CBSE Class 12 Accountancy: 9 points to score above 95 in board exam 2020

CBSE Class 12 Accountancy Exam 2020: Here are 9 important tips for class 12 students to score above 95 in CBSE Accountancy Exam 2020.

Harshita Pathak | New Delhi | December 2, 2019

CBSE Class 12 Accountancy Exam 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to conduct Class 12 board exams 2020 for main subjects from the month of March. Accountancy is one of the main subjects for the commerce stream students and it becomes a scoring one if a student is clear with the concepts and the formulas.

India Today got talking to highly experienced Board examiner Dr Pramendra Sharma, an NCERT resource person and a senior Accountancy teacher at DPS Bulandshahr, with over 24 years of teaching experience and fourteen years of board examiner experience. He gave some important tips for the students to score above 95 marks in CBSE 2020 Class 12 Accountancy paper.

"It is the right time for students to pull up their socks for CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2020 preparation. So, it is advised for commerce students to ramp up their level of preparation," said Pramendra Sharma.

CBSE Class 12 Accountancy: Here are some of the must do's for students:

1. Students should attempt at least 10 sample question papers in Accountancy and Business Studies each.

2. Students must keep a proper time-watch as per the board standards. It should be around 2 minutes for 1 mark question and multiply accordingly based on the number of marks a question offers.

3. Students should be careful and vigil about the formats of different questions like debit and credit column, and liability and asset and proper heading/title of the accounts and statements.

4. Students are required to present working notes very neatly near the solution because working notes have a separate provision for marks.

5. One more important advice for students is to read the question very carefully and present the answer to the point. Writing extra will not be awarding and only leads to the wastage of time. For instance, if question demands only capital account then there is no use of preparing the balance sheet simultaneously, or if the journal entries are asked then do not prepare the ledger account and balance sheet.

6. Strictly avoid overwriting and cutting in the fair work. If needed, strike out the faulty work in a single go and plan to start the whole answer fresh.

7. A commerce student specifically should have good command in calculations that comes through practice. This not only saves time but also assures the correctness of the answer.

8. Order of all parts of a question is important and the answer should be attempted in that order only and all in one place. For instance, a revaluation account, partners' capital and balance sheet of a question should be done in order and one place only.

9. To conclude the talk with one suggestion which is often overlooked is to keep your cool before the exam. Design and plan your answers during the reading time of question paper which can save you a lot of time.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/tips-and-tricks/story/cbse-class-12-accountancy-9-points-to-score-above-95-in-board-exam-2020-1624325-2019-12-02

CBSE to Introduce Changes In Class X, XII Exam

CBSE to Introduce Changes In Class X, XII Exam From 2019-20 Session

The changes will be effected for class X and XII exams which will be held in 2020.

03 December, 2019 by BW Online Bureau

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday said that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced changes in the examination pattern for class X and XII from 2019-20 session to discourage rote learning and to develop critical thinking and reasoning abilities of students.

Among the measures introduced to effect this change are - reduction in the number of questions, more internal choices, increase in the number of objective type questions and reduction in subjective questions and introduction of internal assessment in all subjects.

"The internal choices will be implemented on 33 per cent of the questions for the students. The one-mark objective type questions will be around 25 per cent of the questions in all subjects. Internal assessment will count for 20 per cent marks in subjects in which there is no practical assessment," the Minister stated.

The changes will be effected for class X and XII exams which will be held in 2020.

Source : http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/CBSE-To-Introduce-Changes-In-Class-X-XII-Exam-From-2019-20-Session/03-12-2019-179758/

CBSE plans major changes in question paper patterns

CBSE plans major changes in question paper patterns for class X and XII board exams

 Revision The new policy aims at bridging the gap between vocational and main subjects

 04/12/2019 | PTI | letters@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would introduce major changes in the pattern of question papers for class X and XII by 2023 to boost creative, critical and analytical thinking among students.

It is the need of the hour keeping in mind country’s future, CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said at the school education summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

He said, “While this year students of Class X will get 20% objective questions and 10% questions would be based on creative thinking, by 2023 question papers for classes X and XII will be based on creative, innovative and critical thinking.”

