March 16, 2013, 12:00 am
The CBSE Class XII board accountancy paper on Friday proved challenging, particularly tricky was the HOTS (higher order thinking skills) section. Having sailed through relatively easy papers earlier, on Friday even above-average students emerged from the examination hall looking grim and worried. Set three’s question number 22 was of BCom... Read more...March 15, 2013, 12:00 am
Going beyond academics, the CBSE is launching initiatives to shape the lives of students and make them responsible citizens of tomorrow. As part of this the premier academic body is now driving home the twin messages of conserving energy and abjuring tobacco. The CBSE is reminding students that India... Read more...March 14, 2013, 12:00 am
In an effort to reach its students in a more casual way and to let them understand study projects and various subject oriented topics, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) logged on to YouTube to start its own channel - CBSEChannel - on the video sharing portal. While CBSE... Read more...March 14, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE has proposed to introduce an ’open book examination’ system in class 9 and 10 from 2014 wherein students will be informed of relevant chapters on which questions will be based. As per the concept, while students will not be allowed to carry textbooks inside the examination hall, they will... Read more...March 14, 2013, 12:00 am
Kerala CBSE Schools Management Association delegation which met CBSE Chairman, Vineet Joshi, in Delhi on Monday and briefed him on the confusion and contradiction likely to result from the insistence on follow two types of syllabus in the same school. The association claims that there is a demand from the Kerala... Read more...March 13, 2013, 12:00 am
It seems the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) enjoys autonomy in distorting Odia spellings. The CBSE Class X second language Odia question paper, examination for which was held on Monday, has at least 30 spelling and grammatical mistakes. This makes an average of 2.5 mistakes per question in the... Read more...March 13, 2013, 12:00 am
Kerala CBSE Schools Managements Association will approach the Union Minister for Human Resource Development M Mangapati Pallam Raju to avoid the confusion over the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and Kerala Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011, of the Kerala Government... Read more...March 12, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) verification drive to check quality of internal assessments for Std IX and X in its affiliated schools has revealed some shocking figures. Almost 9% of the 5,000 randomly selected schools were found to have inflated grades of its students "to a great extent"... Read more...March 12, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE schools in the state have sought clarification from Centre as to whether the state or central government has power over the functioning and syllabus of CBSE schools. In a memorandum to Human Resource Development minister, Pallam Raju, Kerala CBSE Schools Management Association, which represents 860 Schools affiliated to CBSE in... Read more...March 12, 2013, 12:00 am
The Education Department has decided to file an objection to the draft of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Bill 2013, protesting the absence of an active role for the state government. The Bill was placed for discussion in the meeting of State Education Secretaries in New Delhi on... Read more...March 8, 2013, 12:00 am
Amid reports of a recruitment drive being conducted on behalf of a ’CBSE staff selection board’, the CBSE on Thursday cautioned the public against getting duped by such a body. "It is notified in public interest that CBSE does not have any board named as CBSE staff selection board and has... Read more...March 7, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE is pushing forward its initiative of using technology to promote academics and values. The central board has become the first among peers in country to have an official channel on YouTube, being called CBSEChannel. On this channel, affiliated schools can post videos produced by them thus giving them a... Read more...March 6, 2013, 12:00 am
With a good number of indirect questions and numericals, the physics exam for Class XII boards turned out to be slightly tricky. Students who had prepared selectively were in for a surprise as the question paper deviated from the general pattern. However, the value-based question in the first science paper... Read more...March 6, 2013, 12:00 am
Some students have reportedly been deprived of appearing for their CBSE Class X exam across several schools of the state "due to mistakes committed by the concerned school authorities while filling up examination forms." The All Nyishi Students’ Union (Ansu) on Tuesday alleged that students from Government Secondary School, RGU campus,... Read more...March 5, 2013, 12:00 am
This year’s CBSE board exams is yet to spring a surprise - Monday’s history paper was also a balanced one with good scoring options. Even the value-based question was sourced from the chapter ’Rebels and the Raj’, maps didn’t pose any problem. While students found the paper manageable within the... Read more...March 4, 2013, 12:00 am
The CBSE Class X Board examinations got under way on Saturday with the Mathematics exam. For students good at the subject, it was the best start they could ask for. But, students with no particular love for the subject entered the exam hall with a prayer on their lips not to... Read more...March 4, 2013, 12:00 am
To promote experimentation in learning, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come up with an online lab for school experiments (OLabs) for students of classes IX and X. A novel e-learning project, the online lab is based on the concept of virtual learning environment which provides experience in online practical... Read more...March 2, 2013, 12:00 am
The class XII students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) heaved a sigh of relief as the first exam of English proved to be an easy ride. The CBSE board exams for class X and XII commenced on Friday. Examination at 176 centres in Bihar and Jharkhand was... Read more...March 1, 2013, 12:00 am
More than 12 lakh students will be sitting for the CBSE class X examination and nearly ten lakh will appear in class XII test, both beginning March 1. In all, 12,59,202 students will be sitting for the class X examination, an increase of 6.70 per cent over in 2012. Similarly, 9,42,035... Read more...February 28, 2013, 12:00 am
