One Nation, One Board , One Entrance Exam really ?

Our HRD Minister Kapil sibal recently introduced a proposal to make one board across the nation. He has introduced the idea of One Nation, One Education Board which will see students across the country study same subjects and write the same examination.

On the same line it was discussed to have a single entrance exam like for engineering. (Efforts are underway to hold a single national-level entrance test for students to get admission into engineering, medical and commerce courses from 2013, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on 16 ^th Fab 2010. "Efforts will be put to hold an All-India national test in science and commerce from 2013. This will smoothen the admission process into engineering, medical, economics and commerce courses," Sibal said, addressing a meeting of the Council of School Board of Education (COBSE) here. He said this will reduce burden on students who are appearing in multiple-tests for admission)

Do you think effort has been made to make this dream come true in 2013?

Recent News: CCB has increased the counseling participation fee for the universities from Rs.2.50 lakh to Rs.10 lakh this year. Many universities /colleges have opted out from CCB. However it is not very clear why these universites have opted out from CCB Counselling . But according to news it seems universites are not happy with Money hike.

Whatever may be the reason the students are suffering due to this CCB action as they have to fill separate form, need to pay extra and need to attend separate counseling.

So, is this a action to unite the Universities in a single window or is it going other way ?

IIT JEE Results 2010

IIT JEE 2010 Results will be announced on 26th May, 2010. The result of this examination will be published online on websites of all IITs:
IIT Delhi JEE 2010 Result – www.jee.iitd.ac.in
IIT Bombay JEE 2010 Result – www.jee.iitb.ac.in/result.htm
IIT Guwahati JEE 2010 Result – www.iitg.ernet.in/jee
IIT Kharagpur JEE 2010 Result – www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee
IIT Kanpur JEE 2010 Result – www.jee.iitk.ac.in
IIT Madras JEE 2010 Result – www.jee.iitm.ac.in
IIT Roorkee JEE 2010 Result – jee.iitr.ernet.in

Important dates:
Declaration of Results: May 26, 2010
On-line filling of CHOICES open for ALL the qualified candidates: May 27 to June 09, 2010
Medical examination and counseling for qualified PD candidates (the schedule will be announced on the IIT websites): June 09-11, 2010
SC/ST/PD/DS Counseling: June 09-10, 2010
OBC Counseling: June 10-12,2010
Last date of receipt of filled and duly signed choice sheets: June 17, 2010
Architecture / Design Aptitude Test: June 10, 2010
Website release of course allocation: June 28, 2010

HC refuses to stay declaration of results of IIT-JEE

The Delhi High Court today refused to stay declaration of results of prestigious IIT Joint Entrance Examination for 2010-11 on the allegations that there were errors in instructions in question papers and a faulty marking system was adopted by the organising committee for the tests.

The High Court also declined to give a direction to IIT for holding the examination afresh.

"We are dismissing the applications (for staying the declaration of results and conducting afresh the entrance tests)," a Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Mukta Gupta said on two separate PILs filed in this regard.

The results were scheduled to be declared on May 26.

However, the court kept the petitions filed on the issue pending by directing the IIT's organising committee for JEE to demonstrate before it on June 2 the software adopted for evaluation of answer sheets.

CBSE Exam 2010 Results of Class XII on May 21

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce Class XII Exam Result on May 21, 2010 for Delhi, Guwahati and Allahabad Regional offices whereas for Ajmer, Chennai and Panchkula Regional offices, the result shall be declared today at 8.00 AM.

The examinations were held in March and the Board saw an 8.80 per cent increase in the number of students appearing.

Modes to check the results:
 
Results on InternetAs per previous years, this year also the CBSE is hosting its results with the technical support of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India on net. The schools can also get entire school’s results by giving their school code and email-id by registering themselves on which result is required. Students can also get their results on their e-mail address by registering themselves on the following website :
www.cbseresults.nic.in
 
Results through IVRSRates for IVRS per roll no. will be a maximum of Rs.1.20 per call (180 sec pulse rate duration) based on the plan.As per previous years, with the help of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India, Board would be disseminating its results through IVRS also. The telephone numbers of NIC and other organization through which results can be had through IVRS are as follows:-

(a) National Informatics Centre :
TELEPHONE NUMBER(S)     AREA COVERED
24357270                                    - for local subscribers in Delhi
011-24357270                            - for subscribers in other parts of the country


(b) MTNL :
TELEPHONE NUMBER(S)     Area Covered
28127030                                    for local subscribers in Delhi
011-28127030                            for subscribers in other parts of the country

Results through SMS
Rates for SMS for registration & communication of result per roll no. will be Rs.0.50
SMS                                                            Covered Operators
cbse12 rollno Send SMS to 52001                MTNL
cbse12 rollno Send SMS to 57766                BSNL

cbse12 rollno

Send SMS to 56735                                     Vodafone

cbse12 rollno

Send SMS to 5800002                                 Aircel

cbse12 rollno

Send SMS to 55456068                               IDEA
cbse12 rollno Send SMS to 50000               Videocon

cbse12 rollno

Send SMS to 582821 & 54321                   Tata Indicom

cbse12 rollno

Send SMS to 54321202                               Airtel


The outcome of CBSE exam results for class X will help students decide the stream they would take up in Class XI and XII. While parents and enthusiastic candidates flood the school with calls, others patiently wait for the results to get displayed online.

