No Weightage Of Class XII Marks In JEE Ranking From 2017: Education Ministry

Class XII marks will not be a factor in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) rankings for admissions in engineering undergraduate courses starting next year, the Human Resource Development ministry headed by Smriti Irani said on Thursday.

Ministry officials said the decision was taken after a committee set up by IIT Council submitted recommendations on changes in the JEE pattern, which were put in the public domain for wide consultations.
“After examining the Ashok Mishra Committee’s report and public feedback, MHRD has decided on a few changes in the JEE pattern for 2017. The present system of allotting 40 per cent weightage to Class XII marks for determining ranks in JEE shall be dispensed with,” an official said.

“Class XII scores will be a crucial parameter only for determining the eligibility criteria for the exam,” the official added.

To qualify for appearing in exam, students need to have at least 75 per cent marks or be in top 20 percentile in Class XII examination. SC, ST students should have 65 per cent marks. “All other JEE examination systems shall remain unchanged,” the official said.
The committee had in November recommended major changes in the JEE structure, including setting up of a National Testing Service to conduct tests for shortlisting about four lakh students for the exam.
The Ministry had put the Committee’s recommendations in the public domain for wide consultations and decided that the JEE 2016 be conducted in the manner it was held in 2015, with an enhanced intake from 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh in the JEE (Advanced) stage.

Rajasthan to introduce new syllabus for Class 1 to Class 12

To eradicate "cultural alienation", Rajasthan has decided to introduce a new syllabus for Classes 1 to 12 in government schools for the next academic session, with a greater focus on lives of country's 'Mahapurush' and history of the state.
According to a report in Press Trust of India (PTI), Minister of State for Education, Vasudev Devnanai said, ''The state government has planned to introduce a new school syllabus which would include stories of various 'Mahapurush' (great leaders), moral science, country's latest scientific development, ethos and history of Rajasthan.'' He further added that a high-level State Institute of Educational Research and Training (SIERT) is going to change the syllabus for Classes 1 to 8 and another committee set by Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) for syllabus reforms will make the amendments for Classes 9 to 12. The students must learn about 'Mahapurush' like Maharana Pratap and take lessons from their lives, the Minister said. He added that the committee would stress that for Classes 1 to 5, there should be 75 per cent chapters from Rajasthan and 25 per cent chapters from national importance.

100 model schools to open in Odisha

On October 5, the Odisha government said that 100 model schools will start functioning from the next academic session (2016-17) in the state.
The School and Mass Education Minister, Debi Prasad Mishra said that, "While the state government has set a target to open model schools in each block, 100 such schools will begin functioning from next academic session in the first phase."
The decision was taken in a meeting in Bhubaneshwar today, it was chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Mishra said that a total of 1,772 employees, including 1,332 teachers, would be appointed in these model schools. The appointment process of 1,332 teachers and 440 staffers in the 100 such schools would be completed by March next year.
The model schools, meant to impart education from Class one to Class 12, will be carved out at par with the central government-run Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), the Chief Minister's Office said in a statement.
It added that vocational courses would also be a major part of the curriculum. Patnaik directed officials to expedite the construction of buildings and other infrastructural works to ensure that education is imparted in the model schools from the 2016-17 academic session.
The model schools, to be managed by autonomous bodies, will also have residential facilities for students.

Assam girl selected for Commonwealth Scholarship in UK

JORHAT (Assam): Youths from the northeast region are not far behind their counterparts from the rest of the country. A young student from Assam has recently been selected for the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship in United Kingdom.

Sneha Khaund, a 22-year-old from Jorhat district, is an english graduate from St Stephen's College in Delhi. She was recently selected for the award in United Kingdom for the year 2015-2016.

She is one among 22 Indian students selected for the scholarship this year and will now be pursuing her masters degree in Comparative Literature at London University. Expressing delight over her selection, Sneha said that she looks forward to study the subject she loves.

