Gandhinagar: Not a single student from as many as 63 schools managed to clear the Secondary School Certificate examinations conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, the results of which were declared here on Tuesday. The overall pass percentage was 66.97 per cent, slightly lower than 67.5 per cent of last year. […]
Category: Education
Extending RTE Act to be decided by new government: Centre
New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that extension of the Right to Education (RTE) Act beyond the elementary level is a “major policy issue” which could only be decided once a new government is formed after the general elections. “…the extension of RTE Act beyond elementary level is a […]
3 lakh students pass BSE’s HSC exam in Odisha
Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Girls outshone boys in the High School Certificate (HCS) examination results declared by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha on Tuesday. Announcing the results at the BSE Headquarters in Cuttack, School and Mass Education Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra said the pass percentage was 70.78 per cent, which was over five per cent lower than […]
SC issues notice on 10% quote for EWS in CTET
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice on a plea seeking 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the 2019 Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET). The notice has been issued to the Centre, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the National Council for Teachers, who have asked […]
CA Exam postponed as centres were holding UPSC exams: ICAI
New Delhi: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has clarified that the postponement of exams on June 2 and 4 was because the examination centers were holding UPSC tests on the same day. The paper on June 4 was postponed to June 13 so that Group I of CA final exams was completed […]
Girls outshine boys in Madhya Pradesh class 10, 12 exams
Bhopal: Girls again outshone boys in the Madhya Pradesh class 10 and 12 board exams, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. Some 63.69 per cent girls passed the Class 10 exams against 59.15 per cent boys, while 76.31 per cent girls cleared the Class 12 exams against 68.94 per cent boys. Drishti Sadonia […]
SC allows SSC to declare 2017 exam result
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed it to declare the 2017 Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination result for recruitment in the Central government. A bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and S.A. Nazeer lifted its stay order on the SSC CGL 2017 exam result. […]
Kolkata girl made DCP for a day for coming fourth in ISC exam
Kolkata: Richa Singh, who came fourth nationally in the ISC examination, was on Wednesday made a ‘deputy commissioner’ of Kolkata police for a day in appreciation of her achievement. Richa, a student of G.D. Birla Centre for Education who secured 99.25 per cent marks in the plus two exam results announced on Tuesday, “occupied” the chair […]
NEET-PG cut offs reduced
New Delhi: The Health Ministry in consultation with the Board of Governors, Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to reduce the qualifying percentile in respect of NEET-PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for the year 2019-20 by 6 percentile, an official release said on Tuesday. “Now general category candidates with minimum marks at 44 percentile, […]
Boy who died before class X full exams gets 95% marks in other subjects
New Delhi: Vinayak Shridhar, who died on March 26 — a day before his 10th Board exams were over — has secured more than 95 per cent in all of his exams that he had appeared for. Vinayak was was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy when he was two years old. The incurable disease pinned the […]