Pakistan board exam sheets sold as scrap: report

September 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Friday under the reserved seat for the Middle East and South Asia (MESA), the Online news agency reported. The decision was taken at the ongoing IAEA General Conference in Vienna Sep 14-18.

September 8th, 2009 PATNA - Girls have outperformed boys in both the Class 10 and Class 12 level examinations conducted by the madrassas (Islamic seminaries) in Bihar, officials said Tuesday. "Like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination results, girls left the boys behind in the madrassa examinations this year," said Bihar Minority Welfare Minister Sahid Ali Khan, who declared the results of the Madrassa Education Board.

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 - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will scrap its Class 10 Board examination from 2011 and introduce in its place a grading system, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday. There will be no Class 10 board examination from 2011, Sibal told reporters here.

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 14th, 2009 LONDON - A teenaged schoolboy in England was left surprised when he mysteriously got a qualification in "riding buses" from exam board AQA. Bobby McHale, 15, was appreciated for his exceptional skill in walking to the bus stop, waiting for it to arrive, and getting on in the letter he received from the exam board.

July 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Following the bizarre incident of intermediate examination answer sheets being used as bread wrappers coming to light, the Balochistan Education Department has suspended the head examiner and examiner. The Balochistan Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) chairman, Dr Ghulam Hussain said that both the officials have also been served show-cause notices for the scandal.

June 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

February 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Students in West Bengal now have the right to see their exam answer sheets if they are not satisfied with the marks received, thanks to a ruling by the Calcutta High Court. While the students are understandably happy, educational authorities wonder how to handle the deluge of applications they expect.