Centre allows Jharkhand to retain 100 MBBS seats

RANCHI: The state government has finally succeeded in retaining the 100 MBBS seats, which were cancelled by the Medical Council of India in August last year, with the Union health ministry's mediation.

The Union ministry's decision to keep 50 seats intact at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College (MGMMC) in Jamshedpur and Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in Dhanbad, which was personally overseen by health minister JP Nadda, reached Nepal House late on Thursday evening. A soft copy of the official order reached health secretary K Vidyasagar on Friday.

Gujrat Board makes changes in examination schedule

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education board had made changes in its timetable for the third semester examination for class XII and semester I examination of class XI.

The board has announced that the examination which was scheduled to be held on November 9, the Dhanteras day will now be held on October 30. Earlier the examination were to begin from November 2 and were to end on November 9, will now begin from October 30.

The board was forced to make the changed after students and parent's body made representations to the GSHSEB to make changes in the date of the examination. Parents claimed that the festivity in the state begins from Dhanteras which was just two days before the Diwali festival. The Board while declaring the academic calendar at the start of the session had announced Diwali vacation from November 9.

Foreign Faculty Members under GIAN Programme for IITs, IIMs and IISc

Under the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) programme, some of the major higher education academic institutes like IIMs, IITs and IISc would get foreign faculty members for this academic year. The national coordinator for collaborating with institutes like IITs, IIMs, IISc, and NITs under GIAN has been selected to be IIT-Kharagpur.
According to the Director of IIT Kharagpur, Professor P P Chakrabarti they have planned 500 such courses by foreign teachers for the academic year 2015-16. For this purpose there has been outlay of about Rs. 35 crore. There would be faculty members joining in as distinguished, adjunct, visiting faculty or professor of practice for various institutes. There would be other faculty members would come by to deliver short or semester long courses in these institutes. Such courses would be for credit and would be made available by the host institution for participation from other institutions.

Telangana SSC Results is expected to be out on July 17

Board of Secondary Education (BSE) are likely to announce the Telangana SSC Supplementary results on Friday i.e.July 17. The results are obtainable on the official website, the link for which is bsetelangana.org.  As per the reports, the results were expected to be out on July 15 but now they will be available on July 17. 
How to check the results?
In order to check the results, the candidates must follow the listed steps below:

• Go to the official website

• Insert the roll number

Submit the same. The result will be displayed on the screen. The candidates are required to take out a print for future use.This year, over 12.15 lakh and 3.34 lakh candidates registered for annual (March 2014) and advanced supplementary examination which was conducted on May/June - 2014.
Directorate of Government Examinations is an independent department working under Ministry of secondary Education, Government of Telegana.

AIIMS announces DM, M.Ch and MHA exam dates

All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) has announced the exam dates for DM/M.Ch/MHA. The entrance exams will be conducted on November 28.

Eligibility criteria:
Educational qualification:
For M.Ch: The candidates must possess an M.S degree in Surgery from AIIMS or any other university or institute recognised by the MCI.
For MHA: The candidates must have scored a minimum of 55 per cent marks in aggregate in all MBBS professional examinations for other category including OBC category and 50 per cent for candidate belonging to SCs/STs.
For DM: Candidate must possess a degree in MD/MS or DNB from a university recognised by the MCI.

How to apply:
The candidates must apply online on the official website of AIIMS which is: http://www.aiimsexams.org/index.html

Selection procedure:
The candidates will be selected on the basis of a written test which will be conducted by AIIMS.

Paper pattern:
The written test will be conducted for the duration 90 minutes duration and will carry 80 marks.
There will be a total of 50 multiple choice questions and other 30 questions will be short answer questions on clinical, practical and lab based topics.

Important dates:
The test will be conducted on November 28.
The result will be declared on November 30.

