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... Read more...May 14, 2013, 12:00 am
15 IIT JEE (Main) aspirants seem to be unhappy with their results. Recently, after the results were announced on 7th of May, many students claimed that they found mistakes in their score cards. The JEE is a three stage entrance exam for gaining admission to India�s highest ranked IIT and NIT... Read more...May 13, 2013, 12:00 am
Students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will learn about Indian traditions through an elective course this year. After a successful pilot project last year, the board will introduce "Knowledge traditions and practices of India" for Classes XI and XII from this academic year. The course has been... Read more...May 10, 2013, 12:00 am
Higher Education Minister P Palaniappan on Thursday said that CBSE students can apply for engineering counselling without waiting for the results of the Plus Two examinations. "CBSE students won’t have marksheets to apply for admission to engineering colleges since their results have not been declared. They could apply before May 20.... Read more...May 9, 2013, 12:00 am
Almost 20,000 students may find out if they can get their JEE (Main) exam answer key today. This is important as they have only four days left to register for JEE (Advanced). Registrations for JEE (Advanced) started on Wednesday and nearly 20,000 students had signed up by mid-day. JEE (Main) results were... Read more...May 8, 2013, 12:00 am
More than 12.5 lakhs students appeared in the Central Board of Secondary Education Class 10th 2013 annual exams and are now waiting for the results. Written exam copies are manually checked by the large group of teachers which takes huge amount of time and literally becomes impossible to board to... Read more...May 7, 2013, 12:00 am
The scores of the common engineering entrance exam, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2013 conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), are expected to be declared at 4 pm today, 7 May, 2013. JEE Main 2013 was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in across 81 cities... Read more...May 7, 2013, 12:00 am
A new independent subject on health could soon be introduced as part of school education by the CBSE, according to a senior health ministry official. The subject which is likely to be called Health Education will be taught to students between Class 4 and Class 10. �We are in advanced... Read more...May 7, 2013, 12:00 am
Students, who took the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS and BDS courses on Sunday, can now check their OMR (optical mark recognition) answersheets that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will upload on its website this year. The board will upload the images of OMR... Read more...May 7, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked schools to conduct at least one teacher training programme each year. However these programmes can be conducted in association only with agencies that are recognized by the state government or by the board itself. UC Bodh, deputy secretary (Affiliation), wrote, "The... Read more...May 6, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE plans to introduce project work in History for classe XI and XII. This could include anything from ’town planning and artefacts of the Harappan civilization’ to ’understanding the Bhakti-Sufi movement in India’. The project scores will be included in the final assessment-annual exams in Class XI and the boards... Read more...May 4, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education has asked its affiliated schools to offer skill development courses to students from Class 9 onwards to make them job-ready as soon as they pass out of school. The list, drawn up by the CBSE, includes 35 skill knowledge providers in 11 areas, including... Read more...May 4, 2013, 12:00 am
The CBSE 12th Result 2013 is expected to be up on the CBSE website by end of May for all regions. The CBSE Class 12th Examination 2013 was conducted from 1 March 2013 to 17 March 2013. Since the CBSE class 12 results 2012 were declared on 28 May 2012 with... Read more...May 3, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to introduce Mandarin in schools. After several attempts in the past, where Indian teachers could not pick up the language despite multiple training programmes, the board has now signed up for teacher exchange and training that will allow teachers from China... Read more...May 3, 2013, 12:00 am
Readjustments to the academic year will take place from 2013-14 for schools to be able to complete 195 days despite of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education using the premises of institutions to hold its Class X and XII public exams. The Class XII exam will begin... Read more...May 3, 2013, 12:00 am
Readjustments to the academic year will take place from 2013-14 for schools to be able to complete 195 days despite of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education using the premises of institutions to hold its Class X and XII public exams. The Class XII exam will begin... Read more...May 3, 2013, 12:00 am
Relieving thousands of Urdu medium students to get admission in MBBS/BDS through National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-2013, the Supreme Court of India today directed CBSE (Central board of Secondary Education) to conduct the supplementary NEET- 2013 in Urdu medium for the students of Maharashtra only within 8 weeks from... Read more...May 2, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked students who appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) this year to send their objection on the recorded answer to questions asked in the JEE paper by May 2. The board has released the answer sheets of new pattern of JEE examination,... Read more...May 1, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), will introduce a new course in theater studies for class XI from the new session. The subject will be introduced in the CBSE affiliated schools on the first come first serve basis. This new subject can be offered as elective one with three... Read more...May 1, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued the training calendar for the year 2013-14. The calendar for the training workshops on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) and Formative Assessment (FA) for the year 2013-14 along with the venue is enclosed in a circular released. In view of the upcoming... Read more...April 25, 2013, 12:00 am
