NIOS, Open School Students Can Apply For CBSE NEET 2018

NEET 2018 registration will continue till 9 March. CBSE will conduct the exam on 6 May 2018.

Education | Written by Maitree Baral | Updated: March 05, 2018 12:29 IST

  

NIOS, Open School Students Can Apply For CBSE NEET 2018; Technical Glitches Persist

New Delhi:  NIOS and Open school students are now allowed to apply for CBSE NEET 2018. 'As per the directives of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in W.P(C) 1813/2018 dated 26/02/2018 and in W.P(C) 1906/2018 and other connected matters dated 28/02/2018,' candidates belonging to the unreserved category and above 25 years of age are eligible to appear for the exam as well. With this, the month long uproar over the CBSE NEET 2018 eligibility norms has finally come to an end. Candidates who have passed as a private candidate are now eligible to appear for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test held for admission to MBBS/ BDS courses in the country.

How To Submit Application
Under the information of Class 11, CBSE has asked open school students to provide details of School/ College name, State and district where it is located, year of passing (which should be one year before the passing of Class 12) and place of study.

This also allows, 'candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ OBC category and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 aged above 30 years,' for the exam.

'All candidates who are fulfilling the conditions of orders of Hon'ble Court can now submit their online application form on or before the last date. However, the candidature will be the subject to the outcome of the above Writ Petitions,' reads the official update. Those having Biology as an additional subject are also eligible for the exam.

On 28 February, Delhi High Court had put on hold the CBSE NEET 2018 online registration. The order was passed by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar on several petitions moved by medical aspirants who are aggrieved by various other eligibility norms which bar them from applying for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG.

Source : https://www.ndtv.com/education/nios-open-school-students-can-apply-for-cbse-neet-2018-technical-glitches-persist-1819396

Aadhaar not mandatory for enrolment in NEET, Supreme Court tells CBSE

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Attorney-General K K Venugopal has told the Supreme Court that like in J&K, Meghalaya and Assam, other ID proofs can be given for the NEET exam.

New Delhi, Mar 7 

The Supreme Court today directed the CBSE not to make Aadhaar number mandatory for enrolment of students appearing in NEET 2018 and other all-India exams. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the CBSE to upload the information on their website.
Earlier in the day, UIDAI had told the apex court that it has not authorised CBSE to mandatorily take the Aadhaar number of students to get themselves enrolled for appearing in the NEET 2018 examination.

Attorney-General K K Venugopal had said he has instructions from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that like in Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam other identity proofs like passport, voter card and ration card can be used by the CBSE for enrolling students in the examination.

The UIDAI’s remarks came on a plea challenging the decision of CBSE seeking mandatorily the Aadhaar number or Aadhaar enrolment number from students who are aspiring to take the NEET 2018 examination. The Gujarat High Court had dismissed the plea on February 27. The appeal in the Supreme Court challenges the order of Gujarat High Court.

Source : https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/cbse-has-not-been-authorised-to-take-aadhaar-of-neet-students-uidai-to-apex-court/article22965134.ece

CBSE examinations begin today

  Staff Reporter New Delhi , March 05, 2018 01:32 IST

Over 28 lakh will take Class X, XII exams across the country

More than 28 lakh candidates will appear for Class X and XII board examinations that will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from Monday, a CBSE official said.
A total of 16,38,428 candidates have registered for Class X examination, while 11,86,306 candidates have registered for Class XII examination.

In Delhi, 2,89,958 students — out of which 1,38,311 are girls — will be taking the Class X exam, while 2,50,736 — out of which 1,21,397 are girls — will be taking the Class XII exam. For Class X exam, 1,519 students will be appearing under the differently-abled category, while 1,131 have registered under the category for the Class XII examination.

Exam reintroduced

The Class X board examination has been reintroduced from this year after the government decided to do away with the Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation (CCE) adopted earlier.

