Following the Bihar and Assam Board suit, Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) will release the class 10 board results 2020 for SSC students on Tuesday. The result will be declared on its official website gseb.org.
Candidates should note that this year results would only be made available through digital mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, the exams were conducted in Gujarat from March 5-21, 2020. So far, results for only GSEB HSC Science have been released, whereas GSEB Arts and Commerce stream results are still awaited.
Earlier on May 17, the board had released the HSC Science results, which saw a pass percentage of 71.34 per cent.
Steps to check the Gujarat class 10 SS results 2020:
Visit the official website- gseb.org
Look for SSC Result 2020 link
Enter exam roll number and other details in the space provided.
Gujarat SSC result 2020 will be displayed on your screen.
The global pandemic has taken a massive hit on all the sectors of the economy. While it has been slightly easier for MNCs and professionals to adopt work from home as the new normal and continue business as usual, the times have been challenging for the education system around the world. With disruptions everywhere, several people extended support the need for reimagining and reinventing the education system. Hence, comes in the smart classroom systems.
The adoption of smart classroom systems by schools is transforming the traditional education system. The sudden switch is not only limited to private schools but even a number of government schools have started running smart classes. Though the crisis is devastating, it is making our schools and even colleges, technologically advanced. No doubt, students and teachers have had to make bigger adjustments as learning has always been in classrooms. Moreover, many of them are not well equipped with technology tools to avail of remote learning.
Elets Technomedia and digitalLEARNING Magazine organized a webinar with Sahiba Pahwa, Country Head – India, Classtime over “Future of School Education in India: Capitalising Edtech to drive value and enhanced learning outcomes”. Classtime is a solution platform for classrooms that complements in-class teaching with immediate feedback on students’ level of understanding. Classtime has seen a huge surge in last few months.
During the webinar, Sahiba Pahwa said “Distance learning has come as a surprise and it is here to stay. We have to rethink about the students experience this time. We need to provide more opportunities to students to take an active role in virtual classes. Schools must try to engage children and convince parents for online solutions.”
She even said Classtime will explore new things and solutions in the coming days. They will provide hybrid solutions to the school as it will be the most important thing in the future. Engaging students are the most essential part of the online solutions, she added.
When asked about internet connectivity required for Classtime, she said very less bandwidth required for classes. The teacher can view how many students have joined and what are they doing. We even provide huge flexibility during the live sessions. With technology students can be more pro-active during the classes she added.
She even said Classtime provided auto-grade system which many of the ed-tech solutions are not providing. More than 70 pc teachers have used Classtime in first month adopted the tools and techniques with ease. Need hybrid solutions with online solutions for students in this crisis, she added.
She said Classtime is not completely a LMS but an assessment tool. The platform can also provide a human touch to students. Assessment is done in a very simple way and then grading is done. For long term answers, teachers evaluate it. The result is shared with teachers and students during the live sessions. The adaption is much faster than other softwares.
She said Classtime is a universal platform and cater to all the sections including pre-schools. We are adding the Hindi language to our system. We have complete tutorial learning, we add professional trainers and our teacher trained in three days time. She said the focus is more on techniques.
She even said with this platform teachers can create their own content and courses, and customize according to the school requirements. We provide teachers with complete control over the content. The app will reduce the burden of the teachers and provide all kinds of admin support.
Children engagement is the biggest challenge across the globe and every country is dealing with it differently, she added.
She said the platform is comprised of assessment tool, study through gamification and AI learning.
Over security, she said data is very important and the platform is secured by many firewalls. The platform is using one of the best security firewalls in the industry.
Lastly, she said their aim is to empower teachers. Education in technology is a tool to empower teachers.
She lauded Elets Technomedia for the immense efforts in the education sector in the crisis.
In a bizarre incident, over 18,000 aspiring PCS officers in the Uttar Pradesh failed to properly fill in and submit their recruitment exam forms correctly.
Of the total over 5.95 lakh applicants wishing to appear in combined state/upper subordinate services (preliminary) examination-2020, commonly known as PCS (pre)-2020, held along with the examination for recruitment of assistant conservator of forest (ACF) and range forest officer (RFO), 18,235 have made errors in filling in their forms online.
