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Mumbai's Juhi Rupesh, Muktsar's Manhar Bansal top ISCE class 10 exam with 498 marks
Mumbai's Juhi Rupesh Kajaria and Punjab's Manhar Bansal topped the ISCE Class 10 examination by scoring 498 out of 500. Results for the exam were announced by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Tuesday. "I am elated with the marks. I will be honest, I had done well but I did not imagine to score this well,"Kajaria, who had Gujarati as an elective subject, told PTI. However, Bansal was confident of his performance in the exam. "I had done the calculation of how much I will be scoring and it was nearly correct. So in a way, I was expecting this," said Bansal, a resident of Muktsar who had taken Punjabi as a subject. The second rank was shared by 10 students with 497 marks while the third rank was bagged by 24 students with 496 marks. The exam was cleared by 98.54 per cent of the total candidates. While the pass percentage of girls is 99.05 per cent, that of boys is 98.12 per cent.
ISC class 12 results: 2 students scored 100 per cent; girls outshine boys
Girls outperformed boys and two students scored 100 per cent in the Indian School Certificate (ISC) class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Tuesday."This is the first time that the students of ISC have scored 100 per cent marks," announced Gerry Arathoon, CISCE chief executive and secretary.Kolkata's Dewang Kumar Agarwal and Bengaluru's Vibha Swaminathan topped the exam by scoring 100 per cent. While the second rank was shared by sixteen students with 99.97 per cent, thirty-six students shared the third rank with 99.50 per cent.The girls achieved a pass percentage of 97.84 against 95.40 per cent by the boys. The overall pass percentage took a leap of 0.31 per cent, stalling at 96.52 per cent.The Southern region posted the highest pass percentage of 98.91 per cent, followed by western, eastern and northern region at 98.13, 96.66 and 95.76 per cent respectively.In the special category, as many as .
ICSE result: Girls outshine boys, pass percentage up by 0.03 per cent
Girls outperformed boys in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) class 10th examinations, the results of which were declared by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Tuesday.While 99.05 percent of girls passed the exam, the per cent of boys who cleared the exam stood at 98.12. The overall pass percentage took a leap of 0.03 per cent, stalling at 98.54 per cent."Mumbai's Juhi Rupesh Kajaria and Muktsar's Manhar Bansal topped with 99.60 per cent. While the second rank was shared by ten students with 99.40 per cent, twenty-four students shared the third rank with 99.20 per cent," announced CISCE chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon.A total of 9996 candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC) category gave the exams, out of which 97.75 per cent cleared the exam.Out of 6396 Scheduled Tribe candidates, 97.44 per cent passed with flying colours.In the special category, as many as 1021 candidates appeared for the examination, out of which 123 ...
HC issues notice to UGC, TERI institute on plea over degree
The Delhi High Court has asked University Grants Commission (UGC) and TERI School of Advanced Studies to respond to a plea of a student who was denied the Master's degree.
Chief Secretary led committee to look into problems faced by
The Mizoram Cabinet Tuesday decided to constitute a committee under chief secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo to look into various issues being faced by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) University, Mizoram, an official statement said. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Zoramthanga decided to form a committee comprising of representatives from the state government, ICFAI University headquarters, teaching staff and non-teaching staff from ICFAI University Mizoram. "The committee was constituted to study and discuss various issues faced by the ICFAI University, Mizoram and to come up with suggestions or steps to be taken to resolve the issues," the statement quoted Chuaungo as saying. Agitation was recently launched by ICFAI students protesting the fee structures and other wide-ranging issues, prompting the vice chancellor Lt Gen (Retd) Dr A K Mishra to resign recently.
"No violation in policy on reservation for BCs,local students'
City based Nalsar University of Law Tuesday denied the Congress charge of violating any policy on reservation for Backward Classes and local students and clarified it provides 20 per cent for those from Telangana. AICC spokesperson Sravan had written to Telangana Chief Minister K C Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday, charging the law school with denying 85 per cent quota for students from the state and having no reservation for BCs. Prof. Balakista Reddy,Registrar of Nalsar, in a statement here, said the University has to function in accordance with the Nalsar University Act, 1998, which originally did not provide for any reservation, including local reservation. It was only in 2010 that the Act was amended and Section 5A inserted in it, as per which there would be reservation in courses for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Physically Challenged Persons, Women and resident students of Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). Prof Reddy said the amendment also specified that ...