The Class X exam will be conducted at 4,453 centres across India and 78 centres abroad. The Class XII exam will be held at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres abroad.

“The board has made appropriate arrangements with state authorities and local police to ensure trouble free examinations throughout the country,” the CBSE official said.

Candidates suffering from diabetes are allowed to carry eatables inside the examination centres.
From this year, the CBSE is also allowing candidates with special needs to write their exams using laptops but their device will have to undergo an inspection by the computer teacher at the exam centre and no Internet access will be allowed.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/

Marathi may be compulsory in CBSE, CISCE schools up to class X

PTI | Feb 27, 2018, 16:56 IST

 

Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde

 

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is considering making the Marathi language a compulsory subject up to class 10 in CBSE and CISCE schools, Education Minister Vinod Tawde told the Legislative Council on Tuesday.


Tawde's response came during a discussion on the Marathi language on the occasion of 'Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din'-the birth anniversary of late poet V V Shirwadkar, also known as Kusumagraj.

At present, Marathi is a compulsory subject up to class 8 in schools run by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), a private board which conduct ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) examination.

Legislative Council chairman Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar moved a resolution recommending the state government to ensure Marathi is valued as a language of knowledge and to take further steps for its development.

Members of the Opposition and ruling benches raised several issues like making Marathi compulsory in CBSE and CISCE schools, according a classical language status to Marathi etc.

BJP MLC Bhai Girkar demanded Marathi be made compulsory till class 12 from the upcoming academic year, which begins in June.

Opposition parties have raised the pitch for Marathi following a goof-up in translating the Maharashtra governor's address to the state legislature yesterday.

The leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde (NCP) said there was no full-time secretary in the Marathi language department and that 40 per cent posts in the department are lying vacant.

Claiming that the state's official language is being neglected by the government, he said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis speaks in Hindi and English at various public events whereas IAS and IPS officers write their (file) notings in English.

Tawde said, "At present, Marathi is a compulsory subject up to standard 8 in CBSE and ICSE schools. We are considering to make it compulsory up to class 10. However, the decision will be taken by the education board".

He said a delegation comprising prominent litterateurs and leaders of various parties would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of according a classical language status to the language after the Budget session. 

 

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/marathi-may-be-compulsory-in-cbse-cisce-schools-up-to-class-x/articleshow/63096253.cms

HC allows sale of non-NCERT books, uniform in CBSE schools

PTI | Feb 27, 2018, 22:08 IST

 

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed a CBSE circular and allowed the sale of non-NCERT books and uniforms at the tuck shops set up at affiliated schools across the country, holding that the sale of such items does not amount to "commercialisation" of education.

It said the availability of books, both NCERT and non-NCERT, stationery items and uniform in the school premises would only add to the convenience of the parents and the students.

A single judge bench of Justice Rekha Palli quashed a circular dated April 19, 2017 issued by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) advising the schools not to indulge in any commercial activity by way of selling of books, stationery, uniforms and school bags within the premises and to adhere to the provisions of affiliation bye-laws of the Board.

The schools were also directed by the CBSE to desist from the unhealthy practice of coercing the parents to purchase books/uniform from shops within the school premises or from selected vendors only.

"The Writ Petition filed by the Petitioners (Association of School Vendors) is allowed and the circular dated April 19, 2017, issued by CBSE is quashed and set aside.

"It is further directed that the Petitioners shall not be prohibited from the selling of non-NCERT books and uniforms also in the tuck shops which have been allowed to be set up in the CBSE affiliated schools for selling NCERT books and stationery items vide circular dated August 24/25, 2017," the bench said.

The court also quashed the conditions in another circular dated December 18, 2017, prohibiting the sale of non-NCERT books in the school shops and directed the CBSE to "take regulatory steps to ensure that the students and parents are not coerced in any manner, to buy any items from these shops".

