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`JEE answer key may be challenged'

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The answer key for the JEE (Main) exam was released by the CBSE on Tuesday .

 

While many students had raised doubts about a few ambiguous questions, none of them were acknowledged in the answer key . “Some students are planning to challenge the answer key .But the CBSE has never acknowledged ambiguities in questions in the past too.

The exercise may be futile,“ said Vinay Kumar, from a coaching institute.





Source: The Times of India | Apr 19 2017 | (NaviMumbai)

Hindi could be compulsory till Class 10 in all Kendriya Vidyalayas, other CBSE schools

BY : Rajesh Ahuja |  Hindustan Times, New Delhi

education Updated: Apr 18, 2017 12:08 IST

Hindi in schools across India can be an emotive subject as most states are drawn along linguistics lines.(File photo)

Students of Kendriya Vidyalayas and schools affiliated to the CBSE may have to read Hindi till Class 10 after President Pranab Mukherjee gave “in- principle approval” to a suggestion of a parliamentary panel.
The Centre, however, should draw up the policy to make Hindi a compulsory subject in consultation with states, said the presidential order, a copy of which is available on the website of the department of official languages.
Hindi in schools can be an emotive subject as most states in India are drawn along linguistics lines. States such as Tamil Nadu have witnessed violent protests against Hindi, the official language of the Indian government.
The choice of languages to be taught in schools varies from state to state.
The Central Board of Secondary Education, the country’s biggest school board, last year recommended a three-language formula – English and any two Indian languages – to be expanded to classes 9 and 10.
While Hindi is likely choice for north India, in other parts, states are expected to pick from any of the 22 Indian languages recognised by the Constitution. The human resource and development ministry is yet to respond to the CBSE suggestion.

The President turned down a recommendation that wanted a minimum knowledge of Hindi to be one of the preconditions for a government job.

The committee of parliament on official languages made 117 suggestions to encourage use of Hindi, most of these have been accepted by the President.

One of them calls for fixing the duration of broadcast of Hindi programmes on all Doordarshan centres and All India Radio stations.

We may soon see presidents and union ministers deliver speeches in Hindi. The panel said all dignitaries should be requested to deliver their speeches in Hindi if they can read and speak the language.
Mukherjee has also accepted the recommendation that said the government, wherever possible, should give all advertisements in Hindi and regional languages.

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JEE main 2017: Answer keys, OMR sheets available, check details here

JEE main 2017: The Board announced that the OMR sheets and the recorded responses of the candidates who have appeared for Paper 1 will be displayed from April 18 to 22, 2017.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 18, 2017 10:46 am

 

 

 

  JEE main 2017: The CBSE announced that the answer keys for both online and offline exams will be available after April 18 till April 22, 2017.
 
JEE main 2017: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a notification about the answer keys and answer sheets of the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) main 2017 which was conducted on April 2.

The links for the answer keys and the recorded responses have been provided on the JEE main home page. Click on the links to access the results page.

The Board announced that the OMR sheets and the recorded responses of the candidates who have appeared for Paper 1 will be displayed from April 18 to 22, 2017.

The CBSE also announced that the answer keys for both online and offline exams will be available after April 18 till April 22, 2017. Those who wish to check their answer key can check the same on the date when the answer keys are published.



Further, the Board has asked candidates who are not satisfied with the answer keys to submit their challenges “by following due procedure”.

The JEE main examination this year was considered to be of moderate difficulty this year. Though many students found the mathematics section difficult, the rest of the examination was fairly simple, according to experts. The cut off is predicted to be at 105 this year due to more number of students participating and due to the easier physics and chemistry sections as compared to the previous years.

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/education/jeemain-nic-in-iit-jee-main-2017-answer-keys-cbse-nic-in-omr-sheets-to-be-displayed-from-april-18-4616251/

CBSE class 12 board exams 2017: 

 Economics paper direct, few tricky questions

CBSE class 12 board exams 2017: While many found it simple, others said there were a few questions that puzzled them.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 17, 2017 7:50 pm

 

 

CBSE class 12 board exams 2017: Students who found the paper confusing said that it did not follow the pattern that they had expected.
 
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today conducted the board examination for Economics for class 12. Students who appeared for the exam had mixed reactions about the paper. While many found it simple, others said there were a few questions that puzzled them.

“This year the questions that usually get covered under the six marks section were listed as four mark questions,” said Oneeka Deep, an Economics teacher at VidyaGyan. Students who found the paper confusing said that it did not follow the pattern that they had expected.