Vocational subjects do not find many takers in India due to factors like lack of employability, poor value and absence of stability in the market, he said. “There is also a need to promote proper linkages and bonding among key stakeholders in the schooling system including infrastructure, teachers, parents and students,” he added.

He suggested that schools must devote more time to teachers who need to be trained rigorously and be groomed for three to six months to become mentors, highly motivated communicator, expressive, have critical thinking and emotional balance. Talking about the new education policy, he said it aims at bridging the gap between vocational and main subjects.

“The new policy has recommended that vocational subjects need to be a part of the five subjects, it would be a good move. The NEP also focuses on different aspects like early childhood care, teacher training, promoting vocational education and thus, it would be a challenge to implement the same,” he said. His views were echoed by CBSE Director (Training and Skill Education) Biswajit Saha who said that schools in India need to focus on students’ capability and not employability, implement adaptive and project-based learning and follow children-centric methodology in the classroom.

“The flexibility in the system should be adapted in the curriculum transaction process to keep students’ mindset and what they need in mind. With respect to the common curriculum, whatever subjects are being offered, the room is very much there to introduce activity-based curriculum.

“If we want to really upgrade the system, then competency-based education needs to be implemented in the school systems which requires strong connect with the child,” he said.

Young students can shape up their career orientation only when they are not loaded with content-based curriculum. The flexibility in the system should be adapted by the school curriculum and the focus needs to be on activity based skill formation of students, he added.

Source : https://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=4d006257

CBSE to introduce major changes in question paper patterns for classes 10, 12 by 2023

CBSE to introduce major changes in question paper patterns for classes 10, 12 by 2023

It is the need of the hour keeping in mind country's future, CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said at the school education summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would introduce major changes in the pattern of question papers for classes 10 and 12 by 2023 to boost creative, critical and analytical thinking among students.

It is the need of the hour keeping in mind country's future, CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said at the school education summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

He said, "While this year students of Class 10 will get 20 per cent objective questions and 10 per cent questions would be based on creative thinking, by 2023 question papers for classes 10 and 12 will be based on creative, innovative and critical thinking." Vocational subjects do not find many takers in India due to factors like lack of employability, poor value and absence of stability in the market, he said.

"There is also a need to promote proper linkages and bonding among key stakeholders in the schooling system including infrastructure, teachers, parents and students," he added. He suggested that schools must devote more time to teachers who need to be trained rigorously and be groomed for three to six months to become mentors, highly motivated communicator, expressive, have critical thinking and emotional balance.

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12-year-old Manipur boy permitted to take Class 10 board exams

12-year-old Manipur boy permitted to take Class 10 board exams next year

The application of the young boy, seeking to become the youngest candidate to appear for the Class 10 board exams, was approved by the examination committee of Board of Secondary Education Manipur.

EDUCATION : Sobhapati Samom | Hindustan Times, Imphal |  Nov 29, 2019 16:02 IST

    

For the first time in the history of the Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BoSEM), a 12-year-old boy in Manipur has been allowed to appear in the upcoming matriculation or High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examinations.

His name is Isaac Paulallungmuan Vaiphei (12), son of Genkholian Vaiphei(66), and a resident of Kangvai Bazar in Manipur’s Churachandpur.

The permission has been granted considering the “mental age and superior IQ (Intelligent Quotient) level” of the child.

The application of the young boy, seeking to become the youngest candidate to appear for the Class 10 board exams, was approved by the examination committee of BoSEM after the clinical psychology department of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal administered a psychology test on him, according to BoSEM Secretary Dr Chithung Mary Thomas.

“The student’s mental age was found to be 17 years 5 months as per the test report while his IQ was 141 which is very superior intellectual and development functioning,” BoSEM secretary said. “Subsequently the examination committee of the Board allowed the young boy to appear in the HSLC examination 2020 as special case considering his mental age and superior IQ.”

The eldest among four brothers and a sister, Isaac who is preparing to appear in the forthcoming HSLC examination which is scheduled to be held from February 17 to March 7 next year, said, “I feel excited. (Now I’ve) nothing to do except study.”

“I wanted to become the youngest (matric) candidate (from Manipur)as Naina Jaiswal from Hyderabad had done it earlier at the age of 8,” Isaac, who will complete 12 years 3 months in February 2020, told this reporter. “I also want to become the youngest IAS officer (from Manipur).”

