IIT Council Scraps CBSE’s Proposal of Conducting JEE-Main Twice a Year

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Council shows a red signal to the CBSE’s proposal of conducting Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) - Main twice a year from next sessions, said the sources.
Earlier, CBSE had planned a proposal to hold the JEE - Main two times in a year, in the months of February and April from next academic year. The board had come up with this plan thinking to offer Engineering aspirants a chance to improve their scores in the JEE-Main.

Download CMAT September 2013 Admit Card

Common Management Admission Test or CMAT is an online computer-based test conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) twice a year in the months of September and February to select suitable students for admission to various management programs in AICTE approved Management Institutions across the country.

CBSE seeks students to get aware of career options in armed forces

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is on the move to endorse the cause of the armed forces by adding subject in affiliated schools. The board asked teachers to emphasize on a career prospects the armed forces has with it and make students of Classes 11 and 12 incline towards it.
The CBSE offers a compulsory subject named 'General Foundation Course' for all Classes 11 and 12 students.

HRD releases a new Book on Mathematics published by NBT

Mathematics is a subject that is very intimidating in nature but is an inextricable part of our life.  It finds applications universally into art, space, architecture, construction, design, pure science etc. Keeping in mind the importance of the application of science of Mathematics in human life, HRD minister, M M Pallam Raju, has released a riveting book, "What is Mathematics?", which is focused on the applicability of the subject. The book is compiled by Dr Balakrishna Shetty, and has been published by the National Book Trust (NBT), India.

International Conference of School Principals 2013’ at New Delhi

PrincipalsFORUM & TeacherSITY, in association with Uttarakhand Technical University, CBSE, NCERT and NUEPA is going to organize a two day ‘International Conference of School Principals’ in New Delhi, on 18 and 19 October 2013. The venue of the event is: PHD House, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi.

Next Education on expansion mode

The company has also launched a cloud-based learning platform for schools that will enable students access study content using any device such as tablets and laptops even outside of school.

Digital learning solution provider Next Education is targeting a 40 per cent increase in revenues to nearly Rs. 200 crore in the current financial year, driven by new product launches along with aggressive expansion plan. The company, which was started in 2008, has invested Rs. 290 crore up till now and had revenues of Rs. 139 crore last year.

CBSE all set for Class 10 aptitude test in November

With an objective to provide Class 10 students with their aptitude assessment reports well ahead of entry in Class 11, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be conducting the Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI) test in November 2013 instead of January next. The test is discretionary, not mandatory on the Class 10 students.

IGNOU launches online students' services

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has introduced website based students' services, an official statement said Friday.
Information on admissions, re-registration details, status of re-admission, change of elective courses, address checking, credit transfer effected, study centre opted, prospectus and application forms of various programmes is uploaded on the website.

JEE Main and JEE Advanced 2014 Dates Announced

The Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) that met on 15 September, have decided to continue with the offline format (paper and pencil) of JEE Advanced for the next year, 2014. JAB has also decided that the JEE-Advanced 2014 will be held on 25 May, 2014. The date will soon be announced officially. JEE Main 2014 is tentatively scheduled to take place on 6 April, 2014. The official dates for JEE Main will soon be confirmed by CBSE.

JEE-Advanced will continue with paper & pencil in 2014

In a recent meeting, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has decided to not to go online for JEE-Advanced 2014. Following the trend of past years, JEE-Advanced aspirants will continue to have a paper-pencil test in 2014.

Schools Defying CBSE Directions to Update their Websites

Almost a month passed since Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had directed schools to update their websites with details on fee structure, transport facilities, grievances cell and pay scale of teachers by September 15. But, it seems that instructions have fallen on deaf ears as majority of CBSE affiliated schools in Ludhiana have not updated their websites yet.

UPSC to conduct civil services main exam 2013 from 1 - 5 Dec

The UPSC will conduct the Civil Services (Main) exam from 1st December to 5th December, 2013 for candidates who had successfully qualified the preliminary exam that was conducted in May this year.
The detailed time table of the exams will be available to the qualified candidates along with their e-admit card.