Competition is an inseparable part of one�s life. The approach of Board examinations means the beginning of fear in the mind of a student and high level of performance anxiety. During this time of the year when the board examinations are approaching, the students need to have a well-planned strategy, which... Read more...February 28, 2013, 12:00 am
From this year the Central Board of Secondary Education has reduced the number of chances students of classes X and XII will receive to improve performance or clear the exam. The changes in compartment and improvement rules will be effective for the 2013-14 batch of students who will take the... Read more...February 28, 2013, 12:00 am
Over 12 lakh students will be sitting for the CBSE class X examination and nearly ten lakh will appear in class XII test, both beginning March one. In all, 12,59,202 students will be sitting for the class X examination, an increase of 6.70 per cent over last year, said a CBSE... Read more...February 27, 2013, 12:00 am
Some activists of Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) here on Sunday attacked vehicles of the DAV Sushil Kedia school for following the CBSE syllabus, the second such attack on the institution. The activists attacked two school buses and a private car being used by school principal Bhuvaneshwari Rao, also an Indian... Read more...February 27, 2013, 12:00 am
Over 1.8 students of Bihar and Jharkhand would be taking the class 10 and 12 CBSE board examinations starting March 1. Students of over 400 schools of Bihar and almost 300 schools of Jharkhand are busy with last-minute preparation to take the examinations. While over 1.14 lakh students would be taking... Read more...February 27, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will send the question papers for Classes IX and X for their Summative II examination, online. This will be done through the Integrated Test Management System (ITMS). Each school has to register their school name with a user name and password and complete their... Read more...February 25, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) grade system in which students are given grades in place of marks has come as a major relief for students, parents and teachers. This system, which scrapped the practice of declaring somebody as �fail,� had contributed immensely in relieving the stress on all stakeholders,... Read more...February 25, 2013, 12:00 am
The CBSE regional office, Guwahati, has asked the affiliated schools to organize various programmes and encourage children to participate in activities related to the maintenance of Indian heritage. The objective of the move is to develop the personality of students through music and dance, along with other co-curricular activities. "We are... Read more...February 19, 2013, 12:00 am
Nowadays Economics becomes career oriented subject due to widely acceptance in the field of finance. Its broad nature attracts so many students at the academic level to higher level. By now you must have done your calculations as to how you will prepare for this subject. And most you must have... Read more...February 18, 2013, 12:00 am
The first Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) test, mandated by the Central Board for Secondary Education for students of classes 9 and 11 went off without a hitch in the city on Saturday. The test included questions under quantitative reasoning, qualitative reasoning and language conventions. The first sections had questions on... Read more...February 18, 2013, 12:00 am
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has written to schools informing them that they are organising an orientation programme on Transport Systems and Logistic Management for teachers. In a letter to school principals, CBSE has said that transportation and logistics have been assuming importance with rise of private industry and trade... Read more...February 15, 2013, 12:00 am
For Accountancy, one needs to have a clear idea about the syllabus, cover each chapter thoroughly as the questions may be direct or indirect, note down the formulas and principles of accounting separately and study it again and again. Once finished the whole syllabus revise it again as many times as... Read more...February 13, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has taken cognizance of the stress that students go through during examination. Hence, the board has educed ways to ensure that students can take exams smoothly sans the stress. �We understand that the exam centre is a completely different environment for students and they... Read more...February 13, 2013, 12:00 am
Like English, to score good marks in Hindi too, you need have good presentation skills. The board examiner doesn’t know you personally and doesn’t know what to anticipate from an answer sheet. The way you present your work plays a major role in determining the impact you make on the... Read more...February 13, 2013, 12:00 am
As CBSE-affiliated schools in state prepared to register online for the board’s latest initiative, online generation of question papers, an erroneous list caused major confusion. The list put online by CBSE details the clusters and zones in which schools have been divided into, according to which they will have to... Read more...February 12, 2013, 12:00 am
A new Indian curriculum school launched its admissions process in Dubai on Sunday and is set to commence classes in April. With parents running around to ensure admission for their children this coming academic year, there�s good news in store. A new Indian school with CBSE curriculum will be opening its... Read more...February 12, 2013, 12:00 am
To be able to score good marks in English, most important is your presentation skills. The board examiner doesn’t know you personally and doesn’t know what to anticipate from an answer sheet. The way you present your work plays a major role in determining the impact you make on the... Read more...February 12, 2013, 12:00 am
The introduction of sama�cheer kalvi (common syllabus for all schools) and compulsory Tamil in schools across the state have reportedly made several parents, especially from the linguistic minority, opt for CBSE rather than matriculation schools. Parents have urged the government to let them decide their second language and revert to the... Read more...February 7, 2013, 12:00 am
The CBSE XII board examination is less than three weeks away and anxiety and nervousness is taking over a vast majority of examinees, for whom this would their first attempt at a board examination. Several students had opted for the comprehensive continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) in class X and... Read more...