As mentioned, Class X students sift through the streams that they would like to take up based on the results, while students of Class XII check out various colleges, universities and technical or vocational courses to decide which way they want to go.

Bitsat Cutoffs

BITSAT 2008 cutoff:

Degree programme at Pilani Campus           Cut-off BITSAT-2008 score 
B.E.(Hons.): Chemical                                309
B.E.(Hons.): Civil                                       304
B.E.(Hons.): Electrical & Electronics           339
B.E.(Hons.): Mechanical                             324
B.Pharm.(Hons.)                                         241
B.E.(Hons.): Computer Science                   349
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Instrumentation   331
M.Sc.(Hons.): Biological Sciences                263
M.Sc.(Hons.): Chemistry                              282
M.Sc.(Hons.): Economics                             289
M.Sc.(Hons.): Mathematics                          287
M.Sc.(Hons.): Physics                                  288
M.Sc.(Tech.): General Studies                      302
M.Sc.(Tech.): Engineering Technology          283
M.Sc.(Tech.): Finance                                  276
M.Sc.(Tech.): Information Systems               287


 Degree programme at Goa                                         Campus cut-off BITSAT-2008 score 
B.E.(Hons.): Chemical                                                     281
B.E.(Hons.): Electrical and Electronics                             304
B.E.(Hons.): Mechanical                                                  290
B.E.(Hons.): Computer Science                                      313
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Instrumentation                295
M.Sc.(Hons.): Biological Sciences                                  248
M.Sc.(Hons.): Chemistry                                                265
M.Sc.(Hons.): Economics                                               271
M.Sc.(Hons.): Mathematics                                            270
M.Sc.(Hons.): Physics                                                   272
M.Sc.(Tech.): Information Systems                                272

Degree programme at Hyderabad Campus                             cut-off BITSAT-2008 score
B.E.(Hons.): Chemical                                                                   280
B.E.(Hons.): Civil                                                                          285
B.E.(Hons.): Electrical and Electronics                                           299
B.E.(Hons.): Mechanical                                                               291
B.E.(Hons.): Computer Science                                                    306
B.E.(Hons.): Electronics & Communication                            306
B.Pharm.(Hons.)                                                                          230
M.Sc.(Hons.): Biological Sciences                                                248
M.Sc.(Hons.): Chemistry                                                              264
M.Sc.(Hons.): Economics                                                            266
M.Sc.(Hons.): Mathematics                                                         268
M.Sc.(Hons.): Physics                                                                 267
M.Sc.(Tech.): Information Systems                                              272

also check  http://www.careerquips.blogspot.com/2009/12/bitsat-2010-cut-off-institute.html

BITSAT 2010 TOUGNESS - Feedback from People who have given BITSAT 2010

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BITSAT 2010 TOUGHNESS - Feedback from People who have given BITSAT 2010

CBSE Class XI Admissions through CGPA System

CBSE Class XI AdmissionThe Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has finally declared its Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) system, the key policy governing allocation of streams in Class XI.A formal notification regarding the same will reach all schools by Monday.

The score card of all qualifying students will have a grade point for individual subject, a cumulative grade which will be equivalent to the aggregate percentage and an appropriate multiplier that will help schools to break the ‘tie’ situation and get the actual performance of every student.

“We had got a query from the DPI (S) of Chandigarh, who expressed his apprehension over the admission process to be followed with large number of students expected to get the same grade. We have informed him that we would be out with CGPA within next two days and it would be the governing rule for all admissions. It’s a pilot test and hope it works well,” Said, Rama, Public Relations Officer, CBSE.

Certain private schools have ironically filled almost 95 per cent of their sets on provisional basis using pre-boards marks as the key criteria. According to educationists most of the parents speculating confusion over admissions played it safe by admitting their children even before declaring of the board results.

The private schools when apprised of this system said that it was too late to adopt it as the board results are just a few days away, though the government institutions would go by the CBSE directives.

CBSE Board Exams Optional for Class X

                                                               Optional Board Exams

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has reportedly advised city schools not to encourage students to take the exams for the 2010-11 session.

The advisory gains significance considering most CBSE schools in the city run till Class X.

Even the Kendriya Vidyalayas have been asked to conduct Class X assessments at the school level. “For schools
that run till Class XII, the examination process for Class X will be totally internal in 2011,” said an official with the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.

“None of the students in my school will appear in the board examination. For those willing to take the exams, I will try and convince them to go in for school-based assessments,” said Rita Chaterjee, principal, Apeejay School.

CBSE Board Exams Optional in Class 10 right ?  

BITSAT Practice Papers - 2010

Vidyamandir Classes is providing few practice test papers for bitsat-2010.It would always be beneficial to go through them atleast once before the exam for better performance.
Also try to give them with an "exam-like" attitude.

