CBSE asks parents, school management to cooperate

CBSE asks parents, school management to cooperate

 

His statement came amid growing discontent among parents of various private schools over, what they claim, irrational fees charged even during the outbreak of COVID-19.

 

EDUCATION Updated: Jun 19, 2020 08:35 IST

Press Trust of India Posted by| Nandini , New Delhi

 

There is a need for cooperation between parents and school management for proper education of children, said a director of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday.

 

His statement came amid growing discontent among parents of various private schools over, what they claim, irrational fees charged even during the outbreak of COVID-19.

 

“Parents and school management must cooperate and complement each other for the sake of their child’s education as, someday schools are bound to open,” CBSE’s Training & Skills Director Biswajit Saha said at a CII organised e- session on education.

 

It is alleged that several private schools are charging various fees other than tuition fee, which cannot be applicable as institutes are closed during lockdown and only limited virtual classes are being taken.

 

MP Locket Chatterjee and members of the teachers’ cell of the BJP demonstrated outside the state education department office, demanding that private schools be asked not to charge any fee for the entire lockdown period that began in the middle of March.

 

Several states have directed private schools to reduce or exempt fees but the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has only asked the institutes to refrain from hiking fees, she said.

 

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/cbse-asks-parents-school-management-to-cooperate/story-XDJ1q6fjGiD5qjmEhpiFnJ.html

Nation celebrates Reading Day today

Nation celebrates Reading Day today

 

By:  TOI-Online | Jun 19, 2020, 10.15 AM IST

 

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is celebrating the 25th National Reading Day on June 19, 2020.

Today we are celebrating National Reading Day. It is celebrated to honor the father of the Library Movement in Kerala, the late P.N. Panicker, whose death anniversary falls on 19th June. So 19th June is marked as the Day of Reading.

The 25th edition of the P.N. Panicker Memorial National Reading Day – Reading Month Celebration is being celebrated from today in online mode this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

P.N. Panicker, who died on June 19, known as the Father of Library Movement in Kerala. As a teacher in his hometown Panicker started the Sanadanadharmam Library in 1926.

To observe his death anniversary, the National Reading Day is celebrated nationally.

Reading plays a significant role in the development of country's socio-economic progress. Progress of a person, community and country depends on its rich knowledge base. Rich knowledge base depends on reading. 'Read and Grow' is the slogan of the P.N. Foundation.

'#MyBookMyFriend' campaign has started on social media by MHRD to encourage reading among students.

Reading month will be celebrated from June 19 to July 18,2020.

Panicker was born on March 1, 1909 in Jamjamjum to Govinda Pillai and Janaky Amma at Neelamperoor.

 

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/nation-celebrates-reading-day-today/articleshow/76457762.cms

‘One Nation One Board’: Plea in SC seeks common syllabus for students between 6-14 years

‘One Nation One Board’: Plea in SC seeks common syllabus for students between 6-14 years

 

The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sough directions to look into the feasibility of establishing “One Nation One Education Board” by merging the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education.

 

By :Press Trust of India Posted by| Nandini | New Delhi | Jun 19, 2020

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking uniform education, having common syllabus and curriculum for all the children aged between 6-14 years, across the country.

 

The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sough directions to look into the feasibility of establishing “One Nation One Education Board” by merging the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education.

 

The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, said the Centre and states have not taken appropriate steps to introduce uniform education system having common syllabus and common curriculum in spirit of Article 21A (free and compulsory education).

 

Children may not be able to exercise their fundamental right under Article 21A unless the Centre and the states provide value based uniform education, the plea said.

“To achieve substantive socio-economic equality and justice, it is necessary that syllabus and curriculum in all primary schools are similar whether it is run by management, local body, Union or State Government,” the plea said.

 

The PIL said although the medium of instructions may differ according to the official language of the concerned state, the syllabus and curriculum must be common for all children aged 6-14 years.

 

The petition has sought directions to ascertain the feasibility of constituting a National Education Council (on the lines of GST Council) or National Education Commission to implement the system.

 

At present each education board has its own syllabus and curriculum and entrance examinations are based on CBSE, so prevailing system doesn’t provide equal opportunity to all students, it said.

 

The plea has also sought directions to ascertain the feasibility of introducing a standard textbook having chapters on fundamental rights, duties, directive principles and the golden goals set out in the Preamble, and make its study compulsory for all the children aged 6-14 years throughout the country.

 

It contended that from last ten years data, it can be seen that even though children are pursuing free and compulsory education under RTE Act, the students do not perform well as compared to CBSE affiliated convent and private schools.  Therefore, value-based uniform education having common syllabus and common curriculum is need of the day, it said.