Some have failed to upload the proper specified sized photographs while many have uploaded their photographs upside down. There are still others who have failed to counter sign the photographs uploaded by them as required while some have completely failed to upload their photographs, UPPSC officials shared.
UPPSC secretary said “Post scrutiny of all 5,95,696 forms, the commission has released a list of 18,253 names of candidates who have made one or the other error in their forms on its official website https://uppsc.up.nic.in/.”
Officials said a possible reason for the errors in filing in the forms could be the fact that usually candidates rely on various cyber cafes for filling in the online forms.
However, the application process PCS (pre)-2020 exam was started on April 21 when most of the cyber cafes were shut owing to the lockdown.
As a result, the candidates were forced to fill in and submit the forms on their own and ended up making these mistakes, they added.
Initially the deadline to apply for the exam was May 21 which was extended till June 4.
After weeks of confusion from students, teachers and parents, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Nishank revealed that schools and colleges will be re-opened after August 2020, possibly after August 15. In the wake of Coronavirus, all the colleges and schools are closed from mid-March. Union HRD Minister revealed the information about re-opening of schools during an interview with a media channel.
Around 33 crore students have been waiting for school to reopen.
“We are trying to get declared all the results from the examinations this session by August 15,” said the HRD Minister.
“This means those exams which have already taken place before and those which are taking place now,” Pokhriyal added.
While CBSE board exams would be held from July 1 to July 15, ICSE/ISC exams will begin from July 1 till July 12. NEET and JEE are also taking place in July while NEET will take place on July 26, JEE will take place from July 18 to July 23.
Safety guidelines are a must for education institutions to resume work again in the Covid-19 circumstances. Thus, while UGC was deciding on safety guidelines for reopening colleges and universities, NCERT was doing the same work for schools.
The guidelines, which would be different in all three cases, will help students and teachers ensure safety while schools reopen amidst a coronavirus pandemic.
As per reports, teachers would need to wear masks and gloves, thermal scanners would be installed in schools, only two students would sit on three-seaters, CCTVs would observe if social distancing rules are being followed.
This year, the world witnessed the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak and lives have changed irrevocably in the last four months. It all started when the first case was reported in Wuhan, China on December 31 2019. Since then, the number of people getting affected has only increased, and that too exponentially, forcing countries across the globe to go into a lockdown mode.
The social distancing measures put in place to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease have also had an adverse impact on the education domain. Over 90 percent of the school population have been affected due to the nationwide closures implemented in 216 countries worldwide. In India, 320 million-plus learners have been impacted due to the countrywide lockdown. The pandemic is likely to have long term consequences on the way educational institutions are being envisaged, not only in India but across the world.
COVID-19 has become a catalyst for educational institutions worldwide to search for innovative solutions in a relatively short period of time. It would not be wrong to say that an ed-tech revolution is brewing in India. Maximum schools in India as well as globally have started with online platforms for teaching students without further delay.
So, where does these changes leave the education franchise industry?
The Covid-19 impact on franchising will be mainly on sales and the supply chain. The integrity of the franchise networks will also be tested during this period. According to industry experts, franchise networks in sectors such as Education and Retail will witness delays rather than lost demand. At Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, we have initiated some contingency strategies to overcome the challenges of disruption of supply chains and economic activities during this uncertain time.
Webinars to Connect with Potential Investors
Seth Anandram Jaipuria School has been in conversation with a large number of investors who are keen to set up school franchises and are digitally connecting even from rural areas. The response has been mixed. We are constantly creating the best of the business continuity plans and practises which allows an investor with short term reductions and long term flexibilities which is becoming a winning proposition at this stage.
We make loyal partners and provide flexibility in the time frame to set up school so that investors can slowly overcome their financial losses.
Demonstrating Effective Leadership and Engagement
We are committed to our franchises and are in regular communication with our partners. We may not have all the answers. However, we are always there to acknowledge the troubles they are facing during this critical time and providing them with relevant, timely information and resources. We strongly believe in service with pride, lead with confidence, inspire to impact others and adhere to the philosophy that education is the prime contributor to the development of self, an extension of the society and diverse human enterprise.
