Haryana students given wrong exam paper

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 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - In a bid to encourage students of Haryana to perform well academically, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday honoured meritorious students and announced various schemes to boost the education system in the state. Around 131 students were awarded cash awards ranging from Rs.11,000 to Rs.500,000 during the ceremony that was held at Hooda's residence here.

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.

May 29th, 2009 PATNA - Two coaching institutes giving tuitions to the aspirants of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bihar have delivered a power pack punch as all their students have cleared the prestigious competitive exam. 'Rehmani Super', is a Patna based coaching institute, and is promoting education amongst the Muslim community.

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 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's not just the Common Admission Test (CAT) that will go online this year. Delhi University (DU) will become one of the first central universities in the country to conduct an online examination next month for its undergraduate science students.

March 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Saying it was meant to serve as a deterrent, a court in Haryana has jailed five teachers for seven years for siphoning off funds meant for providing mid-day meals to government school students. The teachers, including a headmaster, have been charged with siphoning off funds for providing mid-day meals to poor students of a government primary school near Safidon town in Jind district, 250 km from here.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Students of Class 12 of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Saturday were not satisfied with the mathematics paper. Many found it easy but lengthy.

March 17th, 2009 LUCKOW - Education officials in Uttar Pradesh were in for a shock when they found students of Class 8 and 9 answering question papers at an under-graduate exam in Azamgarh district, officials said Tuesday. The school students were caught solving the paper with the help of invigilators Monday when officials of the administration and education department raided two private colleges in Azamgarh following a tip-off.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has admitted to a printing error in a mathematics question set by it for the Class 10 board examination and said students who attempted it would not unnecessarily lose marks. 'There was a problem in this particular question.

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 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anxious students made their way to exam centres across the city, doing last minute revision, while parents gave timely tips outside as the Class 10 and 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams began Monday. 'I am really tense before the examination despite the fact that I have studied really well.

March 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hundreds of thousands of students sat for the class 10 and 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams in centres across the country and abroad Monday and many of them said they found the paper 'easy' and 'doable'. Many students, at a exam centre here, walked out with a smile on their faces and hugged their parents and teachers.

February 26th, 2009 RANCHI - Twelve blind students are appearing in the ongoing class 10 board examination, an official said here Wednesday. 'This year we have given permission to 12 blind students to appear in the class 10 examination.