The CBSE paper was divided in two parts— section A was for Micro-Economics while section B was for Macro-Economics— following the yearly paper pattern. Many students found section A slightly more tricky than the second section.
“Section A had four six marker questions. Three of them were numericals, which took me a lot of time to complete,” says Khushi Tyagi from Sommerville school, Noida.
Gauri Sharma, another class 12 commerce student, said that the second section of the Economics paper followed a regular pattern so she was able to cover this part of the paper easily.

“Most of the questions in the paper were very direct and I’m happy that I was able to finish the paper on time,” says Sharma. She adds that there were no questions related to the current Indian economy in either of the sections

The CBSE Economics paper this year had a few tricky questions but was largely direct. The simple questions balanced out the more difficult four markers and many students were pleased with their attempt.

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/education/cbse-nic-in-cbse-class-12-board-exams-2017-economics-paper-direct-few-tricky-questions-4616868/

 

 

Source:  The Times of India || Apr 17 2017  (NaviMumbai)

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Source: DIVYA MENON | Apr 17 2017 | The Times of India (NaviMumbai)

Link: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31840&articlexml=THE-STARTING-LINE-17042017454015#

CBSE to make NEET admit cards available on April 22

Chaitanya Deshpande | TNN | Updated: Apr 17, 2017, 07.41 AM IST

 

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NASHIK: Many candidates awaiting their admit cards for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) 2017 were left confused on Sunday. The online admit cards were not accessible 24 hours after the pre-declared schedule.

According to the Neet schedule, online admit cards were to be made available for download on April 15. On Sunday, however, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) made it clear that in view of the Supreme Court's recent orders to accept applications of candidates above 25 years of age, admit cards will now be made available on April 22.

Neet applicant Aditi Sathe, said, "We were earlier told that the admit cards will be available from April 15. When I was unable to find my admit card, I called my friends and asked them about the issue. As nobody was able to access the admit cards, we assumed there may be some internal problem."

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Aditya Oke, director of a leading Neet coaching centre in Nashik, said more aspirants have enrolled themselves for the exam this year. "The CBSE has also increased the number of exam centres to accommodate the candidates. My suggestion to students wil be that they should not waste their time searching for their admit cards. They should focus on their studies as the cards will be available well before the exam," he said.

CBSE is the educational board responsible for conducting Neet for getting admitted to the MBBS and BDS courses. Qualified candidates will be able to get admitted to various medical and dental colleges after attempting the entrance exam. Neet is to be held across India on May 7. The admit card will act as a permission letter at the exam venue as authorities will only allow candidates with admit cards to enter the venue.

Over 8.02 lakh candidates registered for Neet in 2016. The number has increased to 11.35 lakh this year, recording a rise of 41%. While the CBSE is yet to confirm the official figure of aspirants from Nashik division, the figure is likely to touch the 50,000 mark.



Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/cbse-to-make-neet-admit-cards-available-on-april-22/articleshow/58212379.cms

New assessment pattern by CBSE baffles parents, schools

Principals of several CBSE-affiliated schools have confirmed that a uniform system of assessment and examination has replaced CCE for classes 6 to 9.

Written by Alifiya Khan | Pune | Published:April 16, 2017 6:02 am

 

 

The board has abolished the CCE pattern and brought back the earlier pattern of assessment with emphasis on pen-paper tests 
 
While most CBSE schools have already started their academic session, parents are finally coming to terms with a fresh challenge – the new assessment pattern implemented by the board. The board has abolished the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) pattern and brought back the earlier pattern of assessment with emphasis on pen-paper tests.

Principals of several CBSE-affiliated schools have confirmed that a uniform system of assessment and examination has replaced CCE for classes 6 to 9. Under CCE, students were assessed on two term-end ‘summative assessments’ and four ‘formative assessments’ (two each in each terms), where 60 per cent of the assessment was pen-paper tests while 40 per cent formative assessment during the year was continuous evaluation by teachers based on various activities.

“According to the new CBSE guidelines, two term exams would still be there but the pen-paper test weightage will become 90 per cent with two term exams of 80 marks each and 20 mark periodic assessment (unit tests) in each term. The periodic assessment will have 10 mark paper based on syllabus covered till announcement of exam date, five marks for notebook submission and five marks for subject enrichment activities, which include activity-based learning. The shift is now on theoretical learning which was not the strong point of CCE but which the board felt was necessary,” said C V Madhavi, principal of Aundh DAV.

