Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education competing with CBSE over high pass percentage

JAIPUR: State education department is at wits end to ensure that Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) student to obtained marks equallent to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The wide difference between the aggregate percentages is reducing the number of state board students in state premier colleges.

Kalicharan Saraf, education minister has formed a three member committee to look into the matter said, "This is very serious issue. Our state board students lagging behind in opportunities in higher education institutes and jobs due to wide difference in marks obtained by RBSE and CBSE students."

Notably, the pass percentage of CBSE Ajmer region in class X is 99.22 against the RBSE pass percentage of 64% in the academic year 2012-13. Board is also planning to introduce Comprehensive and Continues Evaluation on the lines of CBSE.  Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Rajasthan-Board-of-Secondary-Education-competing-with-CBSE-over-high-pass-percentage/articleshow/28498781.cms

Apply for AIPMT 2014 Medical entrance exam with late fee till 31st Jan

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, is all set to conduct the All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Test (AIPMT 2014) on 4th May 2014. The last date for the AIPMT 2014 exam was closed on 31st December 2013. CBSE provides another opportunity to the students to apply for AIPMT 2014 Medical entrance exam. Interested candidates can apply for AIPMT 2014 exam by paying late fee of Rs 1,000/- till 31st January 2014.

Students can now take JEE in Urdu as well

For the first time, over 60,000 students will take the joint entrance examination (JEE-mains) in languages like Gujarati, Marathi and Urdu at a few centres in Gujarat and Maharashtra.Registration for the JEE (mains) closed on Monday. The top 1.5 lakh students from JEE (mains) will be allowed to write the JEE (advanced) exam for admission to different IITs. The rest will seek admission to other central and state institutes.
In 2013, only Gujarat had agreed to adopt the result of JEE (mains) for admission to its technical institutes. This year, three states — Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha — have also joined the exam system.

KVPY 2013: INTERVIEWS CENTRE DETAIL

For Stream SA, SB & SX candidates qualified from Bhubaneswar, Jamshedpur & Visakhapatnam Aptitude Test Centres

List of Candidates: Streams SA/SB/SX
Venue:
National Institute of Science Education Research
BHUBANESWAR - 751 005.
Date of the Interview: 23 - 25 January, 2014
The following SA, SB & SX candidates who wrote the aptitude test at Bangalore, Kochi and Trivandrum centre and qualified for the KVPY interview are requested to be present for the interview as per the following schedule. (The interview call letter will be despatched by 3rd January 2014 by speed post).
The students are requested to fill the following forms as well and bring these along with the original call letter for the interview.

• Study Certificate : SA  SB  SX
• Self-Appraisal Form
• Teacher Recommendation form

Source: http://www.kvpy.org.in/main/interviews-bhubaneswar.htm

Rajasthan Pre-Entrance Test (RPET)

 RPET 2014 is conducted by the Board of Technical Education, Rajasthan to provide admission to the eligible candidates for various undergraduate engineering courses in the institutes in the state.
RPET 2014 Selection Procedure: on the basis of the RPET 2014 Scores and Rank

RPET 2014 Paper Pattern:

• RPET 2014 Question Paper will be in objective in nature.
• There will be 120 questions with 40 questions each in Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
• Each question carries one mark.
• There will be no negative marking.

DATE-SHEET SENIOR SCHOOL EXAMINATION,2014

DAY	DATE	TIME	SUBJECT NAME	SUBJECT- CODE
Saturday	01st March, 2014	10:30 AM	ENGLISH ELECTIVE	1
			FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH	101
			ENGLISH CORE	301
Tuesday	04th March, 2014	10:30 AM	HISTORY	27
Wednesday	05th March 2014	10:30 AM	PHYSICS	42
			ELECTRIC MACHINE	623
			FABRICATN. TECH–II	630
			AC & REFRGTN.–III	632
			RADIO ENG. & AUD.SYS	635
			M PROD TPT & M COOP.	640
			OPTICS	658

DATE-SHEET SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION,2014

DAY	DATE AND TIME	SUBJECT NAME	SUB-CODE
Saturday	01st March, 2014 10:30 AM	TAMIL	6
		SINDHI	8
		MARATHI	9
		RUSSIAN	21
		PAINTING	49
		SPANISH	96
		KASHMIRI	97
Monday	03rd March, 2014 10:30 AM	MATHEMATICS	41
Tuesday	04th March, 2014 10:30 AM	Home Science	64
Wednesday	05th March, 2013 10:30 AM	HINDI COURSE-A	2
		HINDI COURSE-B 085	85
Friday	07th March, 2013 10:30 AM	ENGLISH COMM.	101
		ENGLISH LNG & LIT.	184
Saturday	08th March, 2014 10:30	MUSIC CAR.VOCAL	31
		MUSIC CAR.INS.MEL.	32
		MUSIC CAR.INS.PER.
		MUSIC HIND.VOCAL	33
		MUSIC HIND.INS.MEL	34
		MUSIC HIND.INS.PER
		ELEM. OF BUSINESS	35
		ELEM BOOK-K & ACCY	36
		E-TYPEWRITING-ENG	154
		E-TYPEWRITING-HIN
			254
			354
			454
Monday	10th March, 2014 10:30 AM	SCIENCE Theory	86
Tuesday	11th March, 2013 10:30 AM	FOUNDATION OF I T	165
Wednesday	12th March, 2013 10:30 AM	PUNJABI	4
		MALAYALAM	12
		ODIA	13
		KANNADA	15
Friday	14th March, 2014 10:30 AM	SOCIAL SCIENCE	87