Dealing with the question of commercialisation of education, Justice Palli said: "the availability of books, both NCERT and non-NCERT, stationery items and uniform in the school premises would only add to the convenience of the parents and the students".

The court said the use of the school buildings for purposes of education, would put a corresponding duty on the school management to ensure that the students are provided with all necessary facilities to help them pursue education in the school.

"The admitted case of the parties is that the aforesaid items in the school shops would be available only to the students of the school and not to outsiders and, therefore, I see no element of commercialisation in the sale of these essential items in the school shops," the judge said.

The court said that if the sale of books and uniform in the school shops without any coercion on the students or parents to buy from these shops, is treated as "commercialisation", there is no reason why even the sale of food items in canteen would also not be treated as "commercialisation".

"The availability of uniform, non-NCERT reference books or even food items for sale only to the students of the school, in my opinion, does not fall in the category of and cannot at all be considered as 'commercialisation'," Justice Palli said.

The court said the decision of CBSE to prohibit the sale of items, needed by the students in the schools, merely on the premise that the availability of these items in the school shops for sale, could be misused as the students and parents could be forced to buy them only from the school shop, appears to be "wholly arbitrary" and "quite irrational".

It said that it may be more in the interest of students that the option to buy books, both NCERT and non-NCERT, stationery and uniform items from the school shops should be available to them.

"I have no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the prohibition imposed vide the impugned Circulars, does not satisfy the test of "reasonable restrictions" under Article 19(6) of the Constitution of India," Justice Palli said.

The court said there was also no justification to place NCERT books and stationery items in the permissible category and placing the non-NCERT books and uniform in the non-permissible category.

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Have no role in deciding eligibility for NEET, says CBSE; 43 new centres announced

PTI | Updated: Feb 27, 2018, 21:36 IST

 

NEW DELHI: The CBSE has clarified that it has no role in deciding eligibility criteria for medical entrance exam - NEET - and grievances, if any, should be submitted to the Medical Council of India (MCI).
The clarification came following several complaints received by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) about barring open school candidates and those with biology as an additional subject in class 12 from appearing in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET).

This year, NEET will be held on May 6. The online application process began on February 8, and March 9 is the last date to register. The last date for payment of exam fee online is March 10 till 11.50 PM.

Meanwhile, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said this year, NEET will be conducted in 150 cities, as against 107 last year.

Students who have pursued schooling through National Institute of Open Learning (NIOS)/ State Open School or those who studied biology or biotechnology as an additional subject in class 12 are ineligible to appear in NEET.

The CBSE, in an advisory, said, "The responsibility of CBSE is limited to holding the NEET (UG) examination, based on the eligibility criteria provided by MCI. CBSE has no role to play in deciding the eligibility conditions."

"Therefore, all the grievances received by CBSE on these issues are disposed of. Candidates are requested to kindly read the information bulletin and FAQs hosted on NEET website before sending the grievance to the board in any form," it added.

Tweeting about setting up of 43 new centres, Javadekar said all the cities from where 4,000 and more candidates have applied and which were not exam centres in 2017 have been added as centre cities.

The new centres have been set up in Andhra Pradesh (5), Assam (2), Gujarat (3), Maharashtra (6), Odisha (4), Tamil Nadu (2), Kerala (5), Telangana (2), West Bengal (3), Uttar Pradesh (3) and one new centre each in Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Karnataka and Uttarakhand.

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

CBSE class X: Overall 33% in each subject enough to pass this yr

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CBSE Class X students who will sit for Board exam on March 5, the first mandatory public exam after eight years, “need to secure overall 33% (both internal assessment and the Board exam marks taken together) in the subject to be able to pass”. They will be exempted from the mandatory separate pass criteria in subjects having internal assessment component of 20 marks and 80 marks of Board examination.

The Central Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday notified this one-time exemption.

The CBSE had introduced the Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation (CCE) scheme along with optional Board exam. All others took the school-based exam. The CCE system was revoked in 2017 and Class X Board examination was made mandatory.

