Touch, key to Indian music
CHENNAI: Call it blues, jazz, Carnatic, Hindustani or Tamil cinema kuthu style of music. 'Madras pianist' Anil Srinivasan's 'Touch' is not about exploring any genre, neither is it about fusing the...
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 ArticleChanges in ICSE and ISC syllabus to be effective from 2018
KOLKATA: Come 2018 and ICSE and ISC candidates will have to appear in examinations with changed syllabi. At the 58th national conference of ASISC which was held at Bhubaneshwar it has been decided that...
View ArticleICSE, ISC syllabus to be modified
he Indian Certificate for School Education (ICSE) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) syllabus is being modified to ensure that it is in tune with the syllabus of the Central Board of Secondary...
View ArticlePune board exam: From next year, you won’t have to apply through school to...
After repeated complaints against schools that they were forcing students, appearing as private candidates for board exams, to join private tuition classes and charging exorbitant fees from them, the...
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...
View ArticleConfucian 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 ArticleExam body to explain why disabled students refused support
The State Examinations Commission has bowed to pressure from the Ombudsman for Children and disability rights organisations over a lack of transparency and said it would provide an explanation to...
View ArticleTelangana Inter exams from March 2
HYDERABAD: The Intermediate Public Examinations-2016 will be held from March 2 to March 21 next year, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) announced here on Monday. Nearly 10...
View ArticleExam site hacked, LU loses students’ data
LUCKNOW: Lucknow University has lost all the data of students who had filled in the online application to appear for back paper and improvement examination after the university's examination website...
View ArticleEnglish exam postponed due to UoM's negligence
Students in Mandya, Mysuru, Ch'nagar and Hassan dists affected The English language examination for repeaters, BA first semester, under the University of Mysore, scheduled for Wednesday has been...
View ArticleAvinashilingam University is conducting exams without completing lessons,...
COIMBATORE: Around 200 students of Avinashilingam University in Coimbatore staged a sit-in protest in front of the varsity on Thursday to protest against the management conducting...
View ArticleCBSE releases material for open text exam
NAGPUR: CBSE has released the material for its mandatory Open text exam which is part of the Summative Assessment II of Std IX, and annual examination of Std XI . The open text based assessment (OTBA)...
View ArticleStudents protest holding of exams without completing syllabus
COIMBATORE: Around 200 students of Avinashilingam University in Coimbatore staged a sit-in protest in front of the varsity on Thursday, against the management conducting examinations without completing...
View ArticleSriram Parasuram:‘Versatility is more about opportunity’
The radiance in musician Sriram Parasuram’s eyes is something that strikes you instantly, even if he’s unwell after a concert at the Sri Karthikeya Gana Sabha, Hyderabad. He’d still pushed his inner...
View ArticleDo you hear what I hear?
Bells are ringing, music’s playing and a choir singing. The familiar sounds of the season are in the air. With December round the corner, a whole horde of choirs and bands come out to present the good...
View ArticleInter exams from March 2; SSC from March 21
Andhra Pradesh government has released the schedule for the SSC and Intermediate examinations for the academic year 2015-16. Disclosing the details in a media conference, HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa...
View Article‘No bonhomie among Carnatic musicians now’
Brahma Gana Sabha will be celebrating ‘138 years of glorious service for the sake of music’ of Padma Bhushan awardeee, Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Kalaimamani Trichur V. Ramachandran (61 years in the field...
View Article‘School system is the reason why Kota will remain necessary evil’
Police worry about the spike in suicides, students complain about the relentless academic grind and experts warn of the lurking menace of depression and drugs. And yet, everyone agrees that the big...
View ArticleKeywords to help Class X score
KOLKATA: Keywords in the answer scripts will make a difference to marks scored in Madhyamik examination from 2017. A model marking system is in the making, following which candidates will be marked on...
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