Financial Resources and Support
Franchisors also need to address franchise questions on cash flow and viability of continued business operations during and after the Covid-19 outbreak. We understand this responsibility and are in the process of considering financial and other reliefs for our partners. The relief measures could be anything from deferring some portion of the loyalty payments for a pre-specified time to reduction of local marketing contribution requirements.
Effective Media Strategy
Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group is also helping partners with consistent messaging on media queries pertaining to the pandemic. We are guiding our partner schools on the best practices in PR/Social Media Messaging during this time.
Lastly, we are prompt in taking proper steps on curbing the spread of the adverse effects of the pandemic on the health of our partner schools. We are also orienting our partners at every level to handle such unprecedented times with positivity and assisting them to develop appropriate contingency plans concurrent with the altered business implications of Covid-19.
Author profile – Anirban Bhattacharya working as Associate Vice President – Partner Schools with Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group. He is currently spearheading the complete operations and expansion of Franchise schools across pan India. Anirban has more than 17 years’ experience in the education sector in various domains and capacities. In the past,he played an important role in setting up K12 Schools in North India and Higher Education initiative wherein he was instrumental to set up colleges in pan India. He has been associated with some reputed education organizations in the past.He has also helped many students in achieving their goals and creating an aspirational future being an expert career counselor throughout. His edu-perineurial stint with various education companies equipped him with hands-on knowledge about start-ups and intrinsic understanding of various business models.
In the wake of COVID-19, Delhi deputy chief minister and education minister Manish Sisodia pitched for a 30 percent reduction in the syllabus for all grades to make up for the loss.
In a letter written to Union Human Resource Development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Sisodia asserted that since people need to learn to live with coronavirus now, it would be better if the already existing learning spaces like schools, take up that role. Noting that online teaching can only complement learning in schools and not replace it, he said. It would be a historical blunder if the opportunity is left to pass by not trusting schools with a bigger and bolder role.
“First of all, we need to assure every child irrespective of age and social class that they are important to us and all of them have an equal right to physical and intellectual space of their respective schools. The clamour of online teaching or older children coming to school first and not the younger ones should be put to rest. Online teaching can only complement learning in school, not replace it,” Sisodia said.
“In the process of learning to live with coronavirus, there would be major changes in schools across the world. It is for us to decide whether we reorganize our schools based on the need of our country, our society and learning from our own great history or we wait for other countries or some other societies to do something and then we copy-paste those here. In my view we need to take decisive steps now,” the deputy chief minister said.
Sisodia, also suggested that distinct approach be followed in early childhood education, elementary grades segment, secondary and senior secondary students. “Syllabus be reduced by at least 30 percent across all grades and subjects. Emphasis should be on depth in learning and understanding rather than spreading far and wide. Combine this with exam reforms. CBSE should move away from the one-time high-stake exam of class 10 and 12 to a model of continuous evaluation so that students can take the online exam whenever they want,” he said.
To promote indigenous sports, the Human Resource Development (MHRD) and Sports Ministry have collaborated to produce a series of special films.
The ‘Department of School Education and Literacy’ under MHRD has joined hands with sports ministry’s flagship programme ‘Fit India’ under the ‘Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat’ initiative.
The series is aimed at creating awareness about not just the indigenous games but also the culture and heritage of the states to which they belong.
The 10 sports to be covered in the series are Kho-kho, Gatka, Kalaripayttu, Mallakhamb, Thang-Ta, Sqay, Kabaddi, Roll Ball, Tug of War and Shooting Ball.
The 10 episodes can be watched from Monday to Friday — June 8 to June 19 — at 11am, on the Fit India YouTube page and MHRD digital platforms.
Speaking about the unique initiative, Union Minister of Youth and Sports, Kiren Rijiju said, “Indigenous Games are a focus area for the Sports Ministry. There are scholarships for athletes of these games and there is a growing interest among youngsters to pursue these sports.
Punjab Minister of Medical Education of Research, OP Soni said that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder, Punjab Government has taken various initiatives to fight against the COVID-19.