According to the notification issued by CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal, the examination committee recently decided to give the one-time exemption to the Class X students as they will be the first batch after the Board exam made a comeback. The same passing criteria will also apply in the additional subjects, provided they have internal assessment of 20 marks and Board examination of 80 marks.

This rule will also apply for students with subjects under National Skills Qualifications Framework scheme for the five major subjects —two languages, science, mathematics and social science. The provision of replacement of subjects extended to the NSQF students “for the failed subjects (out of the three subjects – science, mathematics and social science) by the vocational subject (passed by the candidate under NSQF) would continue to apply”. However, for vocational subjects listed in Annexure I, which were notified on March 9, 2017, there will be no exemption from separate pass criteria as the internal assessment component of these subjects comprise 50 marks. In these subjects, mandatory separate pass criteria of securing 33% both in internal as well as Board examination will apply.

Source : https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#

CBSE Class 12 Mathematics: Board examiner points out 8 common errors stopping students from getting a full 100

• Roshni Chakrabarty | New Delhi | February 21, 2018

The CBSE Boards 2018 are beginning March 5 and the Class 12 Mathematics exam is scheduled for March 21.

Class 12 Mathematics is a whole different ballgame. Do not expect the paper to be anything compared to Class 10 Boards. However, this is the one paper in which you can most easily score a full 100 marks if you practice well.

India Today Education spoke to Hariyana Vidya Mandir (Kolkata) Mathematics teacher Debjani Kar, an experienced Board Examiner for several years, with almost 20 years of teaching experience, about the common mistakes students make in the Class 12 CBSE Mathematics Board exam for which they lose out on getting a full 100 per cent.

Here are a few tips from the experienced Board Examiner to get full marks on your Class 12 CBSE Mathematics paper:

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For the sums of Matrix Elementary Operation, do not change rows and columns together in the same sum. For row transformation, change only row, and for column transformation, change only column.

2.

In the Determinant sums, to get full marks, students must use the properties of determinant.

3.

For sums of Indefinite Integral, students must write the constant of integration.

4.

For Linear Programming problems, proper shading of the feasible region is very important. If the region is unbounded, don't forget to draw the kink line.

5.

In the sums of Vector Algebra and 3D-Geometry, do not forget to give vector sign.

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In 1-mark questions, always try to write the correct answer of the sum. If steps are correct and answer is wrong, step marking or point marking becomes very difficult.

7.

Students often forget to write this when solving such problems in their Class 12 CBSE Mathematics paper:

8.

In such questions, remember not to take log on both sides!

So, keep your fingers crossed and keep practicing your sample papers and previous years' papers! If your preparation is up to the mark, these tips will ensure you can get a full 100 per cent in your CBSE Maths paper!

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/tips-and-tricks/story/cbse-class-12-mathematics-board-exam-common-mistakes-pointed-by-board-examiner-html-1174565-2018-02-21

CBSE Class 12 English: Section-wise common errors pointed out by Board examiner

• Roshni Chakrabarty | New Delhi | February 22, 2018

CBSE Boards 2018 are around the corner and in Class 12, most students barely touch their English NCERT books and give more focus on the other subjects. But what they fail to remember is -- low marks in English could pull down their aggregate marks making it difficult to take admission in top colleges.

The English Core paper is the first exam of class 12 and is scheduled to be held on March 5. Make sure you read through your NCERT textbooks thoroughly. If you have that basic idea and a good hold on grammar, scoring above 90 in CBSE Class 12 English is not such an insurmountable task.
Getting a full 100 in English is, however, not easy at all. Board examiners often need to cut marks for very silly mistakes in your answers.

India Today Education spoke to senior English teacher Suvalakshmi Bhattacharya, with 23 years of teaching experience and 21 years of experience as Board Examiner, about the common mistakes students make that make them lose out on the rare full 100 per cent marks.

