Tuesday 30 July 2019

CBSE New Exam pattern 2019-20

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced some major changes in the examination pattern for class 12 in the academic session 2019-20. As per the new exam pattern, CBSE has given more weight to the school-based/internal assessment. Major change will be observed in the questions paper format in the board exam 2020. Question papers will have more number of objective type questions.

Internal Assessment in All Subjects

The internal assessment was part of CBSE assessment system but it was not available in all the subjects. Class 12 English, Mathematics, Political Science are some examples with no internal assessment. Now, in the new scheme of assessment all the subjects will have 25% (20 Marks out of total 100) marks for internal assessment. Thus, in March 2020 exam, CBSE will conduct board exam for 80 marks only. However, some science subjects and fine arts will continue to be of 70 and 30 marks.

Internal Choice in Question Paper

CBSE introduced internal choice in 33% questions in the year 2019. The same will continue in 2020 too. This has been extended to all the subjects. Now students will find 33% internal choice in all the sections in the question paper in all subjects. Thus, students will have plenty of options to choose the questions. This will help them to answer the question that they know better. Means, the overall difficulty level of the question paper will be reduced by 33 percent.

Objective Type questions
Another good news for students is, CBSE will put 25% objective type questions including multiple-choice questions in all the subjects. It means, there will be at least 20 Marks questions out of total 80 marks will be objective type questions. Now the subjective questions where students need to write detailed answer will carry only 60 marks. In other words, the overall 60% of assessment need to write answers in detail. Rest 40% is objective type and internal assessment

Wednesday 24 July 2019

NTSE 2020 Stage-1 & Stage-2 Official Schedule


The official NTSE 2020 Notification has been issued on July 17, 2019. National Talent Search Examination popularly known as NTSE is conducted by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for identifying and nurturing the talented students who want to pursue higher education in Science and Social Studies streams.
Based on student’s scores in Mental Ability Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and Interview, the NTSE scholarships will be distributed. Alike last year, 2000 scholarships will be awarded this year for different stages.
a) Scholarship of Rs. 1250/- per month for class XI and XII
b) Scholarship of Rs. 2000/- per month for Undergraduate and postgraduate
c) Amount of scholarship for Ph.D. is fixed in accordance with the UGC norms.
 NTSE Eligibility Criteria
Students of class X studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the Stage-1 exam, conducted by the States/UTs, in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction. Students registered under Open Distance Learning (ODL) will also be eligible for the scholarship, provided the student is below the age of 18 years (as on 1st July of the particular year), the student is not employed and she/he is appearing in class X examination for the first time. Those students who quality NTSE Stage 1 are eligible for NTSE Stage 2.
 NTSE 2020 Exam Dates
NTSE will be conducted in two stages:

1. NTSE Stage 1 exam will be held on November 2, 3 & 17, 2019.
2. The stage 2 exam will be held on May 10, 2020.

Only those who qualify Stage 1 NTSE 2020 exam will be called for the Stage 2 exam.

NTSE 2020 Examination Pattern is Given Below :

Paper
Test
No. of Questions
No. of Marks
Duration (in Minutes)
Paper 1
 Mental Ability Test (MAT)
100
100
120
Paper 2
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
100
100
120

Note: There will be no negative marking done in the NTSE Stage II exam.

Saturday 20 July 2019

National Standard Examination 2019-20



IMPORTANT DATES FOR EXAMINATION AND EVENTS

EVENT
START DATE
END DATE
REGISTRATION FOR CENTRES
01ST AUGUST 2019
20TH AUGUST 2019
ENROLLMENT OF CANDIDATES
21ST AUGUST 2019
15TH SEPTEMBER 2019
LAST DATE FOR PAYMENT OF FEE BY THE CENTRE IN-CHARGE THROUGH CENTER LOGIN
18TH SEPTEMBER 2019
DATES OF EXAMINATIONS FOR JUNIOR SCIENCE (NSEJS)
17TH NOVEMBER 2019
DATES OF EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIOR SCIENCE (NSEP, NSEC, NSEB, NSEA)
24TH NOVEMBER 2019
DISPLAY OF MARKS
18TH DECEMBER 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT OF LIST OF CANDIDATES OF MI &ABOVE MAS
22TH DECEMBER 2019
FINAL LIST OF SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR INO
25TH DECEMBER 2019

Thursday 18 July 2019

NEET Counselling 2019: Seat Allotment Result Released For 2nd Counselling

NEET Counselling 2019: Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the seat allotment result for second round of NEET counselling for All India Quota seats. The allotment result is available on official MCC website. Students who have been allotted a seat in the second round of NEET counselling will be able to download their allotment letter from 10:30 am on July 18. Students who have been allotted a seat in the second round and are satisfied with their allotment letter will need to report to the allotted institute.

