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Monday, September 22, 2025
TopicBoard exams

Topic: board exams

Reader View: Govt should see beyond an exam-centric education for students

YourTurn is our new weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

New education plan wants to make board exams easier, give more flexibility to pick subjects

The changes are part of the New Education Policy, which has been prepared by the HRD ministry and will go for Cabinet approval soon.

Low academic performers rate higher on stress scale, finds NIMHANS study

At a time when decimal point differences decide one's college, a NIMHANS study indicates the need to incorporate stress management in schools.

Forget cramming, CBSE will reward students for creative answers from this year

CBSE officials say students can have different sources of learning apart from the classroom, and they are allowed to use them in their answers if they want.

CBSE plans to make it easier for class 10 students to pass board exams

At present it’s mandatory to secure 33% in class 10 board exam and 33% in internal assessment but CBSE wants to change that.

TalkPoint: Can India’s board exams break out of cheating and question paper leaks?

Experts weigh in on CBSE's announcement to re-conduct class XII exams in light of a question paper leak.

The CBSE paper leaks should force us to reform our outdated learning systems

Board examinations never were moments of celebration. They are dumb dreadful standardised tests that have no place in the 21st century

Cabinet checks result for PM Modi’s ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’, gives him top marks

The discussion was formally part of the cabinet agenda at its 20 February meeting. It was informed that over 7.9 crore viewers had tuned in to the programme.

A million students in UP have dropped out of board exams because they couldn’t cheat

Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma leads campaign against those who illegally aid students, government's move invites criticism from academia and the opposition.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.