Go to the downloads section to download them.

For more information goto vidyamandir website

Kota helpline for students soon

In what could possibly be a first-of-its-kind initiative by the administration to help thousands of engineering and medical aspirants who suffer from exam-related stress, the Kota district collector has decided to set up a 24X7 call centre in the city.

In addition to this, a panel of experts would also be available to counsel anxious students. A coaching hub, Kota of late has reported student suicides due to severe examination pressure. A few months ago, a PMT aspirant from Patna, who was taking coaching from a reputed institute hanged herself, unable to cope up with the peer pressure.

The call center, which is expected to start functioning from the first week of June, would have two people in three shifts of eight hours each. It would attend to the problems of callers, and accordingly refer them to the concerned expert for a one-to-one counselling.

District collector, Kota, T Ravikant told TOI, “As students, we all have had butterflies in our stomach before the exams. Kota has a large number of students preparing for some of the toughest examinations every year. In such stressful situations, they need support from someone other than their parents and teachers, with whom they can share their feelings.”

He said since most of these aspirants are between the age group of 16 and 19, they are vulnerable to stress and depression, academics being a major reason for it. “After a sudden rise in stress-related suicides, we realized the immediate need for such a service” he said.

While a panel of doctors and experts is under constitution, the collector has also invited applications from candidates who are willing to work at the call centre. A few volunteers have already contacted him and shown keen interest to become a part of the initiative. “The service is not just meant for IIT-JEE and PMT aspirants, but for all school and college students,” said Ravikant.

Super 30 demands fresh IIT-JEE, rejects remedial steps

Super 30, a Bihar-based free coaching centre for the poor, has demanded that the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) be conducted again following blunders in the Hindi version and has rejected remedial measures proposed by the exam board.
A day after the Joint Admission Board of IIT-JEE devised multi-pronged remedial measures, including scaling up the marks of affected candidates, Anand Kumar, director-cum-founder of Super 30, said the corrective steps was not a fair solution.

"It will be injustice to the affected candidates," Kumar told IANS here.

He said that it would severely hamper chances of those who attempted the question paper in Hindi and urged the exam board to conduct a fresh examination.

"I again demand that a fresh examination be held because there is no other solution in view of blunders that can hit the prospects of hundreds of students from Hindi-speaking states," Kumar said.

The entrance exam to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology was held April 11.

The IIT-JEE board Sunday evolved corrective measures to ensure that genuine candidates were not affected by the errors in the exam. It formulated a point-by-point remedial action and posted the same on the IIT-JEE website.

Kumar, however, said the corrective measures would not help as the errors in the instructions of the Hindi version of the question papers would cost students 48 marks.

He added that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had also demanded a re-conduct of the IIT-JEE 2010 after the errors were detected in the Hindi version of the question paper.

JEE-2010 Corrective Measures

CORRECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE ERRORS ENCOUNTERED IN JEE-2010

Around 4.72 lakh candidates appeared in JEE 2010 on April 11, 2010. Certain errors in the question papers as well as in the ORS came to light immediately. The IITs sincerely regret the hardships that the candidates may have faced during the examination. The Joint Admissions Board held an emergency meeting in New Delhi on Sunday, 2nd May 2010 to arrive at appropriate corrective measures.
The Board observed unanimously that the situation does not warrant the holding of any re-examination and that the remedial measures outlined below will adequately redress the concerns of students arising out of the present situation:

Error 1: The subject headings Physics and Mathematics in the ORS are interchanged.
Corrective Measure: Each ORS (both for Paper 1 & Paper 2) will be evaluated in two ways (sequential question number-wise and subject headings-wise). In each case the higher score of the two evaluations will be taken as the candidate's score. Should one of the ways of evaluating lead to a mark below the minimum qualifying mark in one of the subjects, the other way will be deemed to be the ‘higher’ of the two scores.

Error 2: Question 44 in the Mathematics section of Paper 1 in code 4 of the Hindi version was not printed.
Corrective Measure: The ORS of the candidates who were given Code 4 of the Hindi version of the Question Paper 1 will be evaluated omitting Question 44 and the overall score for the Mathematics section of Paper 1 of those candidates will be appropriately scaled.

Error 3: The Instructions on “Question Paper Format and Marking Scheme” for section IV in the Hindi version of Paper 2 was wrongly printed. Each question in this section was shown to carry 3 marks instead of 8.
Corrective Measure: Each question of section IV of Paper 2 will be evaluated for 8 marks.

Error 4: In a few cases the question paper contained two unreadable pages and two partially readable pages in the Physics section of Paper 1.
Corrective Measure: Since the registration numbers of these candidates have been taken note of at the time of the examination, their ORS will be evaluated omitting the unreadable questions and their scores for the Physics section of Paper 1 will then be appropriately scaled.

The Joint Admissions Board decided to implement the above measures and to continue to monitor the situation till the process of Admission to IITs/ IT BHU and ISM Dhanbad through JEE 2010 is completed.