Source : http://epaper.loksatta.com/c/23994459
____________________________ Reliance Foundation School-English Medium, Lodhivali. ____________________________
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Friday, November 24, 2017
Assessing Students Academic capability
The following principles should be the guiding factors for the assessment of students:
1. Assessment should bring bene- fit for children. Either they should directly improve his learning capabilities or in improved quality of educational programs.
2. Assessment should be reliable, valid, and fair. There should not be misuse of assessments which could have adverse effects on a student’s academic development.
3. Assessment should be age appropriate in both content and the method of data collection. Assessments of young children should address the full range of early learning and development, including physical well- being and motor development; social and emotional development; approaches toward learning; language development; and cognition and general knowledge.
4. Assessment should be linguistically appropriate, recognizing that to some extent all assessments are measures of language.
5. Parents should be a valued source of assessment information, as well as an audience for assessment. Assessment results should be shared with parents as part of an ongoing process that involves parents in their child’s education.
Source : Mid-Day, 22nd November 2017
Link : http://epaper2.mid-day.com/epaper/22-11-2017-252-archive-edition-Mumbai-Page-1.html
The following principles should be the guiding factors for the assessment of students:
1. Assessment should bring bene- fit for children. Either they should directly improve his learning capabilities or in improved quality of educational programs.
2. Assessment should be reliable, valid, and fair. There should not be misuse of assessments which could have adverse effects on a student’s academic development.
3. Assessment should be age appropriate in both content and the method of data collection. Assessments of young children should address the full range of early learning and development, including physical well- being and motor development; social and emotional development; approaches toward learning; language development; and cognition and general knowledge.
4. Assessment should be linguistically appropriate, recognizing that to some extent all assessments are measures of language.
5. Parents should be a valued source of assessment information, as well as an audience for assessment. Assessment results should be shared with parents as part of an ongoing process that involves parents in their child’s education.
Source : Mid-Day, 22nd November 2017
Link : http://epaper2.mid-day.com/epaper/22-11-2017-252-archive-edition-Mumbai-Page-1.html
Govt launches app for eaccess to over 150 services
NEW DELHI: Citizens can now access more than 150 central and state services from a mobile application called UMANG.
UMANG, short for Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance, can be downloaded from both Android and Apple app stores. It has been developed by the ministry of electronics and information technology and the National e-Governance Division.
UMANG, short for Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance, can be downloaded from both Android and Apple app stores. It has been developed by the ministry of electronics and information technology and the National e-Governance Division.
the app integrates services from several government departments. some of the services on it include locating CBsE
exam centres and getting results, looking up NCErt syllabus, searching
for AICtE-apprived institutions and courses, viewing soil health cards,
applying for crop insurance and booking appointments for several
hospitals or viewing test reports. In all, 162 services from four state
governments and central ministries can be accessed.
It was formally launched by PM Narendra Modi on thursday before he inaugurated the fifth edition of Global Conference on Cyber space here. A senior information technology ministry official said the app was in developmental stage for past 11 months. two months ago the ministry made it available for downloading in a ‘soft’ launch.
It was formally launched by PM Narendra Modi on thursday before he inaugurated the fifth edition of Global Conference on Cyber space here. A senior information technology ministry official said the app was in developmental stage for past 11 months. two months ago the ministry made it available for downloading in a ‘soft’ launch.
Parents can soon take up fee hike grouse with govt panel
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Soon, parents and students in the state might be able to file a complaint about fee hikes with the divisional fee regulatory committee (DFRC). The state education department is considering making a change in the Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fee) Act of 2011 which currently allows only school managements to approach the DFRC.
There has been a constant demand from parents in Mumbai and Pune to allow them to approach the DFRC. In a ruling in July, the Bombay high court had also called for the change.
School education minister, Vinod Tawde on Thursday said, “We are considering the demand to allow parents as well to approach the DFRC. Preliminary meetings to discuss the issue have been scheduled. A decision will be reached only after a series of meetings.”
He, however, added the state may still not allow individual parents to file a complaint. “In case of a fee dispute, there must be consensus among a minimum percentage of parents, only then will the DFRC be able to hear out all complaints,” said Tawde. The department hopes to decide before the start of the next academic year.
Parents are wary of its implementation. “Many parents have an issue with fees but don’t want to step forward and complain. Hence, the state should acknowledge complaints from individuals. The state had set up a committee to propose amendments, but the report has not been submitted yet. These announcements are only an eyewash,” said Prasad Tulaskar, a parent who has been fighting fee hike.
