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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicBoard examinations

Topic: Board examinations

For the first time, more girls passed Class 12 with science than arts in 2024, shows govt data

Education ministry analysed results of 66 education boards. Data also shows consistent rise in number of students graduating from Class 12 with science stream over 11 years.

State board students won’t miss out on dream college, govt jobs over marks disparity. SOPs soon

Various state boards have different systems of evaluation, which creates issues when students apply to universities; AIU to issue SOP for more standardised assessment.

Not just CCTV & invigilators, CBSE will use data analytics to identify cheating in exams

This will be in addition to the use of CCTV surveillance and external invigilators for the purpose. The practice will start with the upcoming board exams for classes 10 and 12.

If there is any fatality, will hold Andhra responsible — SC warns over Class 12 board exam

Andhra Pradesh govt said the final decision regarding Class 12 board exam will be taken in the first week of July. The Supreme Court bench asked to take a decision by Wednesday.

Not prepared for boards, say poor, rural students after year of online classes that never were

CBSE Class 10 and 12 exams are scheduled to commence on 4 May, and most state boards are also eyeing a date in the first week of May.

CBSE, ICSE students want exams cancelled, sign petitions, but boards say no change in schedule

CBSE and CISCE exams are both scheduled to start from 4 May. Neither board appears likely to cancel exams just yet.

How Tamil Nadu aced board exam scores for years by manipulating results

In ‘Despite the State’, M. Rajshekhar writes on democratic failures in India, as part of a thirty-three month reporting project across six states.

Govt wants panel to study, mitigate impact of delayed board exams on college schedules in 2021

Covid pandemic has thrown the academic calendar off schedule since March 2020, and its impact is likely to continue for a second successive year.

After ICSE and ISC board, now CBSE unlikely to announce merit list this year 

CBSE officials say they’re calculating results on the basis of an evaluation scheme this year and, therefore, coming up with a merit list makes no sense in such a situation.

Modi govt to ensure Class 10 students who didn’t write board exams are not hassled

Three states – Punjab, Telangana and Tamil Nadu — have already cancelled Class 10 exams for their students this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.