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Andhra boy tops JEE-Mains exam
Vijaywada's Bhogi Suraj Krishna has topped the Joint Entrance Examination-Mains for admissions to engineering colleges across the country, with over 2.3 lakh students, including more than 50,000 girls, qualifying the test whose results were declared today by the CBSE. The second rank in the exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was bagged by Hemant Kumar Chodipilli from Andhra Pradesh, while Rajasthan's Parth Laturia secured the third spot. I was confident of my performance when the answer keys were out, but had not expected to bag the top rank, Krishna told PTI over phone from Vijaywada, adding that he wants to join IIT Bombay. While over 11 lakh candidates had registered for the exam, a total of 10.74 lakh candidates had appeared for the test, of which 2,31,024 qualified the exam. Among those who have cleared the exam, 1,80, 331 are boys and 50,693 girls. Besides seeking admission in various engineering colleges across India, the qualified candidates are .
Google ties up with CBSE for results, exam-related info
Tech giant Google today said it has collaborated with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to allow students check their results on its platform. "Starting today with the JEE Main exam results, the CBSE is enabling students to look up exam results directly on the Google Search page," Google said in a statement. This will help students quickly, securely, and seamlessly locate their exam score on their smartphone or desktop, it added. The statement said Google had worked closely with CBSE to "ensure that the data is handled securely and used solely for the purpose of showing the results on Google, and only for the duration that this feature is live". Besides, Google has also introduced additional features making it easier for students to see information like test dates, registration dates, important links, and other key information right within Google Search when they search for exams like GATE, SSC CGL, CAT and others. With over 260 million students enrolled in more than 1.5 ...
PSEB to upload Class 11 history book on website
The Punjab School Education Board said today it will upload the new Class 11 history book on its website, after opposition parties accused PSEB of removing chapters related to the era of Sikh Gurus from Class 12 books. "The new book of Class 11 will be uploaded on PSEB website in next 10 days and thereafter, it will be released in the printed form," a senior PSEB official said here. Opposition parties, including the Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party, have charged PSEB with deleting the history of Sikh Gurus from the history book of Class 12. The state's Congress government has rubbished the accusations and said the chapters related to Sikh history have been moved from Class 12 to Class 11. Yesterday, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal dared Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to produce before the media copies of the new history book to prove his claim that chapters on Sikh history were not deleted from the Class 12 syllabus. A row erupted after PSEB decided to publish history book for the ...
Notice to Union health ministry on plea to declare univ's courses illegal
The Madras High Court issued notice to the secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on a plea to declare certain courses offered by the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University here, without the permission of the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI), illegal. Justice S Vaidyanathan also issued notice to the MCI and the university, returnable by the first week of June. The petition is filed by the Doctors' Welfare Association of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has submitted that the university is offering or proposing various courses without the Centre's prior permission. It is offering various post-graduate degree, diploma courses and fellowship programmes without the prior permission of the Centre and the recognition of qualification by the MCI as per section 11 of the Medical Council of India Act-1956, the petitioner has submitted. The university conducting or proposing to conduct such courses, either by itself or through colleges affiliated to it or through the ...
Maha govt to form international board for non-English schools
The Maharashtra government will set up an education board for the non-English medium schools in the state, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said today. "The government has decided to form the Maharashtra International Education Board (MIEB) to prepare the syllabus for the non-English medium schools. It will compete with the existing boards such as CBSE and ICSE," Tawde told reporters here. In the first phase, 13 selected Marathi schools will function according to the new syllabus of international standard, he said, adding that every district would soon have least one school affiliated to the international board. The MIEB will be an autonomous body which will decide the curriculum for its schools and conduct examinations, Tawde said. The MIEB will be the second board in the state after the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.
Imran Khan unveils agenda for 'new Pakistan'
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has unveiled his party's 11-point agenda to turn the country into a "Naya Pakistan" at a rally in Lahore.
Startup policy: Goa aims to feature in top 25 hotspots in Asia
"Goa government has unveiled its policy to make the coastal state one of the most preferred startup destinations in India and make it feature among the top 25 startup hotspots in Asia by 2025. The 'startup' policy, unveiled last Saturday by Union commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu in presence of state information and technology minister Rohan Khaunte, aims to create at least 100 successful startups in Goa in the next five years, and generate at least 5,000 jobs. The policy document which is uploaded online on state government website said that the vision of this policy would be "to make Goa one of the most preferred startup destinations of India, and make it feature in the top 25 start up destinations in Asia by 2025". The startup policy, which would be in force for the next three years, will also provides financial incentives to the entrepreneurs with an aim to make Goa an aspirational geographical and human resources base for high-value startups. It also ...
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 ...