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DEBATE ON EFFICACY OF CCE HEATING UP

CBSE IS TAKING STOCK ON THE EFFICACY OF THE NEWLY INTRODUCED CCE.

There has been wide complaint among teachers of higher secondary section that the standard of students reaching class XI has declined after the introduction of CCE. Students who do not have real aptitude and interest get admission to science stream because of their high grades which they do not really deserve. The system of education upto class X and that of class XI are widely different. The students find it extremely difficult to cope up with the level and standard of class XI science.

Many feel frustrated when they find out that they have reached the wrong place. They wonder what to do next. Many of them even get ready to lose one year for the right stream for which they are really fit.

Now CBSE has also started receiving the feedback from various sources and they are now taking data and analyzing what has gone wrong.

Do you find CCE wrong?

Is it necessary to replace it with the old system?

OR can it be modified and implemented effectively without harming the future of students?

What is your response on CCE? Post them as comments to this post and let the higher authorities read it.

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75% Students Applied For IIT JEE 2012 Online In The Bombay Zone

For the first time since IIT JEE has gone outline, 75% of the 75,000 applicants in the Bombay zone have applied online. The Bombay zone includes Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, parts of Rajasthan and Belgaum in Karnataka. This year, IIT Delhi is organizing IIT JEE which will be held on April 12, 2012.

CTET–How to prepare?

Centre Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is ahead and it’s a common question asked by many – How to prepare for it?

Here are some suggestions to score well in CTET

• Revise your notes on Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology, Educational Sociology, History of education, Philosophy of Education
• Read newspaper regularly with focus on educational issues.
• Be thorough the NCF (National curriculum framework) and read all the policy papers.
• Visit NCERT website & education.nic.in and many of the policy papers are available for download.
• Refresh your general knowledge, elementary mathematics and popular science.
• Read the science textbooks of 8,9 and 10 and in case if you have any doubts on these please ask at www.askphysics.com

Have confidence, prepare well and perform well, success will be yours

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Fake Business schools mushrooming in Delhi: AICTE

Fake business schools are mushrooming in Delhi which has been confirmed by AICTE. The capital has received a distinction in playing host to the largest number of illegal educational institutes in the country. AICTE has proved that as many as 75 institutes in Delhi are enrolling students under technical programmes without its approval.

AICTE and UGC keeping an eagle eye on Fake Educational Institutions

Stringent policies have been made by Government for fake educational institutions. AICTE and UGC are keeping an eagle eye on Fake Educational Institutions and the other unapproved institutions. Recently, UGC has identified 21 fake universities/institutions and AICTE had found 348 fake institutions in various parts of the country.

New Fee structure for IITs

Council of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has decided to hike the IIT fees by 400 percent. It will come into action from 2013 and it is for students who are not from economically and socially backward classes. But students will have to pay the extra fees once they get employed. At present, for Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech) course, students pay Rs. 50,000 annually and IIT Council has presented an agreement to increase the fees to Rs2 lakh per annum from 2013.

Weightage to Summative Assessement revised by CBSE

The weightage to various assessments will be as detailed below for classes up to IX

FA1 – 10%

FA2 – 10%

SA1 – 30%

FA3-10%

FA 4-10%

SA2 -30%

Thus the two terms have equal weightage for promotion and formative assessment will have 40% weightage and Summative assessment will have 60%  weightage for promotion

Kendriya Vidyalayas of Trivandrum District in Kerala postponed Summative Assessment 1

Kendriya Vidyalayas of Trivandrum District in Kerala postponed Summative Assessment 1 following agitation by activists against Central Government. The class IX and X summative exams have also been postponed. The strike began after the price of petrol increased again. This time the activists targeted Central Government institutions primarily to protest against the central government policies and actions.

It’s a common question why the Government of India is not taking positive measures to control the price of Petrol.