“The school had sent a circular to us explaining the new pattern of assessment. Earlier there used to be two formative assessment tests in each semester and many smaller class assessments and even if my child missed one test, they could make up in another. But according to new system, formative assessment is no longer there. Now the students will write one class test like a unit test in one semester and these dates cannot be missed. There is not much clarity yet on the new pattern but I know one thing, the flexibility is lost,” said Sangita Vaidya, a parent.

Both parents and academicians say that doing away with the CCE that allowed for flexible exams and activity-based learning, new assessment pattern means four fixed exams a year and emphasis on theory learning. But it need not necessarily be a bad thing.

Lakshmi Kumar, principal of The Orchid School, Baner, said she was personally saddened to see the board taking a step back. “The CCE was not just memory based but skill-set based and very student centric, where teachers could teach and repeat until child passes muster. There were so many different modes of assessment like quiz, projects and not just pen-paper test. It tried to do away with old method where one exam decides your faith. But I am not sure if we used the tool in a responsible way, many students were just passed even if child didn’t acquire minimum competency. We see kids with 10 CGPA who can’t clear entrance test of Std 11. Hence to come back to a focussed theory-based learning may be the need of the hour,” she said.

Vinita Khaladkar, former principal of a CBSE school, said the new assessment will make parents and students take board exams seriously. “The children weren’t used to the hard work. Preparing for the complete syllabus was a shock for them in the higher classes. In new system, students in sixth will get 10 per cent of Term 1 syllabus in Term 2, in seventh it will go to 20 per cent and in eighth, it will be 30 per cent while by ninth, it will be complete portion. Hence students will be able to deal with pressure by the time they appear for boards,” she said.

Yogita Rampal, parent of a Class 9th student, said bringing in full syllabus would give students practice. “In fact, they should introduce from Std 8 itself. I didn’t believe in those project works because the children weren’t studying at all. Now at least they would study more,” Yogita said.

Principals also said it wasn’t necessary for schools to do away with best practices of CCE. “The board hasn’t restricted any school from taking additional tests or undertaking class projects. So at our school, we have left it to class teacher to decide if she wants to conduct additional class tests,” said Savita Verma, vice-principal of Sanskriti School.  (With inputs from Isha Shanker)

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/education/new-assessment-pattern-by-cbse-baffles-parents-schools-4614918/

New Delhi, April 14, 2017 | UPDATED 15:05 IST

CBSE to do away with grace marks for class 12 board exams: HRD to take decision soon

The HRD Ministry has also called a meeting of all state school boards on April 24 in order to build consensus on a proposal to scrap the policy of 'marks moderation' or 'grace marks'.

In a sigh of relief for students, the Central board of Secondary Education (CBSE)  will soon scrap the moderation of marks in Class 12 board exams.
If implemented, the moderation of marks would lead to lower cut-offs in college admission.  

Reasons for this move:

According to media reports, the move comes after CBSE requested MHRD to develop a consensus on completely removing the marks moderation policy so that the process of getting admissions gets easier.
Moreover, the HRD Ministry has called a meeting of all state school boards on April 24 in order to build consensus on a proposal to scrap the policy of 'marks moderation' or 'grace marks'.

More on modernisation of marks:

• The moderation of marks is a common practice adopted to "bring uniformity in the evaluation process"

• In simpler terms, marks scored by students are changed to align with the marking standards of different examiners

• While seeing the past trends, this practice has been blamed for inflation of results across school boards.

As reported by Indian Express, the number of students scoring 95 per cent and above in the Class 12 examination conducted by CBSE rose 23 times in six years from 384 in 2008 to 8,971 in 2014.

Here's what a senior HRD Ministry official told PTI:

"The ministry has called a meeting of all state education secretaries and chairmen of the state boards on April 24 and the issue is likely to be taken up there. The recommendations by the CBSE will be taken into account and we will see if a consensus can be arrived at with the states."
Furthermore, last year during the DU admission saw two colleges setting cut-offs to 100 per cent for admission to their BSc (Computer Science) course.

Source : http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/no-more-grace-marks-in-class-12-board-exams-cbse/1/928861.html

CBSE Class 12 Boards: Ready for Monday’s economics paper?

