Government to introduce law to streamline Wakf boardsOctober 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Monday said a bill to streamline the functioning of Wakf boards across the country is in its final stage and will be introduced in the winter session of parliament. The ministry of law has given its final shape to it (the draft bill for amending the Wakf Act, 1999).
Govt makes Class X CBSE exams optional from 2010-11September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a significant step aimed at reforming the educational system in India, the Central Government on Monday announced the Standard X examinations, held under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), will become optional from the 2010-11 session. Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told a press conference here that the Class X examination will become optional from the 2010-11 session.
No Class 10 CBSE exams from 2011, only nine-point grading (Roundup)September 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will scrap its Class 10 Board exams from 2011 and introduce in its place a nine-point grading system, it was announced Monday. The decision drew mixed response from students, child specialists and school administrators.
No Class 10 boards from 2011, grading from this year: SibalSeptember 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.
Mixed response to Class 10 boards being made optionalSeptember 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.
It's official, CBSE Class 10 exams become optionalAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - From the current academic year, the tens of thousands of students studying in Class 10 need not burn the midnight oil or get stressed over the board exams -- the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 examination has been made optional. Making this announcement here late Monday evening, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters: "The CBSE Class 10 exams are optional from the 2009-10 academic year."
I have said this earlier too," Sibal said after the 56th meeting of the Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) here, attended by education ministers and officials from states.
Let's make education a non-political agenda, says Sibal (Roundup)August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Monday announced a number of educational reforms ranging from making the Class 10 examination optional to setting up a central madrassa board and an educational tribunal to handle educational malpractices and urged state governments to make education "a non-political agenda". "If we can make educational a non-political agenda, we can not only change the future of students but also change the country, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said after a Central Advisory Board on Education meeting attended by state education ministers.
CBSE schools to have grading system from academic year 2010-11August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government on Monday announced that it will introduce grading system in all Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools and make Class X board exams optional from coming academic year (2010-11). Union Human Resource Development minister Kapil Sibal, during a press conference in the national capital, said: "Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) supports making Class X examination optional in CBSE system."
"There is a pan-India consensus over the issue.
CBSE to make Class X boards optional in 2010-11August 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.
CBSE has plans to make Class 10 exams optionalJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Much before Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal aired his views, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had plans to make Class 10 board exams optional, parliament was told Monday. The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) - 2005 has recommended that the board should consider, as a long term measure, making the class 10 examination optional, thus permitting students to continue in the same school, Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) D.
CBSE to make Class X board exams optionalJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Human Resource and Development, D Purandeswari, on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposed to make the Class X board exams optional and to replace it with an internal assessment, which would adopt a similar pattern of questions to those in the board exam. Purandeswari also said that to ensure that quality of education is maintained, CBSE would ask schools to maintain course of study of Class IX and X as per the Board's scheme of studies and follow prescribed textbooks.
Foreign universities welcome in India: SibalJuly 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal says foreign universities like Harvard were welcome in India. He also clarified that the ministry wished to abolish the Class 10 board exams of only the central and not the state boards.
A woman member is to be included in further selection boardsJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Government has made it mandatory to include at least one-woman member in the panel of selection boards and committees during the recruitment process. In a circular issued by the Department of Personnel (DoPT) asked all Ministries, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), and Service Selection Commission (SSC) to ensure that a woman member is in the selection committees and boards.
Government for single board at All-India level for school educationJune 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.
Government planning to make Class 10 exam optionalJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With an aim to reform the examination system and de-traumatise the education, the government is planning to make the Class 10 exams "optional", Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday. We will reform the examination system and Class 10 examination will be optional, Sibal told reporters here while outlining his 100-day plans for the education sector.
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