ICSE 10, 12 exam results declared, 2 students score 100 per cent marks
Girls outshone boys in the ICSE Class 10 and 12 examination, with two students scoring 100 per cent marks. This is the first time that students have scored 100 per cent marks in the ISC exam. The results of the ICSE class 10 and ISC class 12 were announced on Tuesday by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon. While girls achieved a pass percentage of 99.05 per cent in class 10 examination as against 98.12 per cent by boys, the pass percentage achieved by girls in class 12 examination is 97.84 per cent as against 95.40 per cent of boys. Mumbai's Juhi Rupesh Kajaria and Muktsar's Manhar Bansal topped the class 10 ISCE examination with 99.60 per cent. The second rank has been shared by ten students with 99.40 per cent marks and the third rank has been shared by 24 students with 99.20 per cent marks. Kolkata's Dewang Kumar Agarwal and Bengaluru's Vibha Swaminathan topped the class 12 ISC examination with 100 per cent ...
Naveen seeks JEE Advanced registration date extension
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday requested the Centre to extend the registration date of the JEE Advanced examinations by at least 10 days in the wake of cyclone Fani.
Inter exams row: BJP leaders call on kin of students who
BJP leaders in Telangana Tuesday called on family members of students who allegedly committed suicide ever since the results were declared on April 18, upset over the marks they got. The alleged goof-up in the declaration of results by Board of Intermediate Education led to protests by students, parents, students' organisations and political parties in the state. State BJP president K Laxman and party MP Bandaru Dattatreya separately met family members of students who allegedly committed suicide. While Laxman met some in Hyderabad, Dattatreya visited a family in Warangal. "This is not a suicide. We feel this is a murder by the government," Laxman told reporters, after meeting the family members of a girl student Tuesday. The objective in meeting family members is to console them and extend moral support. The BJP would also make efforts to get ex-gratia from the government to the kin of the deceased, Laxman had said on Monday. He claimed that about 25 students have ended .
Sam Pitroda: Salute teachers who condemned Modi's statement on Rajiv Gandhi
Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda on Tuesday commended a signature campaign of around 200 teachers who came out to condemn Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial statement on his predecessor Rajiv Gandhi."I salute the 200 teachers from Delhi University and other places who are concerned about our education and future. They set the tone for values, character and courage. I am delighted that they all came together and signed a paper which condemns what PM Narendra Modi is saying about former PM Rajiv Gandhi," he said..
Polycab CEO asks for 'Guru Dakshina' from SDA Bocconi Asia Centre's Graduating Class of 2019
SDA Bocconi Asia Centre, formerly named MISB Bocconi, hosted the Convocation ceremony of their 6th Batch of the Post-Graduate Program in Business.The ceremony was conducted in the presence of Dean David Bardolet, MD Alessandro Giuliani, Prof Anjana Grewal, Prof Seema Khanvilkar and the Chief Guest Ramakrishnan, Chief Executive of Polycab Ltd.Dean Prof David Bardolet exhorted students to transfer the model of hard work, creativity and passion that they had established during the program to their future corporate positions. He stated that just like their initiatives and ideas had left a legacy in the school, so too those could make a significant cultural change in their companies."As a growing institution in India, we are aware of the particularly large impact that each one of you can have in making people in this country aware of what SDA Bocconi stands for and what we do. You are truly our biggest brand ambassadors and we feel very comfortable putting that role in your hands", he ...
Chris Evans surprises former classmates
Actor Chris Evans surprised his former classmates at their 20-year high school reunion.
Indian autistic teen among CBSE toppers in UAE
A 17-year-old autistic teenager was among the Indian school students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who topped the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 examinations, the media reported on Tuesday.
Kerala CM congragualtes 10th CBSE topper
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday congragulated Bhavana N Sivadas, who was among the toppers in the 10th standard examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). In a Facebook Post, Vijayan said he had called the young achiever and telephonically congragulated her for the achievement. "Called and congragulated her on phone, Let this achievement inspire her to reach more heights," he wrote. Bhavana Sivadas, hailing from Palakkad, was one among the 13 students who scored 499 out of 500 marks clinching the first rank in the CBSE school examination.