It may be recalled that Isaac also secured first position with 78% marks in his recent examination in the Mt Olive School, Kangvai.

An exceptional student, Isaac had secured top position in his studies in the previous classes also. He showed interest in reading books of higher classes and books on other subjects.

Earlier, Isaac’s application seeking to appear for the HSLC exams was not approved, as BoSEM rules say that a student must complete 15 years of age on April 1 of the year in which he/she appears in the matriculation examination (first appearance) of the Board.

Isaac’s family had also approached the CBSE authorities seeking permission to appear. “But they simply rejected it,” said Isaac’s father, Genkholian Vaiphei. “So we approached BoSEM authority and fortunately they agreed to fulfill the dream of my son,”he said.

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/

CBSE has increased fee of Class 10, 12 board exams

CBSE has increased fee of Class 10, 12 board exams for all categories of students, says HRD Minister

CBSE has increased exam fees of Class 10 and 12 board exams 2020, on no profit no loss principle, from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500, for all categories of students.

EDUCATION | Asian News International | New Delhi : Nov 29, 2019

Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday said the CBSE has increased the fee of Class 10 and 12 board exams for 2020 from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500, for all students except the schools of Delhi government.

“The CBSE has increased exam fees of Class 10 and 12 board exams 2020, on no profit no loss principle, from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500, for all categories of students, including SC/ST candidates for all schools in whole of India, except schools of Delhi government,” the minister said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

“For 1,299 schools of Delhi government, examination fee for all categories of Class 10 students has been increased from Rs 375 to Rs 1,200 and for Class 12 students from Rs 600 to Rs 1,200. Thus, the examination fee for Class 10 and 12 has not been increased by 2300 per cent,” he added.

The minister said that there has never been any distinction except in the case of Delhi between different categories of students in the matter of payment of examination fees.

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/

8 out of 10 teens world over are physically inactive: WHO

Mumbai: | Malathy.Iyer@timesgroup.com | Sat Nov 23 2019

Eight out of every 10 teenagers in the world are not as physically active as the World Health Organisation (WHO) wants them to be.

India can, though, take cold comfort in the fact that it fared slightly better as 73.9% of its teens were classified as “physically inactive” in the WHO report, published in ‘The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health’ medical journal on Friday morning.

Endocrinologist Dr Shashank Joshi from Bandra’s Lilavati Hospital said, “The study proves what we have feared for some time now that game time in playgrounds has been replaced by screen gaming for teenagers.”

The report credits India’s relatively better performance to the Indian male’s obsession with cricket and the unwritten rule of compulsory domestic chores for teenage girls. “The quite low prevalence of insufficient activity in boys in Bangladesh and India might be explained by the strong focus on national sports, such as cricket, which is frequently played unstructured in local communities,” said the study, the firstever global trend for adolescent’s insufficient activity. “These two countries reported the lowest prevalence of female insufficient activity in our study, potentially explained by societal factors.”

Dr Joshi said the country’s relatively better performance doesn’t take away the fact that India is facing increasing “sedentaryism” due to increased screen time.

The study showed more girls are inactive than boys: 85% girls and 78% boys could be classified as inactive for not accumulating one hour of intense activity in a day.

It studied the changes in activity levels over 15 years. The prevalence of insufficient activity slightly decreased in boys between 2001 and 2016 (80% to 78%) but there was no change for girls (85%).

Experts, though, said India findings have failed to address the rural-urban divide. Dr Joshi said India has many layers, ranging from the rural poor who walk many kilometres to reach school to urban teens who shuttle between schools and classes. “We can’t generalize that 73.9% of our teens are inactive.”

Dr Aashish Contractor, who heads the physical rehabilitation department of Sir H N Reliance Hospital in Girgaum, said, “It would be interesting to know how WHO got Indian data. Indian big cities are very different from small cities or rural India.” He said leisure activity must be considered and not distance to schools. (The study looked at recreation, sports, chores, walking, cycling etc). A decade ago, Contractor conducted a study that showed 40-50% students aged 12-15 didn’t manage 10,000 steps a day.