Manju Arora | education  |  Updated: Apr 14, 2017 12:25 IST

 

Go through short notes to make sure all the chapters in your economics textbooks are covered. Get adequate rest and eat light to make sure you are alert but relaxed while writing the exam.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Most of you would have almost finished your revision for Monday’s Class 12 (Central Board of Secondary Education) economics Board exam. What can you do over the weekend to give your preparations an additional push?

1.Make short notes: Prepare effective notes of terms, definitions and important points chapter wise. If possible make a flow chart of every chapter which will suffice for final revision.

2.Evaluate comprehension of the topic: Go over the relationships between different economic variables with the help of a schedule and a diagram. Do a final revision of the conditions of consumer’s equilibrium as per utility approach and indifference curve approach and also of producer’s equilibrium. Evaluate your own understanding of the topic by doing some exercises. It will strengthen your learning process and will give you confidence in handling different types of questions in the topic.

3.Go over all diagrams: Practice diagrams and illustrations after reading short notes on each topic. Remember, during the exams, to ensure that your diagrams are supported by appropriate headings and arrow marks. For example, illustrations and diagrams of relationship between AC and MC, AP and MP, AR and MR should be learnt by heart.

4. Numerical problems: You will be required to solve numerical problems of 15-20 marks. Prepare an easy reckoner of formulas for quick reference before the examination. Practice national income accounting numerical of the three methods of measuring national income - value added, income and expenditure method.
Also practice numerical problems on cost, product, revenue, producer’s equilibrium and theory of income, output and employment.

5.Practice value based and multidisciplinary questions. Go through information on current economic policies and their impact on national income and production possibility curve - for eg impact of GST on national income.

6. Go for a final attempt of sample papers and practice questions .
Do past papers under thorough exam conditions over the last two days to familiarise yourself with the format of the exam and try to complete your paper within three hours. Get feedback Show it to a subject expert to see if you are repeating mistakes.

7. Here are some mistakes students make during the exam. Avoid them

(a)Forgetting to write formulae while attempting numerical problems
(b) Not writing complete definitions. For eg. while stating law of demand students usually forget to write ‘keeping other factors constant’
(c)While explaining equilibrium, not explaining situations occurring before and after the equilibrium point

8.Group study: If you’re doing group studies with friends just go over last-minute revision issues and don’t discuss the course covered or minute details. That might stress you out so have confidence in yourself.

9.Stay relaxed, not matter what: Go through the notes, get adequate rest and eat light. Avoid negative interactions with your peer group. Stay motivated and aim for good results.

10. Don’t study late: Lack of sleep can cause a serious drop in concentration levels and can also build up a great amount of anxiety.

All the best!

The author is head of department - Economics, Studymate (HT learning centres) and can be reached at studymate@hindustantimes.com

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com

Nita Ambani to unveil `Digital Learning Van' for Mumbai Indians' education initiative





The Education For All (EFA) initiative, launched in 2010 by Reliance Foundation and Mumbai Indians under the leadership of Nita M. Ambani, has focused on providing access to quality learning, thus impacting the education of 100,000 under-privileged children.

 

On the occasion of Mumbai Indians completing 10 years, the EFA is all set to launch a Digital Learning Van, which will provide thousands of children in Mumbai with access to digital technology .

The van, equipped with monitors, tablets, internet connectivity and cus tomised multimedia content, will also have trained teachers. It will be made accessible to school children across the city in partnership with EFA 's partner NGOs.

Through this van, Reliance Foundation seeks to create a model of digital education that ensures efficient learning outcomes among children.

Nita Ambani, who spearheads the EFA initiative, said, “The content will provide visual references that help students con nect theory to application. The launch of the `Digital Learning Van' will help EFA in achieving its larger goal of empower ing underprivileged children, making learning fun, and opening up a world of opportunities. This is a pilot that we are conducting and based on its outcome, we will look at scaling the number of Digital Vans in other cities as well.“

Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and the Mumbai Indians team are actively engaged in the initiative and have exhibited their ardent support for the cause.The EFA programme supports various initiatives that work with underprivileged children, promotes girl-child education and imparts life skills to the differently abled.

In 2017, the programme will support 12 partner NGOs: Aarambh, Aseema, Deepalaya, Meljol, Milaan, Mumbai Mobile Crèches, One Billion Literates Foundation, Sakhi, Slum Soccer, Ummeed, Yuwa and Akanksha Foundation.

 

 

Source: Apr 06 2017 : The Times of India (NaviMumbai)