“State board students are not equipped to compete with students of CBSE affiliated schools. Even this disparity cannot be fully removed but Union can establish a standardized entrance system for college and university aspirants,” the plea said.

 

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/one-nation-one-board-plea-in-sc-seeks-common-syllabus-for-cbse-icse-students/story-LxNGYc4KLjgRMa9ka1ARlO.html

CTET 2020: CBSE releases previous year papers

CTET 2020: CBSE releases previous year papers

 

CTET 2020: Over 30 lakh candidates had registered to appear for the exam, scheduled to be held on July 5. The CBSE has released previous year papers to help candidates assess their preparation.

By: Careers Desk | New Delhi | Published: June 19, 2020 12:07:08 pm

CBSE CTET 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released previous year question papers for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2020. The exam is scheduled to be held on July 5 and candidates can check their preparedness by solving the previous year question papers as available at ctet.nic.in.

 

Over 30 lakh candidates had registered to appear for the CTET 2020. This is a rise from 28.32 lakh in December 2019. Those who clear CTET are considered eligible to seek a job as a teacher. Those who clear paper 1 will be eligible to teach in classes 1 to 5 while those who clear paper 2 can teach in classes 6 to 7.

 

CBSE CTET 2020: How to download

Step 1: Visit ctet.nic.in

Step 2: Click on ‘previous year paper’ at bottom right

Step 3: A PDF will open, download

 

CBSE CTET 2020: Exam pattern

 

In paper I for classes 1 to 5, candidates will have to clear a two-and-a-half-hour exam which will have 150 MCQs. Each question will be for one mark and hence the exam will be of 150 marks. It will consist of topics — child development and pedagogy, a language I and II, mathematics and environmental studies. Each section will consist of 30 MCQs or 30 marks.

 

In paper II as well there will be 150 questions for 150 marks to be solved in two-and-a-half-hour, however, it will have different sub-topics. While child development and pedagogy, language I and language II will be there for 30 marks each. The fourth section will be of either mathematics or science of social science, as per the choice of candidate. The section four will be of 60 marks.

 

To clear the exam, the candidates need to secure 60 per cent marks out of 150 marks. For reserved category candidates, the cut-off is 55 per cent which comes to around 82 marks out of 150. In CTET December 2019, a total of 5.42 lakh candidates had qualified the examination.

 

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/education/ctet-2020-cbse-releases-previous-year-papers-ctet-nic-in-6466169/

CBSE CTET 2020 to be conducted on July 5, board releases previous years’ question papers

CBSE CTET 2020 to be conducted on July 5, board releases previous years’ question papers

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET) 2020 on July 5. Meanwhile, CBSE has uploaded previous years question papers for last three CTETs on its official website at ctet.nic.in.

 

By : Nandini | Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jun 19, 2020

 

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Central Teachers Eligibility Test (CTET) 2020 on July 5. Meanwhile, CBSE has uploaded previous years question papers for last three CTETs on its official website at ctet.nic.in. Candidates can download the previous years question papers of December 2018, July 2019 and December 2019. Both, paper 1 (main) and paper 2 of all sets are available on the website.

  

Check CTET question papers of December 2018

Check CTET question papers of July 2019

Check CTET question papers of December 2019

 

CTET JULY 2020: EXAM PATTERN

 

Paper I (for Classes I to V) Primary Stage

Duration of examination- Two-and-a-half hours

(i) Child Development and Pedagogy ---30 MCQs ---30 Marks

(ii) Language I (compulsory) ---30 MCQs ----30 Marks

(iii) Language II (compulsory) ---30 MCQs ---30 Marks

(iv) Mathematics ---30 MCQs--- 30 Marks

(v) Environmental Studies ---30 MCQs ---30 Marks

Total 150 MCQs ---150 Marks

 

Paper II (for Classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage :

Duration of examination - Two-and-a-half hours

(i) Child Development & Pedagogy(compulsory) ---30 MCQs ---30 Marks

(ii) Language I (compulsory)--- 30 MCQs--- 30 Marks

(iii) Language II (compulsory)--- 30 MCQs ---30 Marks

(iv) Mathematics and Science -- 60 MCQs--- 60 Marks (for Mathematics and Science teacher)

(v) Social Studies/Social Science --- 60 MCQs--- 60 Marks (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher) *For any other teacher - either (IV) or (V)

Total 150 MCQs -----150 Marks

Click here to read official information brochure of CTET July 2020

  

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/cbse-ctet-2020-to-be-conducted-on-july-5-board-releases-previous-years-question-papers/story-teVtt4zurwofQbFQmBH5oK.html

CBSE to celebrate 25th National Reading Day virtually

CBSE to celebrate 25th National Reading Day virtually

 

The National Reading Day is commemorated to honour the father of the Library Movement, Late P.N. Panicker whose death anniversary also falls on June 19.

