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CBSE introducing Katha Clubs, offers write stuff

August 6, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE students soon can pen his thoughts, his writing skills, explore the world of writers, relish new stories and contest for awards. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce Katha Clubs, storytelling groups, in all its schools in a novel attempt to tap the potential of... Full News

CBSE warned schools without websites

August 6, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday warned schools that it would not register Class 9 and Class 11 students if they failed to build their school’s website, an official said. In October 2010, the board had sent a circular to schools to develop a website and update information... Full News

CBSE has revised entrepreneurship syllabus for class XI

August 3, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised its entrepreneurship syllabus for class XI of the commerce stream to acquaint students with the market dynamics. This has been done keeping in mind the changing market trends. The revised curriculum contains new chapters which will introduce students to the market dynamics... Full News

CBSE is going to Re-cast Adolescence Education Program (AEP)

August 2, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is going to re-cast Adolescence Education Program (AEP). All the AEP members are requested by the board to fill the respective online form and submit the same with complete information by 6 August 2013, if they want to participate in the program. The... Full News

CBSE Invited Applications under Merit Scholarship Scheme for class X and XII

August 2, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE Invited Applications under Merit Scholarship Scheme by students of class X and XII. The award will be as per below mentioned schemes: 1. CI1SI Merit Scholarship Scheme for Single Girl child (or + 2 studies. 2. Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students. 3. Renewal of Online applications of... Full News

CBSE has revised entrepreneurship syllabus for Class 11

July 31, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education has revised the curriculum for the entrepreneurship elective for this academic year in keeping with changing market trends. A release from the board has said that in the current climate of economic changes, influenced by explosive knowledge creation and exponential technology growth, the need... Full News

CBSE asks to train teachers for OLabs (online laboratories)

July 30, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE is planning its teachers to train for online laboratories, known officially as ’OLabs’. access. The date and venue of training sessions will be declared at a later date after schools confirm their participation. Students can log on to www.olabs.co.in and conduct almost any experiment online without worrying about accidents happening.... Full News

CBSE Schools ignore deadline

July 29, 2013, 12:00 am

Schools which are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education have missed the July 17 deadline, given by the Board, to upload details about the school infrastructure, transport facilities, number of buses, fee structure, management members, teachers� qualifications and their salary on websites. The move was aimed at making the... Full News

Rahul Gandhi passage on CBSE class 5 guidebook

July 26, 2013, 12:00 am

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has made an entry into CBSE class 5 guidebook. An English comprehension book prescribed by several CBSE schools across India has a passage on Rahul which pays glowing tributes to the party vice-president. The book has been written by Meera Wadhwa and published by Rachna Sagar Pvt... Full News

CBSE students can now access lab anytime with OLabs

July 24, 2013, 12:00 am

Now students can access to lab facilities sitting in their homes. With Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) new initiative on Online Labs-Virtual Experiments (OLabs), students would now be able to perform science experiments virtually and also many theoretical concepts in sciences in a better manner. To understand these OLabs, ERNET... Full News

CBSE asks schools to update students fees and teachers salaries on their websites

July 24, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to bring in a change in the way schools function. In its effort to make the functioning of schools more transparent, the CBSE has asked them to update their websites where details such as salaries of teachers and their particulars, fee structure... Full News

Students can Benefit CBSE online learning resources

July 23, 2013, 12:00 am

The latest initiative of the Central Board of Secondary Education, "personalized learning solutions" assist over 11 million students to offer online learning resources and bridge the digital gap. It is estimated that over 11 million students will get the benefit of this online learning course which comprise of over 4,500... Full News

CAP committee will decide about CBSE school exam students on July 26

July 16, 2013, 12:00 am

The standard XI Centralized Admission Process (CAP) committee will meet on July 26 to take a call on whether to allow junior colleges to admit the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students, who have passed their standard X by appearing in the school examination instead of the central board... Full News

CBSE advisory to parents against unaffiliated schools in Bhubaneswar

July 9, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday again requested parents to ascertain that schools in which their wards are taking admission are affiliated to it. "We got complaints that a school located at a prime location of the city like AG Square has been running classes by putting up... Full News

CBSE introduces a new elective subject for classes 11 and 12.

