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CBSE is gearing up to implement the CCE Scheme

CBSE is gearing up to implement the Examination Reforms and Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme in all the 11,500 schools affiliated to it in India and 21 countries abroad.
Meanwhile, the Board has invited students, teachers, principals, parents and educators from across the country to suggest a suitable logo (symbol) and slogan for CCE.
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CBSE Papers : CCE process to start from next month

The students who are now in Class IX will be the first to be evaluated for their scholastic as well as co-scholastic performance from next month, resulting in grades instead of marks. This batch will be the first to be free from the stress of Class X Boards in 2010-11.
In a circular dated September [...]

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Engineering is a great career choice for many

Engineering is a great career choice for many.Let’s take a look at a few reasons why engineering is such a hot and rewarding career.
Challenging Work
Engineers get to combine their creativity, mathematics and science background with technology in order to help solve everyday problems. They get to work on the design and development of new [...]

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CBSE Papers : Formative and Summative assessment

CBSE will divide the Class 10 into two semesters.
In each semester there will be two ‘formative assessments’ and one ’summative assessment’.
Formative assessment is carried out during a course of instruction for providing continuous feedback. It will take into account both teacher’s and learner’s point of view in understanding and internalising a subject. It will [...]

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CBSE makes class X board exams optional from 2011

The statement makes it clear that the students now in Class X will have to take the test in March-April 2010 and the optional examination will come into force only in 2011.
According to new CBSE guidelines, on demand assessment tests will be held more than once a year and students can repeat it to [...]

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Origin of Teacher’s Day

In India, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5 every year. This is to commemorate the birthday of the revered academic philosopher and scholar Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, (5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975), was an Indian philosopher and statesman.He was the second son of Veera Samayya, a tehsildar in a zamindari. [...]

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PTU planning to accept AIEEE Scores

Punjab Technical University is now planning to change that in a move that will also save its officials some stress. The PTU’s board council has passed the proposal that the varsity’s Combined Entrance Test (CET) would be scrapped. It approved during a meeting on August 29 that the university would use All India Engineering [...]

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