CBSE announces expression series in remembrance of Jayaprakash Narayan on October 11

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced an expression series of programme on Jayaprakash Narayan, this time on October 11. Taking forward the series programme, the board has decided to remember the contribution of Narayan as a freedom fighter and social reformer.
Through this programme, a student can submit an essay, poem, drawing on either of three topics: 'Jayaprakash Narayan's role in Indian freedom struggle'.
"In remembrance of the renowned freedom fighter and social reformer Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly known as JP, Central Board of Secondary Education announces CBSE Expression Series on Jayaprakash Narayan i.e. on October 11," the circular issued by D T Sudharsan Rao, CBSE joint secretary and in-charge (academic and training) said.
The competition is for board students of three categories: Class 1 to 5, Class 6 to 8 and Class 9 and 10. According to the circular best 36 entries will be given a prize of Rs 2,500 and each student will get merit and participation certificate.
The students can participate through their schools and can also send their entries online through the official website.

25 % IIT seats grabbed by students from rural areas in 2015

KOTA: Twenty-five per cent of the seats of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology across the country were grabbed by students from rural areas this year, as compared to only 10 per cent seats last year.

According to a report JEE Advance 2015 by IIT Mumbai, 25 per cent of the seats, this year, were secured by students, from rural areas who have completed their upper primary schooling in Hindi medium as compared to 90 per cent seats which were secured by students from urban areas last year.

JEE Advanced 2016: Tentative exam date

The tentative exam date for JEE 2016 for It admission to undergraduate engineering courses, in ISM and IIT Dhanbad has been released. The exam is expected to be held on May 22. The JAB, also known as Joint Admission Board conducts the JEE Advanced exam.
Eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2016
The candidate should be among the top 1,50,000 students (all the categories included) in JEE (Main).
The percentage required for various categories is as below:
General (from the common rank list): 5 percent
OBC-NCL: 27 percent
SC: 15 percent
ST: 7.5 percent
Please note, within each of these four categories, 3 percent score horizontal reservation is available for PWD candidates.
Hence, 1215 of OBC seats, 675 of SC seats and 338 of ST seats are for PWD candidates of their respective categories.
Age limit:
The age of the general candidates and other backward classes (OBC) candidates should not be more than 25 years. It means they should have been born on or after October 1, 1991. Relaxation in age will be provided as per government norms.

Medical Council of India proposes common entrance exam for MBBS, post-graduate courses

The Medical Council of India (MCI) might hold common entrance test for MBBS, BDS and other post-graduate medical courses from next year. The proposal for common entrance test has got the consent of the council and has been sent to Health Ministry for recommendations.
If the government approves the proposal, the common entrance may get implemented from the year 2016.
"MCI, in its general body meeting on October 1, has backed the proposal. As per the existing policy, every state government conduct their own entrance test. Private medical college associations and deemed universities also conduct their own CET. And an aspiring candidate appears in all the exams.
"But here under the proposal, there will be a common entrance test for all medical aspirants from across the country and would be of great help to the students," said a senior Health Ministry official.

IIT Council meeting: Five developments which may lead to major changes from upcoming academic year

Indian Institute of Technology council, the highest government-nominated body of the 16 IITs hosted 49th meeting with Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday in Kolkata regarding some of the major changes in IITs as the need of time to enhance the productivity of the institute.
1. The decision of fee hike put on hold.
Smriti Irani has put the decision to hike the fee on hold. According to Times Of India report, she had said that the issue of fee hike was sensitive and ministry cannot rush through it. However, no timeline has been fixed to take a decision on this issue.
The IIT Council had proposed to hike tuition fee of students  by 150 per cent from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2.65 lakh to meet the recurring expenses of the institute. The proposal made by Anil Kakodar committee in 2011.
According to the proposal, IITs are highly subsidised by the government. The cost of a students graduating from IIT is around 3.5 lakh per year, the students are paying Rs. 90,000 per year as tuition fee. The hike was proposed in light of meeting the institutes' expenses on labs, equipment, staff salary, housekeeping, water and electricity.

AIPMT 2015: SC asks 875 seats to be reverted to states

Around 875 seats of government medical colleges were reverted back to respective states on September 17. These account for 15 percent of the total 3,429 seats. Some students approached the Supreme Court with a request that these seats must be filled on the basis of AIPMT merit list and not from state merit list.
The SC stayed admissions against these seats and finally passed an order on October 1 giving extension of one week for admissions beyond the deadline of September 30 and asked the states to fill seats on basis of AIPMT merit list. Last year, 858 seats were reverted out of which 682 were from MBBS and 176 from BDS.
Dr. Arvind Goyal of Chandigarh, an academician and PMT Trainer is of the view that, "Although the Hon'ble Supreme Court has directed the states to fill the AIPMT seats reverted to them through the AIPMT merit list and also extended the last date for admissions to October 7 ,but the advantage of this may not be fully passed on to the AIPMT qualified students. Most of these states are holding the counselling in the only three working days, i.e. October 5 to 7 where the student who is interested needs to apply and be physically present for the counselling .Eventually the student practically will only be able to attend counselling of one state.

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n India a lot of competitive exams are held every year to pick the best talent. Out of the many exams today, NTSE is one of the most important tests organized in the country.
The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level examination cum scholarship program. The exam is conducted by NCERT. Class X students are eligible for NTSE 2016 exam and selection process. The exam will be held in two parts – Stage I and Stage II.
Here are the important details about the exam:

• Exam name: National Talent Search Examination
• Commonly known as: NTSE

- See more at: http://www.plancessjee.com/jee-mag/national-talent-search-examination-2016-eligibility-criteria-paper-pattern-important-dates-online-application-procedure/#sthash.xqlAOqxJ.dpuf

n India a lot of competitive exams are held every year to pick the best talent. Out of the many exams today, NTSE is one of the most important tests organized in the country.
The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level examination cum scholarship program. The exam is conducted by NCERT. Class X students are eligible for NTSE 2016 exam and selection process. The exam will be held in two parts – Stage I and Stage II.
Here are the important details about the exam:

• Exam name: National Talent Search Examination
• Commonly known as: NTSE

- See more at: http://www.plancessjee.com/jee-mag/national-talent-search-examination-2016-eligibility-criteria-paper-pattern-important-dates-online-application-procedure/#sthash.xqlAOqxJ.dpuf

n India a lot of competitive exams are held every year to pick the best talent. Out of the many exams today, NTSE is one of the most important tests organized in the country.
The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) is a national level examination cum scholarship program. The exam is conducted by NCERT. Class X students are eligible for NTSE 2016 exam and selection process. The exam will be held in two parts – Stage I and Stage II.
Here are the important details about the exam:

• Exam name: National Talent Search Examination
• Commonly known as: NTSE

- See more at: http://www.plancessjee.com/jee-mag/national-talent-search-examination-2016-eligibility-criteria-paper-pattern-important-dates-online-application-procedure/#sthash.xqlAOqxJ.dpuf