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Retest of economics paper will not delay results: CBSE official
An official of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has said that the re-test of the Class 12 Economics paper, held on April 25, nearly a month after it was leaked, will not delay declaration of results. "The results will be declared on time as the evaluation is in advanced stage despite re-exam of economics paper. We have rigorously followed up with schools to send more evaluators than the required number," a senior Board official told PTI. There were also reports of the CBSE's Class 10 mathematics paper being leaked, but the board decided against its re-test, saying class 10 was just an "internal segment" of school education system. The reports of leak of the CBSE papers had caused disappointment among students across the country last month. In Delhi, students held protests accusing the CBSE of negligence and demanded immediate action against the guilty. According to Delhi Police, the class 12 economics paper was leaked on 23 March - three days before the scheduled date ..
Curiosity can boost kids grades in school
Children who are curious are more likely to perform better in school, regardless of economic background, scientists including one of Indian origin have found. Researchers at University of Michigan in the US analysed data from 6,200 kindergartners since birth in 2001. They measured curiosity based on a behavioral questionnaire from parents and assessed reading and math achievement among kindergartners. Children with lower socioeconomic status generally have lower achievement than peers, but those who were characterised as curious performed similarly on math and reading assessments as children from higher income families. "Our results suggest that while higher curiosity is associated with higher academic achievement in all children, the association of curiosity with academic achievement is greater in children with low socioeconomic status," said Prachi Shah, an assistant research scientist at at University of Michigan. "Curiosity is characterized by the joy of discovery and the desire ..
Pvt schools in Chandigarh have to declare income, can't raise fees arbitrarily
Private schools and other unaided educational institutes in Chandigarh will henceforth have to declare their income and expenditure every year and will not be able to raise the fee arbitrarily or any time during the academic session. In a gazette notification, the Union Territory (UT) division of the Home Ministry also said no part of income from the private schools shall be diverted to any individual in the trust or school management committee and it cannot indulge in profiteering or charge capitation fee. The notification came after the central government decided to extend to Chandigarh, an Union Territory, the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institution Act, 2016 with certain modifications. "Provided further that every unaided educational institution shall (a) upload income, expenditure account and balance sheet on its website; (b) not charge any kind of cost from the parents; (c) disclose complete fee structure at the beginning of the academic year in the booklet ..
Wipro expands science education fellowship program for US school teachers
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17 wounded in South Carolina road mishap
At least seventeen people have been wounded when a charter bus carrying a high school chorus team crashed early on Sunday morning (local time) in South Carolina's Colleton County in the United States (US).There were 30 people on the bus at the time of the wreck, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue Chief Barry McRoy, the US media reported.According to the reports eleven were transported to Colleton Medical Center, two of whom suffered serious injuries, including the bus driver. Six more, all students, were referred for treatment after arriving at the hospital later.McRoy said the bus heading northbound ran off the left side, crossed southbound lanes and went down an embankment.The group, of students and chaperones from a chorus group at Beddingfield High School in Wilson, North Carolina reportedly, was on its way home from a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.The Beddingfield Chorus Facebook account said all students and chaperones treated at the hospital "should be ...
82.7pc students pass UP Board Class 12 exam in Noida
In Gautam Buddha Nagar of Uttar Pradesh, 82.7 per cent Class 12 students and 81.5 per cent Class 10 students passed the UP Board examination, the results of which were declared today. In the district, 16,381 students had appeared for Class 12 examination. For Class 10, 20,741 students had appeared for the exmination, P K Upadyay, district inspectors of schools, said. He said District Magistrate B N Singh has directed officials to felicitate the top 10 scorers from Class 10 and Class 12 from the district. Anjali Sharma of ADRD Inter College, Dankaur, topped the Class 12 results with 89 per cent marks. Chinu Chhonkar of Shri Ram Model Inter College, Thora, came second with 88.8 per cent marks, while Krishan Kumar of the same institute came third with 88.6 per cent marks. Rohan Kumar Saini of Bihari Lal Inter College, Dankaur, topped the Class 10 results with 92.5 per cent marks.
3 teachers suspended for misappropriation of funds in Assam
The Hailakandi district administration in Assam has placed three head teachers under suspension for misappropriation of funds meant to procure school uniforms in Katlicherra Education Block, an official release said today. The suspension order has been issued following an inquiry report submitted by Block Accountant Arpita Dey and endorsed by Block Elementary Education Officer, on April 27, it said. "Prima facie evidence is established that the said teachers have committed offences that need to be dealt urgently. And considering the exigency and gravity of the offences, they are placed under suspension pending drawl of departmental proceedings," said an official order issued on Friday. The order prohibits the incumbents from leaving the headquarters without prior permission of the authorities concerned, the release said. The concerned schools are Dholai Krishnatilla LP School, Dholai Natun Tilla LP School and 693 Tilagram LP School, it added.