By : Hindustantimes.com | Edited by Akhilesh Nagari | Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jun 19, 2020

 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday released a notice stating that it will be celebrating the 25th National Reading Day on Friday, June 19, 2020, with a special focus on technology-enabled reading.

 

“The 25th National Reading will be celebrated on 19th June 2020, the following week as Reading Week and Reading Month will be celebrated from 19th June to 18th July 2020,” reads the CBSE notice.

 

The National Reading Day is commemorated to honour the father of the Library Movement, Late P.N. Panicker whose death anniversary also falls on June 19.

 

The PN Panicker Foundation in collaboration with the government has initiated and designed different online reading-related activities due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

 

The Foundation has suggested conducting Quiz, Open Art and Essay Writing and Debate Competition for the students while it will conduct Quiz and video book competition for the faculty members and Librarians.

 

For more details, regarding the initiative readers are advised to click here.

“The schools are encouraged to celebrate Reading Day, Reading Week and Reading Month by organizing similar online activities as suggested by the Foundation or other activities by leveraging technology,” reads the notice.

 

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/cbse-to-celebrate-25th-national-reading-day-virtually/story-0EmCKsRqCTnI2QFqnJ6F5N.html

How Digital Classrooms Are Transforming India’s Education System

How Digital Classrooms Are Transforming India’s Education System

Students can also benefit from digital classrooms as they can receive almost instantaneous feedback and personalized feedback.

Teaching and learning are not the same things. While a teacher might be able to give instruction or lesson to over 100 students in a classroom, they can never be sure exactly how much of the topic was actually understood or learned by the students. In the ICSE/CBSE context, where schools have a large number of students per class, ensuring and checking the learning of each student is rather difficult. Digital classrooms are an efficient way of ensuring learning takes place in an efficient and productive manner.

Testing is the only way to understand student learning. Based on their test outcomes, teachers can assess where the students stand overall. However, in the setting of large classrooms of 40 students, this becomes difficult. At best a teacher can assess learning by asking a handful of student’s questions. Assessments for the whole class could traditionally only take place 2 to 3 times a year. With digital classrooms, large scale testing becomes a lot easier. Not only can each student be given a short quiz at the end of each lesson, or the end of each day, teachers are getting students’ scores immediately from the testing platforms. Teachers save a major portion of their time that would otherwise have gone in doing physical paper grading, and can now dedicate that time to analyzing each students performance either daily or weekly, and ensuring students are brought up to speed before they fall too far behind.

Students can also benefit from digital classrooms as they can receive almost instantaneous feedback and personalized feedback. Learning management systems have the options for automated feedback, where a student is corrected almost immediately at the end of the test while the information is still relevant, rather than a few days later. The personalized feedback can also happen from teacher to students as soon as they are able to review their scores and guide them where needed. Teachers are no longer dependent on face to face meetings or finding time within the busy school day of both student and teacher to help a student out. Feedback in ongoing, and immediate.

Digital classrooms will therefore also utilize the teachers time more efficiently. The time that would have gone in physically correcting test scores, will now be done in a matter of minutes. This will not only free up their time for lesson planning but also works as a feedback tool on students learning as well as feedback. The test scores will also give the teachers an understanding of their basic teaching and if students have understood or not, or if some part of the execution needs improvement from their end. It keeps teachers engaged in ensuring they are rolling out lessons to the students in an engaging manner.

Digital classrooms help put the focus on learning rather than teaching. Checks and balances can be put in place more frequently to ensure both students and teachers are on the right path, and their time is being used more efficiently. As we move forward, no longer can we depend on the traditional classroom of the past. Schools will need to use a blended approach to digital and physical classrooms. Digital classrooms will allow for greater efficiency while allowing traditional classroom time to be used more constructively and yet keep its community and personal touch.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article above are those of the authors' and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of this publishing house

Source : http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/How-Digital-Classrooms-Are-Transforming-India-s-Education-System-/19-06-2020-289085/

Explained: CBSE exams for Class 12 in July — why the opposition?

Explained: CBSE exams for Class 12 in July — why the opposition?

Why have parents approached the top court against holding CBSE Class 12 Board exams in July?

 

Written by Ritika Chopra | New Delhi | June 19, 2020

 

What are the objections to holding the Class 12 CBSE exams in July, and why is the decision still hanging fire despite fierce opposition from the parents? We explain.

Why have parents approached the top court against holding Class 12 Board exams in July?