Source: http://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Soon, parents and students in the state might be able to file a complaint about fee hikes with the divisional fee regulatory committee (DFRC). The state education department is considering making a change in the Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fee) Act of 2011 which currently allows only school managements to approach the DFRC.
There has been a constant demand from parents in Mumbai and Pune to allow them to approach the DFRC. In a ruling in July, the Bombay high court had also called for the change.
School education minister, Vinod Tawde on Thursday said, “We are considering the demand to allow parents as well to approach the DFRC. Preliminary meetings to discuss the issue have been scheduled. A decision will be reached only after a series of meetings.”
He, however, added the state may still not allow individual parents to file a complaint. “In case of a fee dispute, there must be consensus among a minimum percentage of parents, only then will the DFRC be able to hear out all complaints,” said Tawde. The department hopes to decide before the start of the next academic year.
Parents are wary of its implementation. “Many parents have an issue with fees but don’t want to step forward and complain. Hence, the state should acknowledge complaints from individuals. The state had set up a committee to propose amendments, but the report has not been submitted yet. These announcements are only an eyewash,” said Prasad Tulaskar, a parent who has been fighting fee hike.
Source: http://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#
PM launches UMANG app for govt services
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
NewDelhi:PM Narendra Modi on Thursday formally launched UMANG, a Central and state government services app at the inaugural ceremony of the Global Conference for Cyberspace in New Delhi on Thursday morning.
The ministry of electronics and IT has developed the app along with the National e-Governance Division (NeGD). Its name expands to Unified Mobile Application for Newage Governance.
The app has 162 services from 33 state and central government departments in four states. It can be used to locate CBSE exam centres, view school results, calculate crop insurance premium, access soil health cards, book OPD appointments at government hospitals, view lab reports, register for the PMKY programme, raise EPFO claims and more. UMANG integrates with core government services like Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Rapid Assessment System, and Bharat Bill Pay and is available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Malyalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, and Urdu.
Source: http://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
NewDelhi:PM Narendra Modi on Thursday formally launched UMANG, a Central and state government services app at the inaugural ceremony of the Global Conference for Cyberspace in New Delhi on Thursday morning.
The ministry of electronics and IT has developed the app along with the National e-Governance Division (NeGD). Its name expands to Unified Mobile Application for Newage Governance.
The app has 162 services from 33 state and central government departments in four states. It can be used to locate CBSE exam centres, view school results, calculate crop insurance premium, access soil health cards, book OPD appointments at government hospitals, view lab reports, register for the PMKY programme, raise EPFO claims and more. UMANG integrates with core government services like Aadhaar, DigiLocker, Rapid Assessment System, and Bharat Bill Pay and is available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Malyalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, and Urdu.
Source: http://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#
Students beware! CBSE class 10, 12 exam 2018 set to begin in March; why you should worry
CBSE Exam 2018: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to conduct the class 10th and 12th board examination in the month of March next year, however, the official date sheet is yet to be released by the board.
CBSE Exam 2018: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to conduct the class 10th and 12th board examination in the month of March next year, however, the official date sheet is yet to be released by the board. This comes after several reports earlier suggested that the board might prepone the board examination that are to be conducted in 2018 as part of reforms focused on “error-free” evaluation. No official statement about the board exam dates has been released by CBSE yet. In addition to this, the Central Board of Secondary Education is also planning to sum up the board examination in one month rather than stretching it till the next, according to media reports. This means that is the exams begin in the first week of March, they are most likely to be concluded by the last week of the same month.
Currently, the exams begin in the month of March and are concluded by the third week of April. This news will worry students because now they are most likely to get lesser gaps between two exams and that means less amount of time to study! A total of 10.76 lakh students were registered this year for the board examinations, out of which only 10.20 lakh students appeared for the examination. 8,24,355 students in 2017 were able to successfully qualify the board examinations. Students who are prepping to appear for the board examination of 2018 should note that CBSE usually releases the board examination date sheet for both class 10th and 12th on the same day in the month of January.
Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently on November 5, 2017 successfully conducted the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test 2017 (UGC NET) for which approximately 9.30 lakh candidates were registered. According to a press release by the board, “The exam was conducted in 91 cities at 1700 exam centres. The candidates appeared in three papers, paper-I of General Awareness was common for all and paper-II and III were conducted out of 84 subjects selected by the candidates.” It also stated, “Approximately 409439 male 519557 female candidates and 3 transgenders registered for the exam. More than 75% candidates appeared in the exam.”