Girls outshine boys in AP board exams
Girls outperformed boys in the Andhra Pradesh State Board Secondary School Certificate examinations-2018, the results of which were released by HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao here today. The overall pass percentage was 94.48, an increase of 2.56 per cent compared to 91.92 per cent last year, the Minister told reporters here. The girls scored a pass percentage 94.56, while boys 94.41 per cent, he said. Prakasam district topped with 97.98 percentage while Nellore district recorded the lowest at 80.39 percentage, Rao said. A total of 6,13,378 students -- 3,15,508 boys and 2,97,870 girls -- appeared for the examinations held in March, he added.
Allahabad girl Anjali tops Class 10 UP Board exam
Allahabad girl Anjali Verma topped the Class 10 examination conducted by the UP Board with 96.33 per cent marks, while Rajneesh Shukla from Fatehpur and Akash Maurya from Barabanki were joint toppers in Class 12 with 93.20 per cent marks. Verma studied at Brij Behari Sahai Inter College in Allahabad. Shukla studied at Sarvodaya Inter College in Gopalganj, while Maurya studied at Sri Sai Inter College in Barabanki. Declaring the results in Allahabad, Avadh Naresh Sharma, director, secondary education, said the exams this year were held in a "fair" environment under CCTV camera surveillance. Eleven students from Barabanki district were among the list of top 10 scorers in Class 10. While three students from the district were among the top five in Class 12 results. The pass percentage for Class 12 was 72.43 per cent; for Class 10, it was 75.16 per cent, officials said. The Uttar Pradesh government this year had cracked down on the practice of cheating during exams. Many centres were put ..
SAD chief challenges Punjab CM on removal of chapters from school books
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday challenged Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to prove his claim that chapters on Sikh history were not deleted from PSEB's Class 12 books.
Will tap potential of UP's youth, says Yogi, lauds students' performance in 'cheating-less' exams
Seventy two per cent students have cleared "cheating-less" board examinations in Uttar Pradesh and the government will take the state ahead by tapping the potential of the youth, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today. The state government is coming up with a scheme of residential schools for children of poor and labourers, he added. Adityanath was speaking at an event where he blessed 678 couples, including 24 Muslim couples, during a mass marriage ceremony on the campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University here. Taking a jibe at the previous SP and BSP regimes in the state, Adityanath claimed during those times, the effect of corruption was seen in all government policies. Things are different now, he said. Adityanath said "a 72 per cent result has been achieved in a cheating-less UP board examinations (for class 10th and 12th)". It is a good sign and we are marching towards development, he said. We will use the energy of youth and students by tapping their potential to ...
Class X student used brother's Q paper in exam: CBSE
The CBSE has refuted a girl student's claim to the Kerala High Court of having been given a wrong question paper in the recent Mathematics board exam, saying she had 'fabricated a story' as she was 'weak' in the subject. In its counter-affidavit, submitted to the court last week in response to student Ameeya Saleem's plea, the CBSE said that instead of using the 2018 question paper, she had used her brother's question paper of 2016 for her Class X board exams, held recently. The board further submitted that the student was weak in Mathematics, and was attempting to mislead the authorities by fabricating a story and submitting false complaints to the Board. The student had moved the court suppressing the material facts and hence was not entitled for any discretionary relief, the CBSE said in its counter. The Court had on April 9 admitted the girl's petition, which claimed that she was given a 2016 question paper during the Maths exam and urged that her answer sheet be assessed based ..
'2 govt teachers for 200 tribal students in JK's Doda school'
A government middle school in a remote village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir is in dire need of attention as only two teachers are posted there for 200 tribal students. The school located in the hill village of Dhadkai, five kilometers from Gandoh town, has been facing the staff shortage for a very long time despite having highest enrolment in the district, which was recently described by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as the most underdeveloped region in the state. But this school is not the only facing paucity of teachers. There are other schools, especially in the far-flung areas of the district, which are faced with almost the same problem, an official said. He said efforts are underway to address the problem. Comprising two panchayats Dhadkai A and Dhadkai B - all the village residents are Gujjars. In December last year, Chief Minister Mehbooba termed Doda as the most underdeveloped region with poor connectivity and vowed to work tirelessly for its overall ...