Financial Market Management Course to be launched by CBSE

In collaboration with the National Stock Exchange, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce Financial Marketing Management (FMM) vocational course for the students of class IX and X from the 2015-16 academic session. Under the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), Financial Market Management would be introduced as vocational course which would have Level I and Level II.
The CBSE Director of Vocational courses, M V V Prasad Rao said that a joint certificate course was initiated on FMM at Senior Secondary level (class XI-XII). It was in collaboration with the NSE as well, in which CBSE took the responsibility to teach students the vocational subject. IT was initiated in the academic session of 2007.
For this year’s FMM course the students of Class IX and X have to undergo two subjects, which would consist of 200 periods each. The subjects would hold 60 marks for theory and 40 marks would be up for practical papers. The students in class IX would study the basics of Money management under the course and those of class X would undergo an Introduction to Financial markets.

CGPET-2015: Result has been declared

CG PET-2015 result has been declared by the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board, on May 21st, 2015. Along with the result, final answer key of the CG PET-2015 has also been issued. Candidates can check their responses in the examination through the CG PET-2015 Answer key.

Click Here for CGPET-2015 result

CG PET-2015 was conducted on May 1st, 2015. Candidates can visit the official website of Board or can click on the link provided belowto check their result. For checking their results, candidates will need to enter their Hall Ticket number.

Click Here for CGPET-2015 Final answer keys

The candidate who scored 1st rank in the CG PET-2015 examination is 126.010. Candidates can access the score card through the result wherein sectional wise and complete marks will be mentioned. Board will issue the counselling schedule and the rank list within 1 or 2 weeks.

Gujarat University to take Online Admissions for Science Courses

 

For the seven science colleges and its 2,800 seats the Gujarat University has begun online admission procedure in Ahmedabad. The only college which is left from its ambit is St. Xavier’s College.
The students who are willing to take admission in these science colleges for BSc courses would have to apply online through the website of Gujarat University. Though, the allotment of seats for these colleges would be offline. Every day 500 students would be called by the university and allocation of seats would be done on the basis of merit from June 20 to June 27. This would help make the process more streamlined and smoother without waiting in long queues and trouble in scorching summer for parents and students alike.
This whole process would get conducted way before the allotments for degree engineering, medical and paramedical courses begin in the university. According to officials the science admissions would take place after the first round of allotment of the degree engineering college seats are done. Making the whole process online would save enormous time of the students and parents as they do not have to personally go through all the colleges and apply for the desired courses.

HRD Minister Smriti Irani orders addition of moral values in education

Smriti Irani, HRD Minister has issued an order to add moral value in educating school children. On May 6, moral and civic education was made compulsory to all CBSE affiliated schools and colleges by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development.

The HRD Ministry's press release said that all National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks would have themes and examples reflecting moral conduct.

The syllabus will introduce value education. Additionally, NCERT has created a resource book for teachers called the 'Ways to Peace'. The students would be assessed on these new subjects in the final exams, as per the release. 

Assam CEE-2015: Admit cards are available

Assam CEE-2015 admit cards are released by the Dibrugarh University online and are available for downloading from May 7th, 2015 onwards. Candidates who are appearing in the State Engineering entrance exam have to download the Admit Card of Assam CEE 2015 to take it with them in the exam. Engineering aspirants of Assam CEE-2015 have to present the admit card while appearing for the exam because the important document for identification purposes and without it entry of the candidates is not allowed. Candidates can click the link below to download the Admit Card for CEE 2015.

Click here to download Assam CEE-2015 admit card 

JEE Advanced-2015: Registration process to begin from 2nd May'15

The registration process for the JEE (Advanced) is set to start from today i.e. May 2nd, 2015 from 10 am. The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced is scheduled to be held on May 24th, 2015. The Joint Admission Board (CBSE) had released a notification stating that the registration process for the JEE (Advanced) will be conducted from May 2nd to May 7th, 2015. The candidates who had not applied for the JEE (Advanced) earlier can also register during this period. Top 1, 50, 000 scorers of JEE Main-2015 can apply for the JEE Advanced-2015. 
Apply Online for JEE(Advanced) 2015 at http://jeeadv.nic.in/jeeadvapp/root/loginpage.aspx
Category wise cut off marks of JEE Main-2015 cut off marks are as follows: