CBSE, don’t disclose marks of summative assessment II (SA-II) to students of Class X

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked its schools “not to communicate the marks of summative assessment II (SA-II) to the candidates of Class X under any circumstances”.

This year’s batch of Class X students is the first to not take the Board exams, after the CBSE extended the new evaluation scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) to this class as well. The scheme was introduced in Class IX initially.

Students taking the exams in March this year will be awarded grades and grade points in each subject instead of marks.

Under the CCE, students are evaluated throughout the year and both the scholastic and non-scholastic areas are taken into consideration. Summative assessments are the term-ending exams. In each term, there are two formative assessments (that test the non-scholastic areas) and one summative assessment (the pen and paper term-ending exam).

The summative assessment-I for classes IX and X was conducted in the second half of September.

The answer scripts of Class X students, meanwhile, will be evaluated internally by the school. The CBSE has also said they will provide the question paper to the schools. In fact, the CBSE will send a marking scheme to the schools for evaluation of papers by the teachers. Schools, however, have the freedom to involve teachers from other schools for evaluation of the answer scripts.

The CBSE will go for a “random verification of the assessment procedures of schools” through Board officials or nominees appointed by the Board.

The CBSE official said the Board will send separate CDs containing question paper banks for classes IX and X. The school may either pick up one question paper for each subject or mix and match the papers by using different questions or sections from different sets of question papers and prepare a question paper based on the Board’s sample paper, design and blueprint.

The Board also has given a choice to schools to “prepare their own question papers” as per the sample paper available on the CBSE website. In case a school prepares its own question papers, the authorities will have to send the question papers and marking scheme to the Board for verification within a week of conduct of the respective papers, officials said.

For Class IX, the Board plans to dispatch the CDs containing question papers to all schools that they to reach by February 20. The SA-II of both classes IX and X starts in March.

CBSE to help fight student stress, by discussing students' problems on phone

To give students in classes X and XII relief from the examination stress, Central Board of Secondary Education will be starting its counselling sessions from Monday. Twenty counsellors from across the country will listen to students' problems over the phone. Any issue related to upcoming exams can be discussed with them.

"The purpose of these counselling sessions is to relieve the children from the pressure that they might be facing and help them maintain their mental health," said CBSE counsellor Rakesh Sachdeva, who is principal of DAV Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 15.

The programme that was started 13 years ago by the board saw great success in the city in 2009. Around 500 calls were received in the two months off the helpline's opening. This year also, counsellors are hoping to help many children.

"I am already getting calls from students about various things like the system of continuous and comprehensive examination, places where they can download question papers, format of CBSE exams and the syllabus as well. We will handle calls from students from all over India. Parents, teachers and students should read circular no. 5 for issues related to the exams on the CBSE website," said

counsellor Madhu Bahl, principal of KBDAV, Sector 7.

Students and parents can call on the helpline numbers to talk about any problems pertaining to the exams. Counsellors are also equipped to talk about ways to deal with examination stress. The helplines will be open for students and parents to call 24 hours a day till March 31. Anonymity of the callers would be maintained.(TOI)

New IIMs planned to have a joint Admission process this year

The new Indian Institutes of Management, (IIMs) namely IIM Ranchi, IIM Rohtak and IIM Raipur, along with IIM Trichy have planned a joint admission process this year. An initiative by IIM Ranchi’s director MJ Xavier, the gesture will see through common group discussions and personal interviews of around 3,000 successful CAT candidates. Pagalguy spoke to MJ Xavier to find out why this exercise was mooted.

Why a joint admission process for the new IIMs?

I basically believe in collaboration rather than competition, which I had made clear when I took over as the Director of IIM Ranchi. Luckily my Chairman Mr. R C Bharghava too has similar views and has put it in the IIM Review Committee Report submitted to the Ministry of HRD. In principle, we want to collaborate in many more aspects than just admissions; that includes sharing of resources and common sourcing to gain cost efficiency. This will help us build more efficient institutions that would soon be able to measure up to global standards.

With regard to admissions, the Directors of the four new IIMs met in the Noida campus of IIM Lucknow on 18th January and decided to work together. Apart from gaining cost efficiency for the Institutes, it would save time and money of the students. When we can have a common admissions test, why can’t we agree to have a common GD/PI process? However the final selection by the individual institutes will be based on their own criteria.

Will the criteria for these admissions be different from the other older IIMs?

Though the PI Score will be common to all the four IIMs, the final selection by individual institutes will be based on their own criteria and weightage for different components, such as work experience, academic performance, extra curricular activities, CAT score, PI scores etc.

Professor Rameshan of IIM Rohtak has put out comprehensive criteria for shortlisting of candidates, which will be followed by those of IIM Raipur and IIM Trichy. We are using our own criteria for shortlisting candidates. Since IIM Ranchi would like to be known in the field of Analytics, we have given greater weightage to CAT score and consequently our CAT cut-off is higher than that of others. Average CAT score of our current batch is higher than that of IIMA as they look for many other aspects including consistent academic performance in Xth, XIIth and UG level. My belief is that people who have seen ups and downs in life would be better equipped to manage the turbulent business environment. So I am not averse to looking at candidates with a lot of variability – in terms of academics and CAT components.

Is there some criteria change in IIM Ranchi compared to the first year?

No. My mentor Institute – IIMC, has set the right tone for the institute by selecting students with high CAT score for the first batch. We will continue with the same.

Are you satisfied with the profile of the first batch of students? Do you prefer fewer engineers like IIML?

I am extremely happy with the profile of the first batch. I would not like to force diversity into the programme. We shall achieve it by offering various programmes. For example, we plan to offer a two year programme on Business Analytics that will attract students with specialisations in statistics, mathematics, econometrics, linguistics, psychometrics etc.

How will joint admissions be done practically? Will there be a common panel to handle the GDPI?

One of the IIMs will play the co-ordinator’s role each year. To start with, IIM Rohtak will be the nodal point for the GD/PI process this year. Individual institutes will send the list of shortlisted candidates for interview to the nodal institute which will consolidate and work out the interview schedules.

We plan to have four centres, namely Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. We have allotted responsibility to the centres as below.

Bangalore- 28th February to March 6th – IIM Ranchi

Mumbai – March 8th to 13th – IIM Trichy

Delhi – 15th to 22nd March- IIM Rohtak

Kolkata – 26th to 30th March-IIM Raipur

The co-ordinating institutes will arrange for the venue and panels for the GD and PI. However uniform criteria will be used at all the centres for assessing candidates. Apart from the four centers, IIM Ranchi, Rohtak and Raipur will have interviews in their headquarters on April 2nd.

Logically, should not the mentor colleges work on admissions with their respective partners?

Of course, yes. IIM Ranchi made this common GD/PI move only with the concurrence of IIMC and with the blessings of our Chairman Mr. R C Bhargava. Until we learn to get up and walk, we would continue to seek the support of our respective mentor institutions. We should be able to do that soon so that we can grow out to build our own individual identity and set benchmarks in line with the global standards.

Is the intake of students being increased?

Yes, It has been decided that IIM-Ranchi will admit 70 students in its postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) programme for the 2011-13 session, while IIM Raipur and IIM Trichy will admit 60 students each and IIM Rohtak about 120 students.

CCS University Regular/Private Exam Forms Available Online for session 2010-11

Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) University, located in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), has made the forms of Regular/Private exam 2010-2011 available online. Candidates appearing for these exams can fill the forms online by visiting the university's official website: http://www.ccsuniversity.ac.in/. Candidates can also fill the form by visiting the official website: http://www.ccsuonline.net/.

Examination forms are different for regular students and private students. Students, while filling the online form, must select the correct category. Candidates must follow all the instructions carefully while filling the form. After filling the form, students are required to take two prints out of the same. Along with the form, candidates will have to take three prints out of the Bank challan.

For further details, queries or clarifications, students are requested to visit the university’s aforementioned website. CCS University is one of the leading universities of the state. It has been accredited with ‘B++’ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Bangalore. The university offers quality education in a wide range of disciplines, through its various constituent colleges / institutes, spread across the state.

Contact address:
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Meerut - 200 005
Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91-121-2763539
Fax: +91-121-2764777
registrar@ccsuniversity.ac.in
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IGNOU Introducing B.Tech Aircraft Technology and Maintenance in the year 2011

IGNOU is the institution in which more students in India pursue education. It is introducing a new branch of technology in the academic year 2011 called B.Tech Aircraft Technology and Maintenance.

Initially for a few years it is decided to open admission for person completed their diploma. IGNOU's Director in Banagalore says that there is an enormous job opportunity in India and abroad for students completing this course. Also experts have foretasted that there would be a need for 5000 to 10,000 employees in Airline industry in the next 5 years.

This program is a 4 year program containing 8 semesters. It consists of 33 theory subjects and 14 practical subjects. IGNOU is setting up high tech training infrastructure in Electronics City Bangalore at a cost of 5 Crore for this program.

