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Bihar government to promote students from class I to IX

Bihar government

In the wake of COVID-19 spread, the Bihar Government has decided to promote all school students studying in 1st to 9th and 11th Class without holding any exams. The Education Department of Bihar government has decided to promote all school students, except for those who have appeared for the Board Exams.

The Bihar board is also expected to release a detailed notification soon.

While the exams have been cancelled for 1st to 9th and 11th Class students of Bihar Board, students who have appeared for Matric Exam continue to await the declaration of their result. Last month, Bihar Board announced results for intermediate class students, and since then 10th Class students have been eagerly waiting for the declaration of Matric Results.

Not only Bihar board, several state boards have decided to cancel examination for students who are no in their board exam years and instead promote them to the next grade. On the direction of HRD Ministry, CBSE cancelled exam for 1st to 8th Class students and will be promotion 9th and 11th Class students on the basis of internal assessment.

On similar lines, MP Board, Haryana Board and Himachal Pradesh Board have also announced similar decision to promote students.

CGBSE releases new dates for class 10 and 12 exams

CGBSE Exams

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has formally announced the CG Board 10th and 12th Exam 2020 revised dates for pending papers.

Few Papers for the board exam, which was postponed earlier due to the COVID-19 outbreak, has now been rescheduled and will be held in the first week of May 2020.

According to the dates provided by the board, the remaining papers of Chhattisgarh Board Exams 2020 will now be held from 4th May to 8th May 2020 for both 10th and 12th Class Students.

Chhattisgarh Board also released a detailed notification which contained the detailed about the postponed exams as well as the revised dates for them.

According to the notification released by the Chhattisgarh Board, the exam for High School students i.e. 10th Class students will be held over a period of two days i.e. on 4th and 5th May 2020. The exam will be held in the morning session from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. The detailed timetable for CB Board 10th Exam 2020 is given below:

The CG Board has also released the detailed examination date sheet for Higher Secondary / 12th Class students. As per the date sheet released, the Higher Secondary Exam will also be held from 9 AM to 12:30 PM in the morning session.

NCERT begins process for CEE 2020 exam, check at cee.ncert.gov.in

NCERT

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has invited applications for Common Entrance Examination (CEE) 2020. The CEE 2020 exam enables students to seek admission to various teacher education programmes offered by Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs).

Aspirants can visit official site cee.ncert.gov.in to apply for the programmes.

Through the entrance exam, candidates get admission to RIE Ajmer, RIE Bhopal, RIE Bhubaneswar, RIE Mysuru, NERIE Shillong, and Prarambh School for Teacher Education Jhajjar, Haryana.

According to a notification released, the applications will be accepted till May 4.

Currently, the Regional Institutes of Educations offer five different teacher education programmes, i.e. B.Sc. B.Ed. (4 years), B.A. B.Ed. (4 year), M.Sc.B. Ed. (6 year), B.Ed. (2 year), and M.Ed. (2 year), while Prarambh School for Teacher Education Jhajjar provides students with two courses – B.Sc, (4 years) B.A. B.Ed. (4 years).

Steps to apply for CEE 2020 exam

-Visit to the official website – cee.ncert.gov.in.

-Click on the link reading “Candidate Registration”

-Enter the credentials in required space

-Click on the submit option to find the application

UPSC Combined medical services exam 2020 dates deferred

UPSC Combined medical services exam 2020

In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has deferred the release of schedule for the Combined Medical service (CMS) examination 2020.

Earlier, the examination schedule was to be notified on Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

A notification regarding the deferment of the release of CMS exam 2020 schedule has been uploaded on the UPSC’s official website.

The statement also says the release of UPSC Combined Medical service examination 2020 schedule has been deferred until further notice.

Recently in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the commission has postponed all interviews of direct recruitment, till April 15, 2020.

The CMS Examination is conducted by the UPSC for the recruitment of Medical Officers in various organisations functioning under the Government of India.

MCI asks colleges to conclude NEET PG counselling soon

NEET PG counselling

According to a notification released by the Medical Council of India (MCI), the counselling process for PG colleges will begin as soon as the situations turn normal. The council has asked the colleges to conduct the final year exams of the PG students soon.

The dates for NEET PG Counselling will be released very soon on the official website nbe.edu.in.

Earlier, due to the COVID19 outbreak in the country, NEET PG counselling had been postponed earlier. The official notification regarding the postponement of counselling had been released by MCC on its official website.