GATE 2014: Latest exam notification Check here

GATE 2014 examinations will be held on Saturday and Sunday between February 1 and March 2. Though, the exams will be conducted during forenoon and afternoon on alternate weekends, but for some of the papers in GATE 2014, the examinations will be held in multiple sessions.

GATE 2014: A new paper has been introduced in the exam

A new paper ‘Ecology and Evolution’ has been introduced in GATE 2014. This takes the total number of papers in GATE to be 22. All the 22 papers will be conducted through an online Computer Based Test (CBT).

GATE 2014 is being conducted by IIT Kharagpur.

IGNOU’s new booklet for student queries

It is observed that the learners including the prospective as well as the alumni, guardians, teachers and several other stakeholders had many misgivings regarding the norms and procedures, rules and regulations followed in the University. In this regard, this booklet is going to be a very useful compilation as it would act as a ready reference material for all the full-time and part-time functionaries of IGNOU spread over Headquarters, Regional Centres and the Study Centres.

The book is prepared under the concept and guidance of Dr. C. K. Ghosh, the then Director, National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education (NCIDE), IGNOU, who recollects his initiative of preparing a collection of queries by curious IGNOU students. “I used to find many learners, guardians, teachers and other stakeholders coming to the Students Service Centre with multiple queries related to registration, evaluation, material distribution and various other facets of learner support. We found that they were not aware of the rules, regulations and norms of the University which was the root cause of their problems,” explains Dr. Ghosh.

The booklet contains questions faced by the university’s functionaries spread all over the country along with the answers. “We have directly picked up questions sent by the learners facing problems…by and large maintaining the same language of the queries as sent by students.”

There are ten chapters in the booklet. Chapters 1 to 8 have been categorized based on various issues like registration, evaluation, recognition, projects, practicals, assignments, etc. The chapter 9 consists of inter alia selected actual and representative case studies. “Several academic programmes are on offer at IGNOU which do not have parallel in the conventional system and the learners have many queries regarding them. We have listed those in Chapter 9 which we have received from time to time. Chapter 10 is on ODL-Quiz which contains 60 Multiple Choice Type questions with answers which are targeted towards testing the knowledge of the reader about the ODL System of IGNOU and it also generates awareness about the same,” mentions the booklet preparation team.

The answers are valid as on the date of publication of this booklet. An electronic version of this booklet is uploaded on the IGNOU website www.ignou.ac.in where necessary updating will be done from time to time. 

GATE 2014: The registration for the exam to begin from September 2

Registration process for the next GATE examination scheduled in February next year is starting from Sunday.
GATE 2014 examinations will be held on Saturday and Sunday between February 1 and March 2. Though, the exams will be conducted during forenoon and afternoon on alternate weekends, but for some of the papers in GATE 2014, the examinations will be held in multiple sessions.
This time new paper ‘Ecology and Evolution’ has been introduced in GATE 2014 and test for all the 22 papers in Gate 2014 will be conducted in online mode, which will be a Computer Based Test (CBT).
The Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) is the entrance test for admission in M. Tech courses in IITs, IIITs, NITs and other engineering colleges in India as well as a compulsory recruitment criterion for various public service units in the country.
Important dates for GATE 2014:
1.       GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) opens: 2nd September 2013
2.       Last Date for Enrolment: 1st October 2013
3.       Last date for Submission of Online Application: 3rd October 2013
4.       Last Date for the receipt of Print-out of the ONLINE Application: 10th October 2013
5.       Last Date for Request for Change in the Choice of Center: 20th November 2013
6.       Availability of Admit Card on the GOAPS website for printing: 18th December, 2013
7.       GATE 2014 Online Examination: Forenoon: 9.00 AM to 12.00 Noon, Afternoon: 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays between 1st February and 2nd March 2014

Announcement of Results: March 28 2014 (10:00 Hrs)

UPSC Combined Medical Services Examination results 2013 declared

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the results of the written part of the Combined Medical Services Examination conducted in June, 2013.
Accordingly, candidates in this list have qualified for the interview/personality test. The candidature of these candidates is provisional, subject to their being found eligible in all respects.