Here are section-wise common mistakes students tend to make in their CBSE Class 12 English Board exam:

Section A

• In Note Making, four abbreviations will fetch you one mark

• Students tend to write too many abbreviations unnecessarily, sometimes writing an entire page of abbreviations! This is a waste of their time

Section B

• When writing letters or articles, make sure you use the inputs provided in the question while framing your answer

• Do not write your own residential address in letter writing if different inputs are provided. This is a very common mistake!

• In letter-writing, dates must be written carefully, according to the inputs given in the question, and not necessarily the date on which you are giving your exam

• In long format writing questions such as letters and articles, make sure your break down your text into paragraphs. Your answer shouldn't be a long chunk of text

• Students often miss out the headings in their report or article writing questions. This has marks allotted to it

Section C

• For 1-mark questions, the answer must be written in a complete sentence

• Keep answers of 3-mark questions under 40 words. Do not write unnecessarily long answers!

• For long answer questions of 6 marks, students often tend to write a summary of the entire story! You must write the answer of the question and not a full brief of the story.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/tips-and-tricks/story/cbse-class-12-english-common-mistakes-listed-by-board-examiner-html-1175168-2018-02-22

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies: 9 common errors students make pointed out by Board Examiner

• Roshni Chakrabarty | New Delhi | February 21, 2018

The CBSE Class 12 Board exams are beginning March 5 and the Business Studies paper is scheduled to be held on March 9.

BST is a theoretical subject and most students take this as a breather exam. However, with the changes in CBSE pattern, you cannot score a full 100 per cent anymore just by mugging up your NCERT book. CBSE now tends to give case studies and indirect questions which test the conceptual knowledge of students.

The syllabus of Business Studies deals mainly with General Management, Financial Management and Marketing Management.

India Today Education spoke to DPS Ruby Park (Kolkata) BST teacher Sumana Roy, Board Examiner of Business Studies for 10 years, with 11 years of teaching experience, about the areas where students must be careful in the CBSE Board Exam to secure maximum marks.

"Recently a degree in Management has emerged as a necessity for widening the career options for students. As a result Business Studies has gained a lot more importance as a subject," says Roy.

Here are the common errors she pointed out that students make in their Class 12 CBSE Business Studies paper:

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Most of the questions are based on passages which are related to familiar events. Students must read the passages thoroughly in order to write correct answers to the questions. They often miss out a certain line in excitement, which offers the hint to the answer.

2

Students should give a diagram whenever possible even if not asked for. Don't draw diagrams in pen! Moreover, labelling diagrams is also very important. 

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Don't write your answers in long paragraphs in your CBSE BST paper. Other than 1-mark answers, every answer should be written in points. Each point should have a 'Heading' and an 'Explanation'. Writing only the 'Explanation' or only the 'Heading' is a common mistake that stops students from getting full marks.

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'Importance' and 'Features' are NOT the same thing. Students often get confused between the two terms in questions given in the CBSE Class 12 Business Studies paper. For example: Feature of Planning is "Planning focuses on achieving objectives", whereas Importance of Planning is "Planning provides direction".

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Students should not reframe the Definition of a term or topic. It should be written as it is stated in the NCERT book.

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In the Class 12 CBSE BST paper, real life examples (mathematical examples in case of Financial Management) should be given wherever possible to secure maximum marks.

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While differentiating between two concepts, students often don't mention the basis of the difference. This should be mentioned for getting full marks.

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If the answer to a 1-mark question is "YES" or "NO" then one reason should be given along with it to justify the answer. Don't answer just in a single word.

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Last but not the least, students must maintain the word limit in order to complete the paper on time. Students make the common error of thinking long answers mean more marks in CBSE Class 12 Boards. The length of the answers should be according to the marks allotted. 

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/tips-and-tricks/story/cbse-class-12-business-studies-board-exam-common-mistakes-pointed-by-board-examiner-html-1174667-2018-02-21