Third Eye: All for divine interventionHaving decided to lead the party’s drive in strengthening its booth-level units, BJP president Amit Shah will start his drive from booth nu...
CISCE up for revamp to centralise educationCouncil for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) is revamping its syllabus and training methods.
Poke Me: The mad scramble for seats via impossible 'cut-offs' is destroying real learningExams are important, as are continuous evaluation and assessment. But these are primarily the tools, not the goals of education.
Madrasa certificates issued by 5 state boards at par with CBSECertificates issued by 5 state education boards to students of madrasas are equivalent to those issued by the CBSE, according to an RTI que...
In defence of the new engineering admission processThe idea behind the new IIT entrance system was not to let the school education system be weakened and to adopt a student-centric approach.
- Different educational boards agree to have similar question papers
Come 2014, class 12 students of maths and science from one particular education board will not be able to complain about having to face tou...
- CBSE to hold first common entrance test for MBBS, BDS on May 5 next year
The first-ever common entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be conducted by CBSE.
- All board examination results will be declared by June 10 each year: COBSE
At a meeting of the Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE) held on Thursday, it was also agreed that revaluation and re-tot...
- Education ministers to discuss single entrance test issue
Education Ministers of states will meet tmrw to decide on the Centre's move to hold a single entrance test for admissions to under grad sci...
- Kapil Sibal for common medical & engineering entrance exam
Human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal is serious about placing the student at the centre of his ambitious education reforms...
- 10+2 science & maths syllabus to be made uniform from 2011 session
School boards agree on common entrance for professional courses.
- Single national-level entrance test for students in the offing
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said that students could soon have a single national-level entrance test to get admission into engineering, medica...
- Govt mulls grading for classes XI & XII
As part of the education reform process, the Centre is examining the feasibility of introducing a system of continuous and comprehensive ev...
- Common plus-two syllabus for science, math across boards
Plus-two students across India could be studying the same course for science and math from the 2011-12 session.