VCE English Exam Begins For Thousands Of Students (Premier of Victoria)
(Source: Premier of Victoria) The VCE English exam gets underway tomorrow for 43,294 students. Minister for Education James Merlino has today wished students every success in their VCE exams and...
View Article‘Constant’ Mathematician
The chemical messages in the DNA decide the form of the complete organism. In the case of Prof. C.S .Seshadri, one can say that double helix of his DNA is made up of Mathematics and Music. So deeply...
View ArticleBack to the roots
Nada-yoga, meditation, tree-planting, Indian classical music, puppetry, folk arts and crafts, cinema and painting are the main highlights of a five-day gurukul in the city as part of the Spic Macay...
View ArticleEven India thinks Indians are cramming too hard for entrance exams to elite...
In India, there is a sacrosanct hierarchy of academic degrees, and nothing comes close to a bachelor’s from one of the Indian Institutes of Technology. It is something to which...
View ArticlePregnant schoolgirls in Sierra Leone excluded from school and banned from...
(Source: Amnesty International USA) Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting upcoming exams, risk being left behind as Sierra Leone moves forward from the...
View ArticleInternational Baccalaureate exams begin in Australia and around the world
It is the exam so secret that not even teachers know what it contained until a day after students put down their pens. Tamper-proof packaging, investment bank-style encryption and invigilators are all...
View ArticleMinimum score must to get sports marks
Panaji: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has now set a minimum score for students to attain before they qualify for the sports merit marks at the Class X and XII public exams,...
View ArticleSame exam and result dates for all boards?
MUMBAI: In a first, all education boards in the country, under the ministry of human resource development, will find ways to introduce common practices, including exam schedules and declaration of...
View ArticleSame exam & result dates for all boards?
Mumbai: In a first, all education boards in the country, under the ministry of human resource development, will find ways to introduce common practices, including exam schedules and declaration of...
View ArticleCentre revives debate on uniform exam system
A pan-India uniform examination system, bringing together all State boards and central boards, which has been under discussion for several decades now, seems to have moved a little forward. With...
View ArticleTowards foolproof exams
In a country like ours, where seats in top tier educational institutions are relatively scarce, exam paper leaks always make headlines. The prevalence of electronic and online media has just made it...
View ArticleCity students top international exam
Four students from Bengaluru have excelled in the Cambridge International Examinations emerging as world toppers in individual subjects. According to an official release from Cambridge International...
View ArticleBoard publishes timetable for SSLC, half-yearly exams
CHENNAI: The Directorate of School Education announced the timetable for SSLC and Higher Secondary (Plus 2) half-yearly examination to be held in December this year. The timetable is as follows: Higher...
View ArticleI will sing till my last breath: Shankar Mahadevan
For singer and music composer Shankar Mahadevan, singing has always been his first passion and says people can count on him to sing till his last breath. "I will be singing till my last breath....
View ArticleThe song that rained many songs
During the launch of the book, “Vasant Desai – Composer Par Excellence”, the singer Vani Jairam said: “He was Bhagwan to me.” The immortal relationship of Vasant Desai and Vani Jairam began with the...
View ArticleSchools tense, council says no reason to worry
KOLKATA: Parents may be fretting over the fate of their wards studying in ICSE schools, but the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) says there is no confusion over its authority...
View ArticleKarthik music festival this weekend
Music lovers can have a good week-end as the 17th edition of the Karthik Music Festival, a two-day programme featuring Carnatic vocal, flute and percussion ensemble organised by the Vamshi Academy of...
View Article'Plus II marks should be given weightage in IIT admissions'
BHUBANESWAR: In a significant departure of stand, IIT Bhubaneswar director R V Rajakumar said he felt that Plus II examinations should be given weightage, along with their performance in entrance test,...
View ArticleCISCE to set up regional centre in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Students studying under the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) will now find it easier to make corrections in...
View ArticleICSE syllabus rejig: Schools fear dilution
CHENNAI: With the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announcing that it will revise the Class 11 syllabus to bring uniformity between ISC and CBSE syllabi, schools have...
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