Students can report to the allotted institute between July 18 and July 25, 2019. At the time of reporting, students must carry their allotment letter and original certificates to complete the admission formalities.

NTSE 2020

National Talent Search Examination is a scholarship test for Class X students, conducted by NCERT. The NTSE Examination will be held in two stages, Stage I (State Level Talent Search), conducted by SCERTs while NCERT conducts the Stage II (National Level Talent Search). NTSE Stage I 2020 Notification will be issued in the last week of July 2019. NTSE 2020 (Stage 1) will be held on the first Sunday/ Saturday of November 2019 whereas Stage 2 will be held in May 2020. Only Stage 1 qualifiers will be called for the Stage 2 exam, to be held in June 2020. Students will be able to download the NTSE application forms from the first week of August 2019. Based on student’s scores in MAT, SAT and Interview, the NTSE scholarships will be distributed.


New Changes in NTSE Scholarship
 
Last year, NCERT has introduced a few changes in the exam as mentioned below:

  • No Language Paper - There will be no language paper in NTSE 2020.
  • New Reservation - NTSE Exam has added an extra reservation of 27% for OBC (Non-creamy Layer) apart from the existing 15%, 7.5% and 4% for SC, ST and physically handicapped. The income limit currently is 8 Lakh per annum for OBC NCL.
  • Exam Timing - The NTSE test duration has been increased to 4 hours from 3 hours. Duration for MAT and SAT is 2 hours each.
  • Total Marks - The total marks have been increased from 150 to 200.
  • Number of Scholarship - Increased to 2000 from 1000.


Tuesday 16 July 2019

KVPY Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana 2019

The application process for the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2019 scholarship programme has been started. Interested candidates can apply at the official website of KVPY- kvpy.iisc.ernet.in, the application process will conclude on August 20. The examination for KVPY will be organised by the Indian Institute Of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
The KVPY is a national level scholarship programme up to pre-Ph.D level. The candidates will be selected through an aptitude test and an interview. The exam for the scholarship will be conducted on November 3, as per the official schedule and the admit card for the same will be available from the third week of October 2019.
Selection of the students is made from those studying in Class 11 to first-year of any undergraduate Program in Basic Sciences having an aptitude for scientific research.

Eligibility criteria for KVPY

Students enrolled for class 11 or class 12 with science subjects and gained 75 per cent marks (65 per cent for SC/ ST/ PWD) of aggregate in science and mathematics in class 10 board exams are eligible. The scholarship for the stream will be activated only when students will take admission in UG courses in Basic Science and have to score minimum 60 per cent (50 per cent for SC/ST/PWD) of aggregate in science subjects in class 12 as well as in the first year of the undergraduate course.

Steps to apply online for KVPY 2019

Step 1: Candidates can apply from the official website – kvpy.iisc.ernet.in
Step 2: Fill personal and academic details, choose exam centre and upload the scanned images and the required documents
Step 3: Candidates have to pay the application fees and can take a print copy of the application form and payment details for further reference.

Application fee

The application fees for the general candidates is Rs 1000 and for reserved category candidates the same Rs 500.

Thursday 11 July 2019

BITSAT result declared: How to check marks, cut-off list

BITSAT result 2019: The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani has announced the result for the third iteration list for admission to integrated first-degree programmes for admission at Pilani Goa and Hyderabad campus. Candidates can check their result at the official website, bitsadmissions.com.

The cut-off for BPharm is 161 and for other courses, it is 266. The wait list cut-off for admissions to any programme at end of iteration list three for BPharm is 169 and other courses is 240 marks.


BITSAT result 2019: How to check
Step 1: Visit the official website, bitsadmission.com
Step 2: Click on the link ‘click here’ under the first-degree announcement
Step 3: You will be directed to a new page
Step 4: Click on the link PCM, BPharm or toppers – whichever you applied under
Step 5: Log-in using credentials
Step 6: Result will appear, download

Wednesday 10 July 2019

KVPY 2019 Registration Highlight

Availability of KVPY Application Form
July 8, 2019
Official Website
kvpy.iisc.ernet.in
Basic Eligibility
Indian Nationals can apply
Mode of Application
Online
Documents Required
Scanned Photo and Signature
Application Fee
INR 1000 for GEN/OBC and INR 500 (SC/ST/PwD)


KVPY 2019 Imporant Dates
Opening of online application portal
8th July 2019
Date for closing of online application
20th August 2019 at 5:00 PM
Download Admit card
Second week of October 2019
Exam Date
3rd November 2019

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