12 blind students appear for class 10 exam in Jharkhand

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Making the Class 10 board examination optional is a good move, but it could add to the stress of students who would then take a public exam for the first time in Class 12, a psychologist said here Friday. The decision (to make Class 10 board exam optional) can be a problem for the students later because now they will sit for the first public examination in Class 12 which decides their career.

August 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to announce on Friday that from the coming academic year (2010-11), Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE-run schools. The board will make a formal announcement once the blueprint of the new system to replace the board exams is frozen.

July 28th, 2009 RANCHI - Around 30 students were forced to stand outside their school in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand even as their examination was underway Tuesday because their parents had failed to pay the monthly fees, an official said. The students of Holy Cross school were forced to leave the exam room as their parents had not paid the school fees for the month of July.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday came out with a proposal to have a single board in the country to make the 10th board examination optional and make the admission process smooth. Introducing a 100-day plan, HRD minister said the single board at the all-India level will replace various boards in the country and will hold a uniform examination for all students, which will be similar to the pattern of combined law entrances organised by law institutions.

June 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Sanjit Mahto, an 18-year-old who works as cook here, has topped the Class 12 examination (arts stream) conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC). Mahto scored 379 out of 500 in the exam, the result of which was declared Tuesday.

May 30th, 2009 RANCHI - Science students in Jharkhand have performed poorly in the state board's class 12 exams, the results of which were announced Saturday. The pass percentage in science subjects was only 50.35 percent, down from more than 70 percent in 2008.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eleven disabled students were among 15,839 children who secured above 90 percent in class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams. According to CBSE spokesperson Rama Sharma, a total of 1,034 students with disability - 225 blind, 35 deaf, 564 physically handicapped, 12 spastic children and 225 students with dyslexia - appeared for the class 12 exams this year.

May 20th, 2009 NAGPUR - A unique device called 'Audio book recorder' is made in Nagpur for blind students to help them in their studies. This exceptional audio device was prepared six months back.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unlike the countrywide trend of girls outperforming boys, in Delhi and the neighbouring areas, boys have outshone girls in the class 12 Indian School Certificate (ISC) board exams. In the class 10 exam, however, girls have done better than boys.

May 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Students in Jharkhand performed poorly in the 2009 secondary school examination with only a 77.82 percent pass rate, compared to 86.99 in 2008, according to the results announced Saturday. A total of 355,393 students appeared in the examination of which 276,588 cleared it.

April 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Panjab University (PU) Monday announced that it will provide free education to blind students from the next academic session. 'This decision has been taken as we want to fulfil our commitment towards the visually impaired students.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of students sat for their Class 10 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) maths exam in centres across the country and abroad Saturday. Many found the paper 'tough' while others felt the questions were 'indirect'.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - How does a blind person communicate effectively with those who can see despite being unable to establish eye contact? This is part of the social skills and personality development that an NGO is to impart to the visually impaired at a mobile training camp here. The Score Foundation will hold a workshop with 50 blind students in Delhi in April where they will also be helped to choose their career.

February 28th, 2009 RANCHI - The Jharkhand government postponed Saturday's Class 10 and 12 board examination following a strike by Maoist guerrillas. 'We have postponed the examination.

February 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Students appearing for the class 10 mathematics examination in Haryana were taken aback Tuesday when they were given a semester I question paper instead of the semester II paper they were expecting. Students at various centres of the Haryana School Education Board were given the wrong question paper, a board official said.