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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National Aptitude Test made mandatory for Class 12 students

In a step that may have momentous effect on the access to higher education, HRD minister Kapil Sibal proposed that students seeking admissions to central universities will have to pass a National Aptitude Test (NAT). NAT will test students’ communication and analytical skills.

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ICSC Change in Syllabus from April 2010, not to make Class X Optional this session

Major changes in ICSE syllabus, Reports DNA India

Sweeping changes are on the anvil in the Council for The Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) board rules and curriculum. The changes will come into effect from April 2010.

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Maharashtra Board Exam 2010 Datesheet for Class X and XII announced

Maharashtra Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (MBSHSE) have announced the Exam Schedule i.e., time Table for Class X (SSC) and Class XII (HSC) Exams for 2010.

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Sibal for 80 Percent in Class XII as Minimum eligibility for IIT JEE

The Way Our Honorable HRD Minister Kapil Sibal  is going about the transformation in the Indian Education System, the word “Sibalization“  should be heard more often.

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This may be a good news for those who had scored very good percentage in their XII board exam as Marks scored in the Plus Two board examinations are going to decide your eligibility in the Joint  Entrance Examination (IITJEE) for admission into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) by 2011.

Union human resource development ministry  has set up a committee of IITs professors ,  to suggest reforms to JEE, is expected to submit its report recommending ways to consider the marks scored by students in higher secondary examinations while preparing the IIT merit list. A meeting of all IIT directors and JEE representatives in Chennai over the weekend discussed the proposed changes.

“We hope to devise a methodology to compute a normalised Plus Two cut-off eligibility score for each educational board (CBSE, ICSE, and State Boards). once it’s approved, then only students who have scored this cut-off mark would become eligible to appear for JEE,” said IIT Madras deputy director V G Idichandy, who is heading the committee

Four years ago, IIT standing council had proposed 85% marks in XII as  minimum cut off percentage for JEE but it has been reduced to 60%  by considering it too high for benchmark

In the current  scenario the admission processes in IITs ,nowhere consider the XII marks in process which is opposed by various committees as it totally ignore the importance of XII board exam and give rise to coaching culture

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