The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has given school students of Class 6 to Class 8, a reason to worry. The Board has released a circular on curriculum updates for 2015-16 directing schools to remain open for six hours each day, for six days a week. However, the students of Class 5 will have a five-day functional school. …
CBSE Class 12 results: Girls outshine boys
Reinforcing the trend, girls have yet again outshined the boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams 2015, the results of which have been declared today. Girls have recorded a pass percentage of 87.56 percent, while boys are a little behind them with a 77.77 percent. A total of 9,62,122 students appeared for …
CBSE plans to raise ratio of girls in engineering
The CBSE has launched Udaan, a project to mentor 1,000 (50% seats earmarked for students from SC/ST/ backward classes) girl students to compete for admission at premier engineering colleges. Free of cost, the project will provide a course in online/offline format for students of class XI and XII to help them prepare for the JEE. Science students from any board …