The most obvious concern that parents have is whether it’s safe to send their children even as many states continue to report a record surge in Covid-19 positive cases on most days. CBSE has increased the number of examination centres from 3,000 to 15,000 to maintain social distancing. But parents have questioned the practicality of ensuring proper cleanliness and safety measures at so many centres (especially those located in rural areas) and that students wear gloves and masks in the July heat and humidity. However, the biggest objection is to the Board’s silence on how students living in hotspots and containment zones are going to travel to their test centres, given the restrictions on movement in such areas.

So, why is the issue of holding CBSE Board exams still hanging fire, despite vehement objections from a section of students and parents?

The decision is not simple. Any change would have an immediate effect on admission to higher education institutions. Hypothetically, if CBSE decides to postpone the Board exams, then national entrance tests such as NEET, JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced) would, in all likelihood, also be delayed. To scrap the exam or make it optional, the Board would have to come up with an alternate method of evaluation.

CBSE officials are also concerned that if exams are made optional, then those opting out could face discrimination at the time of seeking admission to a university or college of their choice. At least that’s what the Board had observed during the years when the Class 10 Board exams were optional. Many schools accepting lateral admissions in Class XI, at that time, would often prefer students who had taken the Board exam.

What has further complicated matters are states like Delhi and Maharastra, which have expressed inability to help the Board in conducting the exams as the two states are currently overwhelmed with Covid-19 cases.

 

What have other school boards done?

While State School Boards in Telangana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have cancelled their Class 10 Board exams, no one has, till date, scrapped the exam for Class 12. Kerala has even conducted Board exams for 13 lakh Class 10 & 12 students in the last week of May. The state finance minister Thomas Isaac tweeted this week that none of the students had shown symptoms two weeks after the exams finished.

The Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has decided to make the remaining papers for Class 10 and 12 students optional. Students can opt to have their results tabulated based on their performance in their school’s pre-board exams.

When is CBSE’s decision expected?

The Supreme Court has given the Board time till Tuesday to respond to the plea filed by parents for scrapping the exams. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has already met with the Home Minister and spoken to the Health Minister this week on this issue. He also held a meeting with the school education secretary Anita Karwal, CBSE chief Manoj Ahuja and Director General of National Testing Agency Vineet Joshi on Tuesday and another one is expected today. A decision on this matter is likely next week on Monday.

Source : https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-cbse-exams-for-class-12-in-july-why-the-opposition-6466861/

SC asks CBSE to decide on holding of pending exams by Tuesday

SC asks CBSE to decide on holding of pending exams by Tuesday

 

By : TOI-Online | Jun 17, 2020, 12.16 PM IST

 

SC asks CBSE to decide on holding of pending exams by Tuesday

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to hold consultation and take a decision on Board exam by Tuesday when it will consider a plea of parents for not holding exams in view of corona pandemic.

 

Also the apex court asked the Board to examine whether examination of the remaining paper for Board exam could be scrapped and s could be alloted on the basis of internal assessment.

 

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had said that schools, colleges, educational/training/coaching institutions will be opened after consultation with States and UTs during Phase II of Unlock1.

 

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had on Tuesday held a review meeting with the Secretary of School Education and Literacy Department, Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education and Director General of National Testing Agency (NTA), to discuss the present education scenario.

 

Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/sc-asks-cbse-to-decide-on-holding-of-pending-exams-by-tuesday/articleshowprint/76419881.cms

Maharashtra HSC, SSC Results 2020

Maharashtra HSC, SSC Results 2020: MSBSHSE to declare 10th, 12th results in July, says state education minister

Maharashtra HSC, SSC Results 2020: Students who have appeared in the Maharashtra HSC and SSC examinations will be able to check their results online at maharesult.nic.in after it is declared.

By : Ankita Bhatkhande | Edited by Akhilesh Nagari |Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Jun 16, 2020

 

Maharashtra HSC, SSC Results 2020: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will declare the results of Maharashtra HSC or Class 12 examinations by mid-July and Maharashtra SSC or class 10 examination results by end of July. Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad announced this on Tuesday, June 16.

 

Students who have appeared in the Maharashtra HSC and SSC examinations will be able to check their results online at maharesult.nic.in after it is declared.

 

Maharashtra Class 12th board examinations were conducted before the lockdown began, while the Geography paper of SSC exams which was earlier scheduled for March 23 could not be held. The Maharashtra board in May cancelled the SSC Geography exam and said that the students will be awarded an average of the marks obtained in the other five subjects for the last paper.

 

Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/maharashtra-hsc-ssc-results-2020-msbshse-to-declare-10th-12th-results-in-july-says-state-education-minister/story-yQNsMCZSZMQS4g4IjemJpK.html