February 7, 2013, 12:00 am
Now, under-privileged children would not get admissions in private CBSE-affiliated schools in Bhopal under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. In a shocker, more than 70% in the state capital have submitted their minority certificates to district education Confusion still prevails over reserved seats under the Right to Education (RTE) Act... Read more...February 6, 2013, 12:00 am
Despite repeated reminders by Central Board of Secondary Education to all affiliated schools to develop their individual websites, many city institutions have failed to move on this front for more than a year. Interestingly, CBSE has also not initiated any action to make the schools comply with its directions. The CBSE... Read more...February 6, 2013, 12:00 am
Transportation and Logistics have been assuming importance with rise of private industry and trade and has accelerated since we adopted new economic policies since 1991. They are essential for the expansion of opportunities and play an important role in defining competitive advantage. Understanding the growing need for skilled professionals in this... Read more...February 6, 2013, 12:00 am
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday summoned the regional officers of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) schools to address the confusion over enforcement of the provisions of Right to Education Act (RTE). The Sarvodaya Education Society and parents approached the... Read more...February 6, 2013, 12:00 am
For the coming school-based Summative Assessment for classes IX and X, the CBSE has decided to send question papers to schools online for the first time. According to J. Ajeeth Prasath Jain, secretary Chennai Sahodaya Complex, the main advantage of this system is that confidentiality of the papers could be maintained... Read more...February 1, 2013, 12:00 am
With the examination season round the corner, the pre-exam counselling by CBSE will begin from tomorrow and continue till April 17. Keeping in mind the geographical spread and heterogeneity of its students, the Board�s methods of communication will include telephonic and online counselling, and question-answer columns in newspapers. A network of 56... Read more...January 31, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering to take steps to encourage use of special software for visually challenged students appearing in board exams. The Examination Committee at a meeting last year had passed resolutions regarding the Job Access With Speech software (JAWS), that will assist students in... Read more...January 31, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is now pushing its agenda of having vocational courses in Std XI-XII of all affiliated schools. While vocational courses have been an option earlier as well, very few schools would offer them to students. But from the coming academic year (2013-14), the central... Read more...January 31, 2013, 12:00 am
Doing a flip-flop in its own decision of authorising schools to set the tenth board question paper, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has now decided to provide sample papers to the schools for setting the summative assessment- II question paper. The board has informed its affiliated schools that it... Read more...January 31, 2013, 12:00 am
A program for professional development of teachers and principals of schools affiliated to the CBSE, the Assessment Training Program (ATP), will be started in February. All schools in the country that are affiliated to the Board have been requested to nominate staff to undergo the ATP in February. A calendar of... Read more...January 30, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) have instructed its affiliated schools to preserve and keep the answer books of classes IX and X, in safe custody, at the school for at least a period of three years, in case of Class IX, and two years, in case of Class... Read more...January 29, 2013, 12:00 am
In an effort to increase transparency and provide a secure question paper delivery environment, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will implement an online exam management system from the current academic year. The Integrated Test Management System (ITMS) will help schools generate unique question papers online instantly for Std... Read more...January 28, 2013, 12:00 am
The government’s strong defence of the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) format of assessment is showing signs of dilution: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to assign 25 per cent pass marks for the term-end examination called summative assessment (SA) for students of classes IX and X. The... Read more...January 28, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE’s Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CAER) has launched an assessment training programme. CBSE had established CAER through public private partnership with Pearson Foundation. The purpose of the Centre is to develop global capabilities and resources for schools, teachers and key functionaries of school management. It is envisaged through this... Read more...January 25, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all its schools to offer one or more of skill-based vocational courses for its students from the new academic session, 2013-14. In a circular addressed to all school principals, the CBSE has asked to introduce the courses in their schools at the... Read more...January 24, 2013, 12:00 am
Bishop Cotton School (BCS) is one of the oldest schools in the city and is now gearing up for the new age challenge. BCS in Sadar is affiliated to the state board and since the 1800s has churned out alumni that have made a mark for themselves. But it has... Read more...January 21, 2013, 12:00 am
When the Board conducted an online survey through its website on School based Assessment under Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), it has found that students are not sufficiently informed about the assessment criteria. The Board has now said that students must be informed about the assessment criteria to include more transparency in the... Read more...January 21, 2013, 12:00 am
The timetable of 2013 Maharashtra HSC exams has been changed. Students can visit www.msbshse.ac to check the detailed timetable. The decision has been taken as the students and teachers require more time to study the subjects� revised syllabus. Recently the syllabus has been upgraded to CBSE curriculum. The HSC chemistry paper, which... Read more...January 16, 2013, 12:00 am
