HRD minister Lokesh says Jagan's unilateral shift was a bane for 1000s of students in state-run schools ill-equipped to handle CBSE exams. Former CM slams 'regressive, anti-poor mindset'.
Parents recounted how their daughters, including one who cried for hours after the incident, were pressured by school staff to remove their hijabs before the exam.
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.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has announced that it will not award first, second and third divisions to students, in a bid to avoid unhealthy competition.
Like Class 12, CBSE will not announce an overall merit list for Class 10 results either, but will issue a merit certificate to students who have scored the highest marks in subjects.
Portions on Mughal history, caste and inequality, and references to Dalit writers have also been removed. NCERT said it is part of a ‘syllabus rationalisation’ exercise.
Board instructs affiliated schools to seal OMR sheets within 15 minutes of the exams getting over, puts onus of ‘fair’ conduct of exams on centre superintendent.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
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While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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