Afghanistan launches leaflet drop to boost lacklustre voter registration
Afghanistan is airdropping leaflets as it steps up efforts to boost the low number of voter registrations for upcoming legislative elections, amid concerns that a poor turnout will undermine the credibility of the poll. A series of attacks on voter registration centres across the war-torn country, including a suicide bomb in Kabul a week ago, has deterred many Afghans from signing up to participate in the October 20 ballot. Just over 650,000 adults had registered by Saturday, a fortnight after the two-month long process began, data compiled by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) showed. The IEC, which is overseeing preparations for the long-delayed parliamentary and district council vote, hopes to register up to 14 million adults at more than 7,000 polling centres. But if the current trend were to continue, fewer than three million people would be registered by the mid-June deadline. "We are concerned about the low turnout," IEC spokesman Shafi Jalali told AFP on Sunday, adding .
75% Kerala classrooms go high-tech
About 75 per cent of Kerala's 45,000 classrooms in 4,775 state-owned secondary schools have been made high-tech with laptops, projectors, speakers and other equipment.
India has chance to re-emerge as global powerhouse of edu: Naidu
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the nation has a chance to re-emerge as a global powerhouse in the field of education, but for that changes in syllabus and improvement in infrastructure are needed. Inaugurating the new campus of the Central University of Kerala at nearby Periye and dedicating it to the nation, he said India was once known as 'vishwaguru' and people from across the globe used to come here to study and acquire knowledge and expertise in different domains. "However, the situation changed following foreign invasions and the British rule, and India lost its pre-eminent position in the field of education," Naidu said. The vice president said all higher educational institutes, including central universities, have the onerous responsibility of transforming the country into the epicentre of knowledge and innovation. "Today, the country has a chance to re-emerge as a global powerhouse in the field of education. But this requires reorienting the syllabus and improving
Delhi Minorities panel seeks clarification on Friday Namaz from MHA
The Delhi Minorities Commission has sent a query to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs seeking clarification over a provision that allows the Muslim employees of the government attend the Friday Namaz during work hours. The move came after a delegation of Muslim teachers in Delhi met the Commission Chairman Zafarul Islam Khan and sought his help in this issue. The delegation of teachers from schools run by the Delhi government and civic bodies said on Fridays, they faced difficulty in attending the Namaz as they needed to reach their respective schools 15 minutes before 1 am which clashes with their prayer time, Khan said. "The teachers cited an MHA order of 1954 that said Muslim government employees have the right to offer Friday prayer but a deduction from their salary could be made for the working time used in it. "Last week a query was sent to the Union home secretary seeking to know if the 1954 order still exists and the current status on the issue. A reply is awaited," Khan ...
Adityanath congratulates students for passing board exams
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday congratulated all the students who passed UP board Class X and XII examinations.The Chief Minister told ANI, "I am really happy that such a good result has come. I want to congratulate everyone who has passed in these examinations. This time all the exams were held without any complaints of cheating coming from anywhere."Earlier today, the results of Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) for class 12 and 10 were declared on the official website upresults.nic.in.UP Board director Awadh Naresh Sharma told media that the passing percentage of boys is 72.27 percent and that of girls is 78.81 percent."Results of class 12th of UP Board have been announced. The passing percentage of boys is 72.27 percent and the passing percentage of girls is 78.81 percent. Rajneesh Shukla and Akash Maurya topped with 466 marks each," Sharma said.Meanwhile, Class 10th topper Anjali Verma, daughter of a farmer, thanked her school teachers for ..
Rotten fruit causes Melbourne university evacuation
More than 500 students and teachers were evacuated from a university in Melbourne on Sunday as a result of a smell initially suspected to be gas.
Digital recording facilities in schools: Tenders invited
Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has invited tenders to equip all secondary schools in the state with digital recording and video conferencing facilities as part of the ambitious Hi-Tech School programme. Under the unique programme, 45,000 classrooms in 4,775 schools are in the process of being upgraded as hi-tech. There will also be an array of 'Student Reporters' from all schools with their own web-based school televisions that will be interconnected. As part the state government's Public Education Rejuvenation Mission, KITE has begun the process for deploying video recording devices for digital content preparation at schools along with video conferencing systems, a KITE press release said. KITE has released the national tender for 4,775 numbers of multi-function printers, HD DSLR camera, HD webcam and 42-inch LED TVs, the deployment of which would be completed by June. It has already provided laptops, multimedia projectors, projector ceiling ..