GATE 2014: HPCL will be recruiting engineers through this exam

The HPCL has issued a notification inviting eligible engineering graduates in specific disciplines to appear for GATE 2014 in their respective engineering disciplines.
The vacancies are in the disciplines of Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Electronics & Communication and Instrumentation.
Engineers having Degree in the following will not be eligible to apply:
Production Engg, Mechatronics, Automobile Engg, Industrial Engg, Construction   Engg , Power Engg .
Age Limit :
1.       For general category, candidates should not exceed 25 years of age as on 30th June 2014.
2.       For OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) , age relaxation will be applicable as per directives.
3.       For SC/ST/PWD, age relaxation will be applicable as per directives.
Educational Qualification :
1.       Candidates should qualify degree examination in engineering/technology in the above mentioned disciplines from a recognized Indian universities/institutes.
2.       Students from General/OBC-NC category should have obtained minimum 60% marks in degree examination.
3.       SC/ST/PwD candidates – 50 %
4.       Candidates who are in their final year of engineering can also apply only on a condition if the selected candidates can produce their final mark sheet by 31st August, 2014.
5.       Candidates should also note that only GATE-2014 score is considered as valid for this recruitment exercise and
6.       GATE score of 2013 or that of previous years will be regarded as not valid.
Selection
Candidates will be selected on the basis of GATE-2014 score /marks which will also be followed by Group Discussion / Tasks and Personal interview.
HPCL recruitment important dates :
1.       Application starts from – 5th November 2013
2.       Last date for receiving application online- 7th January 2014
3.       For more details,please visit the website www.hindustanpetroleum.com

IGNOUs entrance for Management, B.Sc., M.Ed., B.Ed., Ph.D begins on September 8

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is conducting Entrance Tests for Management Programmes (Openmat-xxxiv), B.Sc.N(Pb), M.Phil., Ph.D., B.Ed. and M.Ed. programmes for the sessions starting from January, 2014 on  Sunday 8th September, 2013. The schedule of the entrance test is as under:

CBSE to change the passing criteria for classes IX and X

In the annual meeting of the CBSE exam committee, the board has come up with the idea to make changes in the assessment pattern for classes IX and X. According to the CBSE’s circular regarding this amendment, the students from classes IX and X will have to appear compulsorily for the two summative assessments (SA) and pass them with a certain minimum percentage of marks.

GATE is going to be Online for All Papers

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is going to be conducted online for all the 21 papers from 2014. This is the first time when all the papers of the exam will be held in the online mode.
GATE is a test of time and technical skills to assess a student's understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering. It is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the IITs. On the basis of GATE score, the students would get admission to M. Tech programs in engineering colleges and universities across the country.
GATE first went online in 2010 for only two papers — textile engineering and fiber science, and mining engineering.
The exam will be of three hours and comprise 65 questions. It will be aimed at assessing students’’ knowledge about fundamental engineering concepts and its implementation.
Students should focus on semester teaching, especially on understanding concepts and the application of engineering terms, if they want to do well in the exam. Solving previous year's question papers can also help in understanding the pattern and subsequently in scoring high.
Students are advised to work upon their section-wise performance as the exam will assess them on relative performance instead of following the conventional method of absolute marking system.
An objective type test with four answer-options for each question, the test has the provision of negative marking, deducting one-third of the mark for each wrong answer.

JEE-Advanced Computer-based Exam from Next Year

Board Members of the highest body that indulges in taking the important decision regarding the admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) conveys news regarding making the JEE-Advanced exam computer based from the coming year, 2014.

It is expected that for the next year, paper pencil mode of examination will alter into the computer based examination. The final decision will be made in the Joint Admission Board meets scheduled in the early September 2013.

Devang Khakhar, IIT-Bombay director said, "We considered a proposal to offer the computer test or, at least, to keep it as an option in the first year,". The candidates number decreased by 1.5 lakhs hence application of the system may be possible.

IIT Kharagpur will conduct JEE (Advanced) 2014, will parse by the 2013 database. Initially, we have to estimate the number of applicants who successfully qualified for the IIT (Advanced) took the main test on the computer, according to the IIT official. He added that both test, paper-pen and computer test both will be conducted simultaneously. We will have to be highly cautious.