The minister said the state government has created a capacity of 9000 COVID-19 tests per day in three government medical colleges. To take care of the testing quality, an expert group under Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences and doctors of three medical colleges has been constituted. Around 85,000 samples have been tested in three medical colleges against total testing of 1,07,000 sample in Punjab by June 05.
He also said “As part of testing strategy on 9th March COVID viral testing lab in GMC Patiala and on 10 March in Amritsar was started in each medical college. On 12th April COVID viral testing lab was also started in Faridkot. Our faculty members, para-medics, lab technicians all have worked very hard to start these labs in minimum possible time”, he added.
“For setting up of the labs in 3 medical colleges we have taken help from Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University , Ludhiana, IIT Ropar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Lovely Professional University Jalandhar, Central University, Bathinda and Punjabi University, Patiala” said Soni.
Disclosing the future plans of the department, Soni said that 4 additional new viral testing labs at Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (North Zone), Jalandhar, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University Ludhiana, State Forensic Science Lab Mohali, Punjab Biotech Incubator Mohali would be set up soon.
“We are also in touch with IISER, NABI, NIPER to start new viral testing labs being central government institutions. Punjab Government provided support to Dayanand Medical College and Christian Medical College, Ludhiana in starting their viral testing labs. Now with increase testing capacity, we will be able to provide more data for COVID care to get better status on the disease spread as well as better understanding of treatments” he added.
To monitor all labs, their testing equipment, the requirement of consumables and to improve overall efficiency, IT system has been developed and the data is readily shared with the Department of Health Services, Punjab as well as with ICMR.
Briefing about the treatment capacity of 3 Government Medical Colleges, Cabinet Minister said that these medical colleges have 1100 isolation beds out of which 1006 beds are with oxygen and 134 ventilators are available to take care of most critical cases.
In order to effectively utilize services of private tertiary care hospitals of the state, surveys have been conducted by faculty from 3 government medical colleges to assess their facilities and suitability as COVID hospitals or as multi-specialty hospitals.
“For tertiary care, we have identified an additional 563 ICU beds and 133 ventilators for COVID, out of a total available 2343 ICU beds and 692 ventilators in the private sector”, he added.
After declaring the dates for Prelims Exam, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to resume the Civil Services 2019 personality test round. Interviews will commence from July 20, 2020.
Candidates shortlisted for the Civil Services 2019 personality tests will be contacted by the UPSC with the interview date and time.
Earlier, UPSC had postponed exams due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic across the country.
The commission, in a special meeting, assessed the ongoing COVID 19 situation across the country. It took note of the progressive relaxation given by the Government of India in the lockdown and has issued a revised calendar for 2020.
Due to the rescheduling of exams, UPSC has deferred the EPFO EO/AO 2020 exam till further notice. The exam was scheduled to be conducted on October 4 to fill 421 vacancies in the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation. The new dates for the EPFO exam will be notified by the commission on the UPSC website when released.
Private Higher Educational Institutions will come under a “progressive regime of fees determination”. The policy will give them freedom in setting fees for their courses independently. However, the institutions will have to make sure that at least 20% of students can study through freeships and an additional 30% through significant scholarships in coming days.
According to the new National Education Policy, all the fees set by these institutions shall be transparently and fully disclosed. The policy also ensured that there will be no abrupt raises in fees during the period a student is being enrolled. The new policy will also cap the fees for the institutions.
An MHRD official said “A new fee structure will be developed for different types of institutions depending on their accreditation so that individual institutions are not adversely affected.”
He also added “50% of the students at any given private institution will have some sort of scholarships assistance, which include ensuring at least 20% of students on freeships.”
This will ensure a reasonable recovery of cost, while also compelling institutions to fulfill their social responsibilities.
The new policy is under ‘Transforming the Regulatory System of Higher Education’ and in the subsection ‘Curbing Commercialization of Education’. The new policy envisions a number of mechanisms with checks and balances that will countervail the commercialization of higher education.
The new guidelines will allow all such Acts to establish private institutions, triggering a common regulatory framework for both private and public institutions.
