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Sadhu Vaswani school to open branch in city

The city unit of Sadhu Vaswani Mission is launching its International School (co-educational) from the academic year of 2008-09. The Mission operates 13 such schools across the country. The International School, which would be operated on a no-profit-no-loss basis, is affiliated to CBSE syllabus. Admissions are open for Play group, kindergarten and first standard from January. The intake would be restricted to 30 students per class, said Sadhu Viswani International School chairperson Harish Mirchandani at a press conference here on Sunday. More : hindu.com

Class X boards may become optional

Class X boards may become optional Students may soon have the option of skipping the class X board exams. Even the way the class XII boards are conducted could be in for a major overhaul with candidates having the flexibility of choosing when to appear for particular papers over a two-year period. These are some of the radical measures suggested by NCERTs focus group on examination reforms which was constituted as part of the National Curriculum Framework 2005. The groups brief was to look at ways to bring down anxiety levels among students. The recommendations have been sent to CBSE and

State board, leave those kids alone

While School Education minister Vasant Purke plans to burden students as young as nine-year-old with more examinations, other boards like CBSE and ICSE are thinking of ways to reduce exam pressure. Now that School Education Minister Vasant Phurke has called for the revival of the board exam scheme for standards IV and VII, as an alternative to the earlier proposal of baseline tests in government and private schools, students in the SSC system are in for more stress. Principals and educationists across the three boards have condemned the mere thought of having board exams for students of standards IV and VII. Most

Don’t scrap merit list

The Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Education has taken a cue from the ICSE and CBSE boards which has scrapped the system of announcing the merit list. It, too, will follow suit from the next academic year. The decision, however, hasnt gone down well with academicians and this years rank holders. Students said that the boards decision would demotivate students. With the introduction of the grading system, students will not take the board exams seriously. The thought that you can make it to the merit list instills a sense of competition among students, said Dhara Solanki, HSC topper, Sathaye College.

CBSE schedule for Boards announced

CBSE schedule for Boards announced The Central Board of Secondary Education has released the date sheet for the Class X and XII exams scheduled for March. While Class XII exams start from March 1, Class X exams start a day later.Maintaining the general order, the Class XII exams will start with physics, office and secretarial practice, mechanical engineering and cash management and house keeping followed by fashion studies the next day. Science students will get some time for revision, with their second paper, chemistry, scheduled for March 6 and mathematics on March 22. More : timesofindia.indiatimes.com