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

Bring counsellor to classroom, say education experts

TIMES NEWS NETWORK | Mumbai:

Although discussions on mental health, depression and other related subjects are out in the open, walking to the school counsellor’s room is still awkward for many. City professionals and academicians have a solution—bring the counsellor to the classroom.

Speaking at a discussion on prioritising mental health in education on Friday, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Zirak Marker said, “There is still a fear of being labelled if a student is seen going to the counsellor’s office. So why not bring the counsellors to the classroom? There must be a few periods each week when the counsellor speaks to the children and teaches them about emotions, coping mechanisms or resilience. Then it would not be difficult for students to approach the counsellor.” He added the format has been highly successful at the Aditya Birla institutions in the city.

Marker was part of the panel at Aditya Birla Education Trust’s conference on mental health. The panellists also dwelled on the emerging high-risk group - the high-achiever schools. “There is a need for schools to put social and mental well-being ahead of academics,” said Priscilla Bade-White, school psychologist at the American School of Bombay.

Parents must be made part of the discussion, too, felt principals. “The competition and pressure to get into an Ivy League school is intense in high-achiever schools and a lot of it is linked to the parents,” said Meera Isaacs, dean, Cathedral and John Connon School, Fort.

While several city schools have mental health professionals on board, there continues to be a gap. “There is an 80% treatment gap in the country. There should be one counsellor for about 250 children, but we are nowhere close to it,” said Chetna Duggal, professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

The conference also discussed the need to imbibe inclusivity starting at an early age and provide equal opportunities to all students.

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

PM Modi urges students, teachers to participate in CBSE's 'Fit India Week'

PM Modi urges students, teachers to participate in CBSE's 'Fit India Week'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged students, parents and teachers to participate in the 'Fit India Week' programme, an initiative taken up by CBSE.

Asian News International | New Delhi | November 24, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged students, parents and teachers to participate in the 'Fit India Week' programme, an initiative taken up by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

"CBSE has taken a commendable initiative of introducing the concept of 'Fit India week'. Schools can celebrate the fitness week in December. It can involve several fitness-related activities, including sports, games, yoga and dance," PM Modi said during his 59th edition of Mann Ki Baat.

"I appeal to all the schools to celebrate it. Students, parents and teachers must take part in it," Prime Minister Modi added.

"Fit India doesn't mean just exercising the mind or making fitness plans on paper or merely looking at fitness apps on the laptop or computer or on a mobile phone. Not at all you have to sweat it out. The food habits have to change", he said.

Appealing all schools to join Fit India Ranking, he said: "Fit India should become a part of an individual's life naturally and comfortably. It should become a mass movement and efforts shall be taken up to create mass awareness on the fitness issue."

The prime objective of the programme is to indulge school children in active field time than passive screen time. 

As many as 22,000 CBSE schools will participate in the fitness programme and indigenous games from every state will be included in the active field time.

Source : https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today

PM Modi urges students, teachers to participate in ‘Fit India Week’

PM Modi urges students, teachers to participate in ‘Fit India Week’

As many as 22,000 CBSE schools will participate in the fitness programme and indigenous games from every state will be included in the active field time.

EDUCATION | Asian News International |  Nov 24, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged students, parents and teachers to participate in the ‘Fit India Week’ programme, an initiative taken up by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

“CBSE has taken a commendable initiative of introducing the concept of ‘Fit India week’. Schools can celebrate the fitness week in December. It can involve several fitness-related activities, including sports, games, yoga and dance. I appeal to all the schools to celebrate it. Students, parents and teachers must take part in it,” Prime Minister Modi said during his 59th edition of Mann Ki Baat.

“Fit India doesn’t mean just exercising the mind or making fitness plans on paper or merely looking at fitness apps on the laptop or computer or on a mobile phone. Not at all you have to sweat it out. The food habits have to change”, he added.

Appealing all schools to join Fit India Ranking, he said: “Fit India should become a part of an individual’s life naturally and comfortably. It should become a mass movement and efforts shall be taken up to create mass awareness on the fitness issue.”

The prime objective of the programme is to indulge school children in “active field time” than “passive screen time”.

As many as 22,000 CBSE schools will participate in the fitness programme and indigenous games from every state will be included in the active field time.

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education