The Online submission of form by the candidates placed in the category NIOP(Class X), FAIL/COMPARTMENT(Class XII) and those who wish to appear for improving their performance or for an additional subject as a Private candidate for the examination scheduled to be held in March 2018 has been started. Details in respect of students who have appeared in the Board examination held in 2017 examination will be auto-generated in the online system. However, Candidates of 2016 (or prior) will need to submit the details on the online application form.
Source: http://www.financialexpress.
CBSE exams to be held in March and wrap up within a month
BT Online New Delhi Last Updated: November 22, 2017 | 16:51 IST
PC: India Today
Earlier this year, the board was processing a proposal to reschedule the exams to February in order to give examiners more time to check the answer scripts. This move was discussed as part of reforms focussed on "error-free" evaluations.
However, various CBSE-affiliated schools voiced their concerns regarding the rescheduling of the exams by a month, to which the board said that no decisions would be taken without the consultation of various stakeholders.
The duration of the exams is yet to be announced. Sources also mentioned that shorter duration of the exams implies that the results would also be declared earlier than usual.
"We are hoping to start the exams by March first week. Due to Holi the exam might not start from March 1 but these things are being finalised. We are trying to conduct the exam in a shorter time period to give the evaluation process more time," the HT report quoted a senior CBSE official saying.
According to a report in The Indian Express, a total of 10.76 lakh students registered for the exams, out of which 10.20 lakh appeared, and were cleared by 8.24 lakh students. Next year's exams will also include Class X students, who no longer would be able to choose between board exams and school assessment and will have to appear mandatorily to move to Class XI.
Source: http://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/cbse-exams-march-wrap-up-within-a-month/story/264530.html
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
‘Govt website for JEE, NEET training a flop’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: The online
portal set up by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher
Secondary Education to prepare students for national level competitive
exams JEE and NEET will have only multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The
board issued a circular announcing the website and asking teachers and
subject experts to send questions. Educationists, however, say that
there are several such options and the move will render the state’s
portal to be a futile exercise.
Teachers are expected to send the subject name,
class (grade XI and XII), topic and sub-topic along with the questions
till December 31. These questions will have to be uploaded on
http:/neetqb.mh-hsc.ac.in and should be submitted only in MCQ format,
said the circular.
Subhash Joshi, former teacher, said, “Instead of
just providing a question bank the state needs to adopt the NCERT
curriculum. In such a situation setting up an online portal with
questions will not be helpful as such materials are available in the
market and also provided by the coaching institutes,” he said.
Another teacher said that demo videos on how to
attempt online exam, or online lectures from CBSE school teachers will
prove to be more helpful.
Mon Nov 13 2017, Times of India
Source : http://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#
NEET 2018 on May 7?
Check tentative dates for release of notification and exam here
Updated: Nov 15, 2017 | 12:06 IST | Times Now Digital
NEET 2018 exam date | Photo Credit: Indiatimes
New Delhi: National
Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET is the only examination for
admissions to bachelor degree programs in medicine and dental. The
examination NEET 2018 would be conducted by Central Board of Secondary
Education, CBSE. As students wait for the notification to release, some
sources have suggested that NEET 2018 would most likely be conducted on
May 7. The date, however, could not be verified from the officials. Here
is a list of tentative dates for the release of notification and NEET
2018 examination.
Students and parents are advised to
note that the dates mentioned below are purely speculative in nature and
based on past trends and general pattern followed by CBSE. Also, the
sources who have made suggestions as per the exam date for NEET 2018
have not been verified. While it is possible for CBSE to conduct the
examination on the date specified, the actual dates would be released
only with the notification.
It is being suggested that the NEET
2018 notification would be released early in the month of January 2018.
Some have suggested that CBSE may be trying to release the NEET 2018
notification at the earliest. It is important to note here that CBSE
would be conducting the NEET UG 2018 examination. Also, as a rule, CBSE
conducts the entrance examination on a Sunday. Hence, it is being
suggested that NEET 2018 may be conducted on May 7, 2018. The actual
date for the examination is expected to be released by CBSE soon.
Sources close to the board suggest that
the dates are decided in consultation with the remaining boards. With
NEET being the only entrance examination for admission to medical seats –
both medicine and dental, CBSE has to make sure that all the board
examinations across the country are covered before the examination.
Also, CBSE would also be organizing JEE Main in the month of April. It
is hence important for the board to be very careful while deciding on
the date.
CBSE has already released the date for
JEE Main 2018 examination. As per the notification available on the
official website jeemain.nic.in, JEE Main 2018 offline (pen and paper)
exam would be conducted on April 8, 2018. The dates for the online exam
for JEE Main 2018 would be released by CBSE with the notification which
is expected shortly. Sources and past trends suggest that the NEET 2018
notification would be released by CBSE only after the close of JEE Main
2018 registrations.
