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TopicBoard exams

Topic: board exams

Indian parents should worry about children’s screen time during board exams, new data shows

The study by the recently launched Child Online Protection app is based on responses collected from 5,000 families in Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities of India.

SubscriberWrites: Beyond the second decimal place

The low scorers are made to feel guilty overtly or covertly for bringing the percentage of the institution down. It is a festival of raw nerves.

We failed the UP board topper. She should be celebrated, not bullied for her facial hair

The pervasive culture of body shaming, of judging others based on their appearance rather than their character or abilities, is a reflection of the deeper societal fault lines.

‘Board exams twice a year,’ announces Centre as it unveils new education policy framework

The education ministry also said students of Classes 11 and 12 need to study two languages of which at least one should be Indian.

Govt looks at standardising board exam assessment across states to curb vast variations in results

Variation may be due to state boards' different approaches, says education ministry report. All states have been asked to work on process of standardising assessment.

New Delhi:        Also Read: Board exams twice a year, removal of 3 streams, no written exams till Class 3: NCF draft for school education         (Edited by...

Day 1 of Karnataka Class 10 board exams: Govt says most adhere to hijab ban, 4 ‘walk out’

Minister B.C. Nagesh says ‘99.99%’ students take exam without head scarf. Karnataka government had made uniforms compulsory for Class 10 board exams, which began Monday.

CBSE announces special assessment for 2021-22 board exams, syllabus to be divided over 2 terms

The decision to come up with a special assessment scheme has been taken after CBSE had to cancel Class 10 and 12 exams for the academic session 2020-21.

‘Need to plan before it’s too late once again’ — Manish Sisodia on new academic session

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Wednesday said it is time the government starts planning about how class 10 and 12 students...

No final call on Class 12 exams at Modi govt’s high-level meet. States told to suggest options

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level meet Sunday to decide on Class 12 exams, but it ended inconclusively. States asked to make detailed suggestions by Tuesday.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.