CBSE exams to get tougher
CHENNAI: If the pre-boards are any indication, scoring in the CBSE Class 12 board examination is set to get a little more difficult than usual. Changes have been made in the exam pattern, shifting from 'objective-type' questions to 'application-based' ones. The number of questions in subjects such as political science, economics, business studies and accountancy was reduced, while the number...
CBSE to launch pre-exam counselling for students and parents
CHANDIGARH: With Board exams nearing the anxiety levels of class X and XII students preparing for board exams are on the rise and to help students cope well with the situation Central Board for Secondary education will launch its pre-examination counselling for students and parents on Monday, February 2. The facility will continue till April 20. There will be four...
Rohan Murty to be inducted into education advisory board
NEW DELHI: Rohan Narayan Murty, the man behind the ambitious Murty Classics of India, will be made a member of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), the oldest and highest advisory body on education. Murty's name is among the host of scholars and policy planners being inducted into CABE. Murty, alumni of Cornell University and Harvard University and son...
Colleges woo students with integrated courses
CHENNAI: Chennai-based B-school, Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), is setting up a university to offer integrated programme in engineering and management. Spread over 30 acres, the Great Lakes University in Sri City is expected to commence its academic year in 2017. Its first batch will have 180 students and full time faculty of 40 professors. "During the first four years,...
Not many willing to recruit integrated graduates
COIMBATORE: The popularity of integrated courses is high among students abroad and now they are gaining acceptance here as well. Apart from the engineering-management combo, there are undergrad-postgraduate programmes in medical nanotechnology, big data management, mathematics etc on offer. The trend may well catch on provided universities and colleges tailor courses to suit the needs of potential recruiters or to develop...
Class X CBSE exam system to include qualitative education
Class X exam system conducted by CBSE has been undergoing changes from past few years. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is mulling over the idea of bringing change in the exam system with 'qualitative education full of sanskars'. Minister of State in the HRD Ministry Ram Shankar Katheria on Wednesday said the government has also decided to open a...
Tips from last year’s CBSE topper Sarthak Agrawal on study techniques
In an exclusive interview with India Today, the last year's topper Sarthak Agrawal talks about pressure of exams and his study techniques. The bright mind talked about his schedule and shared the things he followed for his board exams preparation. How to Study?: All you require to do is follow up with your syllabus and study for an hour...
No braille textbooks for sightless college students in Odisha
BERHAMPUR: Absence of braille textbooks have forced sightless college students in Odisha to depend on either audio tapes or reading assistants. "We are facing much difficulty to prepare for examinations due to lack of braille books. Quite often, we are unable to pick up what reading assistants dictate to us," said Krushna Chandra Moharana, a second year student of Khallikote...
Govt moots KG to PG institutions
NEW DELHI: The government could roll out an ambitious programme of setting up of 'kindergarten to post graduate' institutions in educationally-backward districts of the country. The proposal is under consideration of the HRD Ministry and could find mention in the Union Budget to be tabled on February 28, sources in the ministry said. While the concept is not new to...
Nursery admissions to be digitalised
Gone are the days when parents have to visit schools for admissions. CBSE schools have made it more easy for the parents as the online admission portal has been opened for nursery in Chennai. The initiative was taken positively both by schools and parents. Schools have an upper hand of easily downloading the data provided by the parents and analyse...