CBSE students get more time to correct errors in mark sheets
Students of the Central Board of Secondary Education will be able to get their name, date of birth, parents’ name corrected in their mark sheet within five years of the board result declaration
education Updated: Nov 13, 2017 09:35 IST
According to a senior official, CBSE school students so far
had only one year time to seek corrections to their name, date of birth
and parents’ name.(HT photo)
New Delhi Students
of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be able to seek
corrections to their name, date of birth, parents’ name as mentioned in
their mark sheet within five years of the declaration of their board
results.
According to a senior official, CBSE school students so far had only one year time to seek corrections to their name, date of birth and parents’ name.
“The new rule will be applicable to all cases pertaining to Class 10 and 12 after 2015,” the CBSE notification released on Friday reads.
The revised time limit for this shall also be applicable to
current ongoing cases that have already been received by the regional
offices and headquarters of the CBSE as well as those pending in various
courts, it added. The move will help more than 18,000 schools
affiliated to the board.
CBSE had brought this provision of one- year window in 2015 as hundreds of students were applying for corrections years after passing out.
The rules were changed to fix the one-year window as many within the board had felt that students might be using the system to get a new identity with change in names and other details to procure passports or enjoy other benefits.
Before 2015 notification, there was no time limit for the students to seek fresh certificates with corrected names and other details.
Change in name, surname and other details of the students were allowed on the basis of an affidavit and a copy of a newspaper advertisement by the applicants.
Students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be able to seek corrections to their name, date of birth, parents’ name as mentioned in their mark sheet within five years of the declaration of their board results.
According to a senior official, CBSE school students so far had only one year time to seek corrections to their name, date of birth and parents’ name.
“The new rule will be applicable to all cases pertaining to Class 10 and 12 after 2015,” the CBSE notification released on Friday reads.
The revised time limit for this shall also be applicable to current ongoing cases that have already been received by the regional offices and headquarters of the CBSE as well as those pending in various courts, it added. The move will help more than 18,000 schools affiliated to the board.
CBSE had brought this provision of one- year window in 2015 as hundreds of students were applying for corrections years after passing out.
The rules were changed to fix the one-year window as many within the board had felt that students might be using the system to get a new identity with change in names and other details to procure passports or enjoy other benefits.
Before 2015 notification, there was no time limit for the students to seek fresh certificates with corrected names and other details.
Change in name, surname and other details of the students were allowed on the basis of an affidavit and a copy of a newspaper advertisement by the applicants.
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/cbse-students-get-more-time-to-correct-errors-in-mark-sheets/story-3H3V8pAcqgm9h6VLEnIQVJ.html
According to a senior official, CBSE school students so far had only one year time to seek corrections to their name, date of birth and parents’ name.
“The new rule will be applicable to all cases pertaining to Class 10 and 12 after 2015,” the CBSE notification released on Friday reads.
CBSE had brought this provision of one- year window in 2015 as hundreds of students were applying for corrections years after passing out.
The rules were changed to fix the one-year window as many within the board had felt that students might be using the system to get a new identity with change in names and other details to procure passports or enjoy other benefits.
Before 2015 notification, there was no time limit for the students to seek fresh certificates with corrected names and other details.
Change in name, surname and other details of the students were allowed on the basis of an affidavit and a copy of a newspaper advertisement by the applicants.
Students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be able to seek corrections to their name, date of birth, parents’ name as mentioned in their mark sheet within five years of the declaration of their board results.
According to a senior official, CBSE school students so far had only one year time to seek corrections to their name, date of birth and parents’ name.
“The new rule will be applicable to all cases pertaining to Class 10 and 12 after 2015,” the CBSE notification released on Friday reads.
The revised time limit for this shall also be applicable to current ongoing cases that have already been received by the regional offices and headquarters of the CBSE as well as those pending in various courts, it added. The move will help more than 18,000 schools affiliated to the board.
CBSE had brought this provision of one- year window in 2015 as hundreds of students were applying for corrections years after passing out.
The rules were changed to fix the one-year window as many within the board had felt that students might be using the system to get a new identity with change in names and other details to procure passports or enjoy other benefits.
Before 2015 notification, there was no time limit for the students to seek fresh certificates with corrected names and other details.
Change in name, surname and other details of the students were allowed on the basis of an affidavit and a copy of a newspaper advertisement by the applicants.
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/cbse-students-get-more-time-to-correct-errors-in-mark-sheets/story-3H3V8pAcqgm9h6VLEnIQVJ.html
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