After implementing Geospatial Technologies ( GST) course on a pilot basis in a few schools effective from the academic session 2010-11, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is now planning to expand the reach of the course across the country from the session 2013-14. They are organizing teachers training for... Read more...January 16, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE has invited articles from principals, teachers and peer educators on ’Gender Sensitization in Schools’ for the quarterly bulletin published by CBSE, CENBOSEC, which is a medium and platform which helps the schools to reach out to all the other schools affiliated to CBSE. The CENBOSEC issue (January - March... Read more...January 16, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE has found that schools are still taking irrational number of pen-paper tests, and assigning indiscriminate assignments, projects and homework to students. This was noticed by the board while conducting an online survey through its website on school based assessment under Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). The board has now informed schools... Read more...January 15, 2013, 12:00 am
Students of CBSE from class IX onwards will now learn retail, security, information and automobile technology. The board has introduced these vocational courses under the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) from 2013-14 at level I. Under the framework, various domains have been identified for implementation in schools starting from class... Read more...January 15, 2013, 12:00 am
The pressure on admissions to Indian schools is expected to fall considerably with Modern International School starting operations in Muscat. The school, which will start functioning from the academic year 2013, will impart the CBSE-International curriculum and will be open to students of all nationalities. Admissions to enrol in the school... Read more...January 15, 2013, 12:00 am
As soon as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced its helpline number for students appearing for the board exams this year, many from the city tried calling on it. While some got answers to their queries, others are still waiting for a call back. Claiming that the centralized helpline... Read more...January 14, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE upholds its commitment to fostering the vital ability and desire to read among students, which is a fundamental life- skill. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has joined hands with the PAG-E (Publishers Action Group), formed by a group of eminent publishers of children�s books, mostly non-profit, who are deeply... Read more...January 14, 2013, 12:00 am
Mr. Vineet Joshi, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairman on Saturday exhorted parents to build a conducive environment at home for the overall development of their children. The CBSE chairman was speaking on the occasion of Silver Jubilee celebrations of Baldwin Academy at the S K Memorial H Patna. "Children... Read more...January 14, 2013, 12:00 am
Schools assigns too many projects as homework, CBSE found. This was noticed while conducting an online survey through its website on school based assessment under Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). Now the board has asked schools to follow a cross-curricular approach in case of projects. "Artificial subject boundaries impede contextualized learning and... Read more...January 14, 2013, 12:00 am
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairman Vineet Joshi said "With board examinations less than two months away, examinees should plan their revision according to the available number of hours daily and concentrate on improving their weak points, adding, "Solving CBSE sample papers will also benefit students." The 2013 examinees of... Read more...January 14, 2013, 12:00 am
CBSE has allowed its affiliated schools to conduct school-based class X board examination in March this year. Until last year, the board used to send question papers for both formative and summative assessment of students. However from this year, the board will not send the question papers for summative assessment of... Read more...January 11, 2013, 12:00 am
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has started a call centre for handling routine enquiries to various activities and functions of the board. Students presently studying in various CBSE affiliated schools, candidates appearing in private examination, pass out students of CBSE Board, parents, school management, new school seeking CBSE affiliation,... Read more...January 11, 2013, 12:00 am
Regional Association for Women�s Studies (RAWS) has accepted Central government�s announcement to introduce Gender Studies and Human Rights as part of CBSE curriculum. The move will have enormous implications as sensitisation of children on gender right from the school level will help in breaking the chain of patriarchy, the root cause... Read more...January 10, 2013, 12:00 am
The CBSE National Athletic Meet was hosted by the Velammal Vidhyashram, Surapet, Chennai, India recently. Eight athletes from ISM (Indian School Muscat) participated in this meet. Samantha Pinto (who also won a bronze medal in the 100 m race in the under 14 girls� category) from Class 8, Anakha Anil... Read more...January 9, 2013, 12:00 am
Schools affiliated to CBSE have gained popularity over the last decade. While the numbers are still heavily skewed in favour of state-affiliated institutes in the ratio of 10:1, the CBSE fad is not going unnoticed by parents. The older stalwart schools affiliated to state board too have latched on to... Read more...January 8, 2013, 12:00 am
As the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the dates for Class 10 and 12 exams, the regional office of CBSE, Guwahati, has started preparations for the coming exams. Moreover, from this time, the board has introduced problem solving assessment for students of Class 9 and 11. KK Choudhury,... Read more...January 8, 2013, 12:00 am
There is good news for students of class 12 exams. From 2014, class 12 students of maths and science from one particular education board will not be able to complain about having to face tougher question papers and marking systems than their counterparts studying under other boards. The majority of educational... Read more...January 8, 2013, 12:00 am
The state government has asked the state board to consider revising its modules on sex and gender issues. The move comes in the wake of concerns over gender violence and the gang rape incident in Delhi last month that has sparked both protests and introspection. The state board has such modules... Read more...