J-K: Army Goodwill Schools outshine with 100% pass result in CBSE Class 10 exams
Students of Army Goodwill Schools in Jammu and Kashmir have scored 100 per cent pass result in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 exams, the Indian Army said.Hittam Ayoub from Rajouri district has topped scoring 94.2 per cent.The Indian Army runs 43 Goodwill schools in Jammu and Kashmir, especially for those in far-flung areas, of which 3 are affiliated to the CBSE.The results were announced at 2 pm on the official website of the CBSEcbseresults.nic.in and cbse.nic.in. on Monday.The CBSE class 10 Board Exams were conducted at 4974 centres across India and abroad with participation of a total of 19298 schools.Starting with just four primary schools in 1998, Northern Command is currently running 43 Army Goodwill Schools under Project Sadbhavana and provides education to nearly 15000 students and employs around 1000 teaching and non-teaching staff.The schools have constantly endeavoured to co-opt modern teaching aids, such as digital classrooms, modern labs, ...
NEET on May 20 for train-delayed Karnataka students
A total of 365 students of Karnataka will get a chance to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 20 as they missed it on Sunday due to the train in which they were travelling from the state's northern districts reached Bengaluru 7 hours late, said Union HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar on Monday.
Atishi's manifesto focuses on women safety
From starting women-only buses after 7 pm, to increasing the number of PCR vans and establishment of mahila thanas, East Delhi AAP candidate Atishi Marlena focussed on women safety in the manifesto released by her Monday. Marlena said many DDA roads in the constituency are not well lit and are a major concern for women. "A thorough survey will be conducted to identify all dark spots around East Delhi, and proper lighting will be installed in these areas," the manifesto said. The manifesto said the first major step will be to increase the number of PCR vans in East Delhi, so that 24-hour police surveillance acts as a deterrent for anti-social elements. "New police beat boxes will be set up around residential areas, so that people feel safe at all hours of the day, and response time for problems reduces to no more than a few minutes," it said. She said the number of police officials working in East Delhi will be increased, keeping in mind the population density and high demand of the ...
Oakridgers triumph in CBSE Grade 12 results
Oakridgers across all campuses emerged triumphantly in the recently announced CBSE Grade 12 results.Over 209 students from across three Oakridge campuses appeared in this year's exam, of which 36 students achieved 90 per cent and above. Over 127 students achieved 75 per cent and above, beating their last year performance.Tripti Singhania and Poorvi Mohan Kumar from Oakridge Gachibowli campus were the top scorers overall, while Shubanghi Gupta (477/500) from Gachibowli campus, Sri Moukthika Garimella (469/500) from Bachupally campus and Samanvitha Goluguri (465/500) from Visakhapatnam campus were other top performers this year."Oakridge International School has been a part of me for 15 years of my life now. The homely environment with amazing teachers and interactive extra-curricular activities have helped me get all the experiences that raised me to the platform where I stand now making my school and family proud achieving 96 per cent in boards," said Singhania, who achieved a score ..
Dedicated hours, no parent pressure, no social media policy among CBSE class 10 toppers mantras
From studying a dedicated number of hours to a 'no social media' policy and sticking to NCERT books were among the mantras adopted by toppers of class 10 CBSE examination. While 13 students shared the top rank with a score of 499 out of 500 marks, the second rank has been bagged by 25 students with 498 marks and 59 students shared the third rank with 497 marks. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the class 10 exam results on Monday with 91.10 per cent candidates clearing the exam. "I maintained a schedule of studying four hours throughout the year rather than just pulling up my socks right before the exams. That is the mantra that helped me score well," said Taru Jain from Jaipur, who is among the top rankers. Poorti Srivastava from UP who has bagged the third rank said, "There are lot of reference books available in the market but my teachers asked me to restrict myself to NCERT books. And that idea of actually studying less worked for me". According to Shivani .
K'taka students who missed NEET due to train delay will get another chance: Javadekar
Karnataka students who missed the medical entrance examination NEET on Sunday due to a train delay will get another chance, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said Monday. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for these students will be conducted on May 20, he said. The decision was taken following a request by Karanataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. "Happy to announce that Karnataka students who missed NEET exam due to railway delay will get another chance," Javadekar tweeted. Also, in Odisha, where the NEET was postponed in view of the cyclone 'Fani', the exam will be conducted on May 20, he said. In West Bengal's Siliguri, where students at one exam centre couldn't take the test because they didn't get the question paper in the opted language Hindi, the reexamination will be held on the same day, the minister said. The NEET for admission to medical colleges was held across the country on Sunday. But hundreds of students from Karnataka missed the exam as their train