Students completed their diploma programs and with a work experience of 2 years can apply.

A fee for this program per year is Rs. 1,48,0000. 1st year 29 candidates would be selected for this program. Classes on weekdays would be conducted from 6 p.m to 9 p.m and on weekends from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. So there is an opportunity to pursue this as a part time education.

Company Secretaries (CS) Test 2011

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is the pursuit of professional excellence Institute that provides company secretaries to the nation. Institute is approved by Government of India for providing this prestigious course to the candidates. Institute provides the 24X7 study course through E-Learning along with CS correspondence / Distance Learning with provision of oral coaching classes for the students.

The institute is offering candidates various programming courses that reveal candidates carrier using the direct link of the companies through this institute. This institute provides candidates studies knowledge’s through internet facility and commences related programs with the help of their candidates of this institute. This institute has alliance with Gurukulonline learning solutions and they combined run the various program mentioned below. The institute had got very good response from all over India and candidates are arranging their capabilities through these programs.

The institute is providing aspirants knowledge’s through video based training and also through the way of perusing live virtual classrooms. Associating with these sorts of facility there are experienced faculties are giving all their hard work to conclude the course and improve the candidate’s criteria of living. The candidates are getting all sorts of facility from this institute and they have recently organized a combo course and executive program that are run by the institute. Honorable minister Lalu prasad yadav and honorable union minister both helps to commence the web based training through the direct link up for this institute and gurukulonline solutions.

COURSES offered by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India:

• Professional Development course
• Pre Membership Training (16 months)
• Professional Programme (8 papers)
• Executive Programme (6 papers)
• Foundation Programme (4 papers)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

• The candidate should be 10+2 pass or its equivalent.
• The candidate should be a student of any discipline in Arts, Commerce and Science (excluding Fine Arts) for pursue this course.
• Those candidates appearing in 10+2 or its equivalent can also seek provisional admission subject to submission of proof of passing the said examination within 6 months as mentioned by the chief executive of this institute. .

ADMISSION PROCEDURE:

• For admission candidate have to fill Application Form. The Application Form and Prospectus can be obtained by Cash Payment of Rs200/- or by Post/Courier: DD/PO of Rs250/- drawn in favor of “The Institute of Company Secretaries of India” payable at New Delhi.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Admission is open throughout the year.
• The last date for appearing in December 2011 examination: End week of March, 2011.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Headquarters
ICSI House
22, Institutional Area
Lodi Road
New Delhi-110003

Ph. 011-24617321, 4150444

EMAIL: info@icsi.edu

WEB SITE: www.icsi.edu
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Application Form of BSNL – Telecom Technical Assistant (TTA) Exam

The TTA Exam is held by the BSNL for the recruitment of eligible candidates into the Technical Assistant post.

Eligibility for Application
The candidates who are applying for this exam must be Indian residents. They must be no less than 18 years and not more than 27 years at the time of applying. Candidates of the backward category have a relaxation up to 5 years. Aspirants must have cleared their Diploma course in Telecommunication Engineering, Information Technology and Radio Engineering or in Electronics Engineering. Those who have finished their course in Electrical Engineering, Instruments Technology or in Computer Engineering can also apply for the TTA exam. Candidates who have cleared the Masters in Electronics course are also entitled to apply. The candidates must have scored atleast 40 percent marks in their final exams. (33% marks for the candidates belonging to the reserved categories.)

Application Procedure
The candidates can procure the application by two methods. They are:

Online Application
It is possible for the candidates to download the application from and the brochure from the authorized website of the BSNL. The filled up application should be mailed to the office of the BSNL along with a DD of Rs. 500/-. (No fees are necessary for the SC/ST/OBC candidates). All the necessary documents should be attached with the form.

Offline Application
The application fee can either be bought directly from the BSNL office of it can be obtained through post. The price of the application fee is Rs. 500 for general candidates. No fees are required from the candidates of the backward communities. Those candidates who wish to receive their forms by post must send a request letter to The Accounts Officer, BSNL, CGMT’s Office. A DD of the correct amount along with the relevant documents must be sent along with the letter. The form is supposed to be mailed by speed or registered post only.

Filling the Application Form

• The Candidates ought to read the brochure before filling the form.
• The candidates should fill the form in English only.
• The candidates must fill the form only in capital letters.
• The candidates should use only black or blue pens when they fill the form.
• A recent photograph of the candidate should be pasted in the space provided. The photo should be attested.
• The candidate ought to provide their signature at the given space.

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