July 8, 2013, 12:00 am

In a bid to acquaint students with Indian culture, heritage and traditions, the Central Board of School Education ( CBSE) has decided to introduce a new elective subject for classes 11 and 12. It will include subjects like astronomy in India, life science, Indian literature, ayurveda, chemistry in India, Indian... Full News

Private schools can directly approach the examination board for CBSE affiliation

July 4, 2013, 12:00 am

Private schools can now directly approach the examination board for Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) affiliation. A new amendment in the CBSE byelaws � made at the behest of Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shashi Tharoor � will allow private schools to bypass state governments and directly approach... Full News

Implementation of new common merit list helps CBSE students

July 3, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE toppers’ share in merit list doubles, thanks to the new system. Implementation of the new common merit list for admission to degree engineering colleges across Gujarat has proved beneficial for students belonging to the Central Board of Secondary Education. According to the new system, the state education department would prepare a... Full News

CBSE official under CBI lens for AIEEE paper leaks, corruption

July 2, 2013, 12:00 am

A Central Board of School Education (CBSE) official who was overseeing AIEEE till last year has been accused of revealing the questions paper via text messages. The CBSE official has also been accused of allowing an online AIEEE test centre in Kota, Rajasthan. Pitam Singh, the head of special exams at... Full News

Last date to get photo copy of Std XII answer sheets is July 3, says CBSE

July 1, 2013, 12:00 am

Students of std X and XII in CBSE who wish to get a photocopy of their evaluated answer sheets can apply online till July 3. CBSE has also made it clear that the application for a copy can be made only online, through their official web site www.cbse.nic.in. The central board... Full News

CBSE principals will undergo CCE training

June 25, 2013, 12:00 am

KochiSahodaya Schools complex will organize a two-day training workshop for city CBSE school principals as part of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) programme. "The programme would focus on developing the competency standards of teachers in CCE and school-based assessment," said KochiSahodaya Schools complex president Susan Varghese. The training programme will... Full News

CBSE made UID mandatory to participate in interschool sports competition

June 24, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)says that it is mandatory to every student to have their own Unique Identity Number (UID) if they want to participate in interschool sports ompetition. The UID has to be generated online by schools using their login and password on a special page created... Full News

CBSE to conduct Improvement of Performance Examination for Class 10 from July 16

June 20, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to hold an Improvement of Performance Examination from July 16-23 to provide a chance to students who could not score up to their expectations or having compartment in the Class 10 board examination. The results of the Class 10 board... Full News

No more sample papers for classes XI and XII says CBSE

June 18, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE will no longer issue sample papers for Class 10 and 12 board exams. The board made the decision after it realized that students were identifying particular areas of the syllabus from past year papers and limited their studies to those sections. The in last meeting of the governing body of the... Full News

CBSE curriculum is tough, but it helps students for preparing competitive exams

June 17, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE has become the preferred choice for studies till Std X, but later it has a few takers. It is estimated that almost 90% of CBSE students shift to the state board in Std XI for reasons other than academic quality. A CBSE school principal said, "No wonder they (students)... Full News

CBSE students fear over the delay in announcing re-checked marks

June 13, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE Class XII students from the Capital who had given their papers for rechecking fear that delay in the process will cause them to miss Delhi University�s deadline of June 19 for the submission of forms. �I�ve already bought the form but I�m waiting for a change in my CBSE Class... Full News

Picket against NOC to CBSE schools

June 10, 2013, 12:00 am

The Kerala School Teachers� Association (KSTA) will stage a Picket in all the district quarters in protest against the government�s decision to provide NOC to 650 CBSE schools in the state on Tuesday. KSTA general secretary M Shajahan said that with the State Government�s decision, the number of CBSE schools... Full News