CPMT counselling starts from 9 September 2013

The counselling of UP-Combined Premedical Test (CPMT) is scheduled between 9 September 2013 to 14 September 2013 and it will be conducted at four centers including King George Medical University (Lucknow), Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (Kanpur), and medical colleges of Allahabad and Meerut.

The Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University (CSJMU) authorities announced the schedule of counseling according to which all the qualified ST and SC category students whose rank is listed under 01 to 1000 rank can register for the counselling on 9 September 2013. The SC candidates having rank above than 1000 can register themselves on 10 September 2013.

The fee for counselling is Rs 300. The counselling for general category candidates starts 10 September 2013 and 11 September 2013 and the candidates under rank 1 to 400 and 401 to 1000 can appear for registration, respectively. The candidates having rank between 1001 to 2500 can attend the counselling scheduled on 13 September 2013. On the day, all candidates will be provided an opportunity to lock the seat. And the students are advised to submit Rs. 5,000 as security money.

The candidates have to bring the original documents like rank card, high school pass certificate, admit card and class XII marksheet along with two photocopies of the original documents and passport size photographs (similar to the photo attached to the form). The team of counselling team will verify the photograph and signature of the candidates with a biometric test of verification.

The candidates can get detailed information through the official website of the of the university, www.upcpmt2013. The candidates who have submitted their original documents to other medical colleges can bring an application letter provided by the Principal of the college mentioning submission of the documents.

Last Reminder for CBSE School to Go Online

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cautioned all the affiliated schools to obey the website policy. The board has clearly mentioned that the students fail to provide the obligatory data on their website latest by 15 September 2013, will be excluded from attending the board examination. According to the CBSE notice released earlier, Schools have to mention some mandatory information including teachers' salary scales, infrastructure available, enrollment status for each class,  on their website.

According to the letter issued by the affiliation department of CBSE, “The board has noticed that despite of the CBSE circular, most of the schools have not uploaded the complete information on their website even some of them do not have a website of their own. Failing in providing all the mandatory data can effect on the registration of the Class IX and Class XI students for Board Exam. The student of the respective school may not be able to appear in the board examination.”

Every CBSE school of Nagpur has their own website or has a sub-page on the main website of the main website multi-branch school group. According to the survey it has been noticed that common data is not available on these websites including teacher’s salary structure. However, one week is remaining to complete the information.

All Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) of Nagpur, except KV CRPF, has accomplished the formalities. Only staff salary of KV CRPF is remaining to update on the website.

Regarding Class X & XII First Term Examination | Time to test for classes IX & X

Students of classes IX and X would go through their Summative Assessment I (SA I) for academic session 2013-2014 in the second week of September 2013 through a pen-paper test, announced Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in a recent release.

The question papers will be supplied to schools by the CBSE on 12 September, and the test would start from 16 September by the schools. This time, the CBSE will provide schools with the marking scheme through online on 20 September. However, the board has left it to schools to make their own date sheets.

Each school will be provided with two sets of unique question papers generated through online software by CBSE. Earlier, the board used to provide question papers and marking scheme for conducting the SA through CDs only.

The question papers are being designed by the CBSE and will be sent online to schools in order to maintain uniformity and standardization throughout the process, revealed Navin Maini, research officer (technology), CSBE.

CBSE Improvement Exam Class 12th 2013-2014

This is the special opportunity for the students who have got E1 and E2 grade in their CBSE results 2013 to improve their grades.
CBSE wants to provide all the students with this opportunity so that they can improve their grade. Some students due to certain problems  are unable to get good marks in the exam and hence should take this as an opportunity and prepare for the exam well.

No change in IIT-JEE entrance exam pattern next year: IIT Joint Admission Board

NEW DELHI: The IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) had a crucial meeting on 25th of august agreed to continue with the same pattern for the IIT-JEE examination for one more year.
The board made a detailed review of the new pattern of the two-tier Joint Entrance Examination,

Time to test for classes IX & X

Students of classes IX and X would go through their Summative Assessment I (SA I) for academic session 2013-2014 in the second week of September 2013 through a pen-paper test, announced Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in a recent release.