Mixed bag in Class 10, 12 board exams in Delhi

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There would be no Class 10 board exams for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools from 2011, union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal announced Monday. Sibal had so far said the Class 10 board exams would be optional.

September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There would be no Class 10 public exams for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools from 2011 and a grading system would be introduced from the current academic session, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal announced Monday. The minister told reporters here that board exams would be held as usual this academic year, but a grading system would be introduced along with the prevalent marks system.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - There were some hurrahs and some apprehension with the Class 10 board exams being made optional. While some educationists Tuesday gave the thumbs up to the move, others felt it would affect the standard of education in the country.

August 18th, 2009 PANCHKULA - A uniform grading system will be introduced in schools across the country after a consensus is reached among teachers, parents and students, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday. "For those schools that are up to Class 12 level, we have proposed to scrap the board exams of Class 10 and to introduce a grading system.

August 18th, 2009 PANCHKULA - A uniform grading system will be introduced in schools across the country after the government arrives at a consensus with teachers, parents and students, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday. "For those schools that are up to Class 12 level, we have proposed to scrap the board exams of Class 10 and to introduce a grading system.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal mulls over the idea of doing away with the traumatic Class 10 board exams, students, educators and parents gave mixed reactions. They are not sure whether the move would relieve stress or add pressure to Class 12 board exams.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A student of Modern Public School in Noida allegedly committed suicide after scoring poorly in class 12 board exams, police said Wednesday. Akshay Rana hanged himself to death in his Mayur Vihar residence in east Delhi Tuesday evening, a police officer said.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Girls have once again outshone boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 board exams, the results of which were declared Friday in the three zones of Delhi, Guwahati and Allahabad. The overall pass percentage recorded a 1.76 percent increase from last year.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Girls have yet again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 examination. While the pass percentage for girls was 89.78 percent, that of boys was 88.18.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Girls have once again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 board exams, the results of which were declared Friday in the three zones of Delhi, Guwahati and Allahabad. The pass percentage of girls was 85.94 percent, as compared to 77.40 percent for boys, the CBSE spokesperson said.

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.

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.

February 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Over 1.45 million students will sit for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations starting March 2 at over 5,000 centres spread across the country and abroad, an official release said here Friday. This year, 824,438 students of class 10 and 637,578 of class 12, will take the board exams, a CBSE release said.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To help students overcome anxiety and stress during board exams, several helpline numbers of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start functioning Sunday. As a part of the board's outreach programme this year, it will start telephonic counselling, question-answer columns in newspapers, interactive voice response system (IVRS) and online counselling through the CBSE website.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Friday announced the examination schedule for the Classes 10 and 12 board exams that will begin March 2 next year. For Class 10, the examinations will start with elementary business among four other optional subjects.