations which is going to be held in March this year.The summative assessment in March represents the final leg of the assessment of the students.
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Uniform commerce curriculum for Class XII from 2012
A uniform core curriculum for the commerce stream at ‘+2’ level across school boards is expected to be implemented by 2012, the Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) decided at its meeting on October 19, 2010 in Ajmer. The draft of the curriculum has been readied by COBSE and will now be circulated amongst school boards for their views.
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Proficiency test in place of CBSE Class X Board Exam
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has done away with the class X board exams in schools and come up with a mechanism to enable students judge their level of knowledge in terms of marks. The arrangement is called Proficiency Test System (PTS) and would be available for the class X students who opted for continuous and comprehensive evaluation CCE last year. PTS would not be a compulsion. Only interested students would opt for the same and take the test accordingly in June.
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CBSE Clears Class XI Admissions Confusion – 9 Point Grading Scheme to be used
Putting an end to the confusion regarding class XI admissions, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has spelt out its admission formula. Reports The Tribune . Also See What is CBSE nine point grading System
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