Confucian confusion for exam takers
Tuesday, November 10, 2015  Newsfeeds Contact Us About Us Archive Site Search Confucian confusion for exam takers Kenneth Lau Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Students who tried to be skeptical or...
View ArticleAruna Sairam meets Agam
There is nothing new about associating Indian classical music with Western rock. Fifty years ago, the Beatles and Rolling Stones introduced Indian colours marginally into their music, giving rise to a...
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Ofqual’s delayed approval of exam specifications is leaving teachers with three problems – parents, planning and purchasing...
View ArticleTwo students from Chennai schools top Cambridge Int'l Exams
CHENNAI: City school students Shail Utkarsh Bhatt and Aline Shraddha Nicolai have been declared national subject toppers in the Cambridge International Examinations. Bhatt, a student of Vael's...
View ArticleGSHSEB to make Gujarati compulsory for science students
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has proposed to make Gujarati compulsory for Class XI and XII science stream students. The move comes in the wake of reports of...
View ArticleWBJEE to be an 8.5hr ordeal on May 17, a weekday
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination 2016 for engineering and medical will be held on May 17, for the first time a weekday, to ensure that the crucial tests do not clash with the...
View ArticleCity boys top IGCSE exams
Two students of Greenwood High School have secured top spots in the Cambridge International examinations at the national level. Pavan Kumar Chitta bagged the first place with eight IGCSE subjects while...
View ArticleLatest Release of CIMA Exam Pass Rate from August's Exams and Tests
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 3, 2015 (Antara/PRNewswire) -- The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has released its latest exam pass rates*, covering the August case study exams and...
View ArticleMandatory Class VIII exam to be based on Rajasthan govt textbooks
JAIPUR: The state education department's proposed elementary education completion examination for Class VIII students of both government and private schools will be strictly based on government school...
View ArticleLove for ragas keeps Vedavalli going at 80
CHENNAI: For Sangeetha Kalanidhi R Vedavalli, music holds the same kind of joy as it did 60 years ago when she debuted on stage. Yet she still feels the same nervousness she did when she was 18. Over...
View ArticleJNTU ultimatum to colleges to pay fee before semester exams
HYDERABAD: Authorities at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) on Monday asked representatives of 100 colleges to pay one-fourth of the Rs 40 crore dues in common service fee before the...
View ArticleSchools, students face new worry: Will the new scoring system for board exams...
Six months into the new academic year when most schools and junior colleges are busy with completing their syllabi and preparing the prelim schedules, a new worry has crept up. This pertains to whether...
View ArticleTracing the Carnatic tradition
In her Philadelphia home where her teaching school is also based, Kiranavali Vidyasankar, Carnatic musician, teacher and writer, is putting the final touches to her forthcoming music programme....
View ArticleOnce bitten twice shy: Mumbai police turn college into fortress for talk on...
MUMBAI: Eminent historian Romila Thapar's public lecture on secularism at Mumbai's K C College took place under tight police security on Monday. A police van stood vigil outside the college and a posse...
View ArticleA treat in store for Indian classical music lovers
Panaji: Goa's very own Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Music Festival, one of the top ten music festivals in the country, is set to up its rating a notch higher in 2015. The top stars of the Indian classical...
View ArticleExams to be held from 10 to 27 November 2015 Released: 19h10, 30 October 2015...
(Source: University of Cape Town) 30 October 2015 Exams to be held from 10 to 27 November 2015 Today, 30 October 2015, the Senate Executive Committee, meeting with chairs of faculty student councils...
View ArticleNow, only women flying squad can check girl students in board exams
Meerut: Issuing guidelines for the UP board examinations-2016 for Classes X and XII, the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Board (UPSEB) has instructed all district inspectors of schools (DIOS) that...
View ArticleTest of credibility: How Chinese exam 'cheats' threaten students' dreams of...
The actions of mainland students punished for cheating in an English language test for admission to foreign secondary schools after memorising the answers have cast doubts on the ability of all Chinese...
View ArticleHRD Ministry proposes common test for IIT, NIT; plans to check influence of...
NEW DELHI: A panel of the Smriti Irani-led Ministry of Human Resource Development has not just proposed a revamped, single exam for admissions to both the Indian Institutes of Technology and the...
View ArticleDriven by passion, these students make it to top
BENGALURU: Single-minded pursuit and perseverance, that's what keep toppers going and these achievers are no different. Srirama Prakhya, a Class 10 student of Primus Public School in the city, is the...
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