CBSE has asked schools to keep animals are out of laboratories

June 7, 2013, 12:00 am

The CBSE has asked schools under it to make a formal declaration that no animals are being used for dissection in their labs for science practical purposes. The board has been issuing directives to its affiliated schools since 2010 to discontinue the use of rare/endangered wild animals in school laboratories. "It... Full News

Matric schools seek nod for conversion to CBSE from the coming academic year

June 6, 2013, 12:00 am

Education circles were abuzz on Wednesday after word spread that over 100 matriculation schools in the State had submitted requests for conversion to CBSE from the coming academic year. Confirming the development, a senior office-bearer of the Tamil Nadu Nursery, Primary and Matriculation Higher Secondary Schools Management Association, on condition of... Full News

A CBSE student clears IIT but fails in exam. Court orders re-evaluation

June 1, 2013, 12:00 am

The Delhi high court on Friday directed the CBSE to recheck the answer sheet of a girl who has qualified for IIT but failed in three subjects in the Class XII examination. Justice G S Sistani directed the Board to recheck and hand over the results to Livleen Kaur by... Full News

CBSE class 10 results declared, girls once again outshine boys

May 30, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the results of Class 10 this morning, with 98.76 percent students clearing the exams. This is marginally up from 98.19 percent in 2012. The performance of girls is marginally better than boys -- a pass percentage of 98.94 percent for girls as... Full News

How can CBSE students see their results?

May 23, 2013, 12:00 am

With students of classes 10 and 12 waiting eagerly for their CBSE 2013 results, there is a lot of confusion that has been created about it. Though the CBSE has not yet announced any date of exam results officially, the sources say that it will be declared on May 26. ... Full News

CBSE will display images of OMR Answer Sheets & Responses on NEET UG Website from 27 to 31 May

May 23, 2013, 12:00 am

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have announced that they will display the images of OMR Answer Sheets and Responses to the questions marked by the candidate appeared in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG 2013) on NEET Website from May 27 to 31, 2013. Candidates who... Full News

The chiefs of ICSE, CBSE say no one consulted them for four-year undergraduate programmeThe chiefs of ICSE, CBSE say no one consulted them for four-year undergraduate programme

May 22, 2013, 12:00 am

The chiefs of two leading school boards have claimed that they were not consulted by Delhi University on its plan to switch to four-year undergraduate programme. Chief executive and secretary of Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, popularly known as ICSE, Gerry Arathoon said it will be "difficult" for students to... Full News

CBSE class 12 results 2013 will be declared on May 26

May 17, 2013, 12:00 am

The CBSE class 12 results are expected to be declared by May 26 by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). How to check the results Students can check their CBSE board class 12th results 2012 by visiting the official website or on Central Board of Secondary Education at http://cbseresults.nic.in/. The CBSE... Full News

Students confused as entrance examinations clashes

May 17, 2013, 12:00 am

Hundreds of students who are planning to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Advanced), conducted by the CBSE, and the entrance exam for admission to the MBBS courses in the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, are in a fix as both examinations fall on... Full News

CBSE charging Rs. 500 for JEE photocopies

May 15, 2013, 12:00 am

Students who have scored lower than expected at the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) can now review their results with the CBSE deciding to make available photocopies of their answersheets for a fee. The fee � a Rs. 500 fee that India�s largest board is charging. The deadline to apply for these... Full News

CBSE has ruled to Stick to NCERT and CBSE books

May 15, 2013, 12:00 am

Having faced criticism over objectionable content in school textbooks, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has ruled that all 14,000 institutions affiliated to it must stick to NCERT and CBSE textbooks. All schools will also have to set up websites declaring relevant information, including details pertaining to textbooks being... Full News

Parents worry as CBSE introduces changes in computer science enters CBSE schools

May 14, 2013, 12:00 am

CBSE has decided to introduce major changes in the computer science curriculum for classes XI and XII and that has caused a lot of anxiety among parents and teachers. Under the new system, PYTHON, a high-level programming language, will replace C ++, a programming language for beginners. School heads say the real... Full News