In an attempt to make schooling student-friendly and innovative, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced a new subject of Theater Studies for its Class XI students from the current academic session. The decision to introduce theatre studies as an elective subject for Class XI from the current academic... Read more...April 22, 2013, 12:00 am
It has been made mandatory for schools to appoint teachers who have cleared the central teacher eligibility test (CTET) to improve the quality of teachers. However, with hardly any CTET-qualified candidates available in the state, the CBSE schools are busy hiring teaching staff before the academic session begins in June. Sources... Read more...April 22, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)’s decision to introduce the open book examination system from the coming academic year has delighted some students. The Central Board has said that from the coming academic year students will be given case studies a few months before the examination and questions will... Read more...April 20, 2013, 12:00 am
To raise awareness about tiger conservation, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is conducting an inter-school online competition. The schools can enroll free of cost with the board by April 29. CBSE has decided to conduct a three-tiered contest. In round 1, a wildlife creative-writing contest will be organised... Read more...April 20, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE has written to schools that they are integrating "compassionate citizen" humane-education programme in school Curricula from the next academic year to help children become sensitive towards animals. The Board has said that it is endorsing the use of "compassionate citizen", a humane-education programme prepared by People for the Ethical Treatment... Read more...April 20, 2013, 12:00 am
To motivate young students to join the armed forces by instilling nationalism and inculcating defense services work ethos, CBSE has decided to offer National Cadet Corps (NCC) as an optional elective subject in class XI and XII from the next academic year. The pilot project will be launched in few... Read more...April 17, 2013, 12:00 am
The fourth CBSE-i Teacher Training Programme will be held at The Millennium School, Dubai, from April 18 to 20. �CBSE-i was implemented last month for Class 1 to 3. A total of 400 students have enrolled for the international program,� said Anita Makkar, principal, DAV Public School. Similarly, 81 students will be... Read more...April 11, 2013, 12:00 am
The Karnataka government has requested the HRD ministry to postpone the date for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test( NEET) scheduled on May 5- the state will go for assembly polls. Candidates, who have applied for NEET 2013, are advised to keep in touch with the official website of NEET i.e... Read more...April 9, 2013, 12:00 am
Student studying under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will now have the chance to opt for �legal studies� as an elective subject. The elective, to be made available to students in Class 11, is being introduced as a �pilot project� on a �first come first serve� basis in... Read more...April 8, 2013, 12:00 am
Not happy with the response of Sacred Heart Convent School on the allegedly wrongful expulsion of Ruchika Girhotra, the Central Board of Secondary Education ( cbse) has constituted a new ’independent’ committee to examine the issue afresh. The committee has representatives of the CBSE, Directorate of Public Instructions, besides a representative... Read more...April 8, 2013, 12:00 am
Lakhs of students appeared for the first-ever Joint Engineering Entrance Examination (JEE) Main offline test conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday. The examinations were spread over 43 centres in the capital city. The directive by the CBSE to candidates to carry with them a copy of either... Read more...April 5, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to give six bonus marks gratis to those who had received set number three of the mathematics paper this year in which question number 26 was erroneous irrespective of whether or not they attempted the question. The decision was taken by the... Read more...April 5, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE on Thursday said it has launched a helpline for Class X and XII students to provide psychological counselling to deal with exam related stress. The counselling facility is offered by toll free numbers accessible from any part of the country and students can dial a toll free number... Read more...April 4, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE school managements have raised this spectre, which would severely handicap CBSE students in the race for professional courses, following a decision taken at a meeting held at Ernakulam during the HSE scheme finalization camp. The meeting came to the conclusion that almost 10 questions in the physics paper were "out... Read more...April 3, 2013, 12:00 am
Nepal on Tuesday said it asked five private schools that teach Indian curriculum to stop new admissions to regulate the education sector. "The schools running courses under Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of India are required to take permission from the Ministry of Education and we have taken steps... Read more...April 1, 2013, 12:00 am
The Class 12 CBSE exams ended on Saturday with economics as the last one. The teachers found the paper "easy and balanced", with few departures from the previous years’ pattern. �Everything was from the CBSE syllabus. But there were some challenging questions, and rightly so, which required students to use their... Read more...March 25, 2013, 12:00 am
In a heartwarming trend, the number of children with physical or other challenges appearing for class 10 and 12 exams under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 2013 increased as compared to 2012 in the northern region. The region includes Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, and... Read more...March 25, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education has asked principals of over 13,500 schools in the country, which follow CBSE curriculum, to train in developing effective leadership and school management qualities. In one of the biggest initiatives taken by the CBSE, the principals, vice principals, head masters and head mistresses will... Read more...