As per the recent MCI notice, all exercises from final year exam conduction to PG counselling in the colleges have been delayed due to the pandemic outbreak. The council has made it clear that the colleges can resume all activities that have been left pending due to the lockdown as soon as the situation allows.

The council has also asked the colleges to extend the work period of PG Residents in the college to avoid shortage of hands to deal with the current health situation of the country. The new dates will be soon released on mcc.nic.in

Earlier the NEET PG counselling was supposed to begin on March 12, 2020, and was supposed to end on March 23, 2020. The exam was conducted on January 5, 2020, and the result was announced on February 6, 2020.

Vijaya lakshmi Goswami Lahiri, State Head, Dream India Schools, West Bengal: Need to stay positive in lockdown

Vijaya lakshmi Goswami Lahiri

During this lockdown, when all school and colleges are closed, students as well as parents are feeling anxious, restless and worried. They need to engage their wards at home, also to provide mental support to all family members.

As technology brings a good support to school system to run via online classes, video sessions and by sending study material to the parents through different social platforms, they are somehow getting help in academics.

Needless to say, we are reaching out to students by providing them day wise worksheets, day to day online classes and video conference to clear their doubts. Though the students are missing their regular classes but at least they are continuing their learning from home.

But only teaching learning can’t keep them mentally fit and fine. We need to keep the holistic development steady that we promise, especially when we are uncertain when this phase will be over. It may continue long, really long, and we teachers need to keep our students and their family physically and mentally fit and fine. Keeping this in mind –we are helping them out by sending some online yoga and aerobics video links that they can play at home and the whole family could exercise together. For bringing the mind into more positive state, which is really needed this time; we are helping them with some guided online meditation sessions.

Our teachers are encouraging parents to involve children in making healthy and nutritious food for all. This is the time when we have to keep the children away from 24×7 TV and cell phones and to build their stamina high. This is the time when parents can spend quality time together with children at home. Playing together some indoor games, telling them stories or even simply decorating salads or fruits together helps them to keep mentally secure and relaxed.

Children need to get encouragement to be creative. When their brain is relaxed, they get enough physical rest, and practice meditation daily; mind opens up to new ideas of creativity. Our art teachers are giving them some innovative art projects –where they can explore new ideas.

Last but not the least – children, especially the PP and Primary kids, at tender age, do not understand exactly for what they are locked up in homes and barred from going to school. Many questions come in their mind and sometimes the parents are unable to answer though they know the answers. Truth , however serious it is, must be told ; but we need to speak in such A manner that they can digest them at per their mental and psychological capacity. We need to comfort their mind as well. DIS has come up with few presentations on COVID 19 which will help the parents to explain about the same. The PPTs contain different informative slides at per the students maturity level.

This difficult time too shall pass, only we need to keep patience, to uplift one another’s spirit, and to stay positive. With all my best wishes to the students and their parents

Elets Exclusive | Aditya Berlia, Co-Promoter, Apeejay Stya and Svran Group calls to re-design education sector

Aditya Berlia

With the increase in COVID-19 cases throughout India, the Government has imposed a total lockdown across India. As a result, disruption to the education industry has been unprecedented with school closures, suspended academic operations and inadequacy of platform to conduct online classes. This crisis has opened doors to virtual classroom that was earlier only limited to distance Learning courses. But this today is the need of the hour. Everyone is compelled to move towards remote teaching and learning models.

Speaking over the Corona pandemic during a webinar with Elets Technomedi and Digitallearning magazine Aditya Berlia, Co-Promoter, Apeejay Stya and Svran Group said “It’s a silver lining, for schools and educational institutions. As, in last three weeks most of the schools have adopted digitization. The education sector has to re-design its strategy. This is a one-year thing for the education sector.”

 

Taking about the placement issue, Berlia said “placements will be going to be an issue. The education industry must not emphasize on packages but on learning new things. Most of the people learn many new things during the crisis. We need to move from package and focus more on exposure.”

Berlia also emphasized that no students apply for courses launched by institutions which industry needs. It’s an industry failure. Students need to fill their skill gaps. There is a huge gap between what institutes offer, what students want, what industry wants and we need to solve this.

“There will be a huge boom in job creation industry in India post COVID-19 lockdown. But it will only come in certain skill sets. We need to change the mindset of parents and teachers for the new courses which institutes offer. In next one year, there will be a lot of jobs coming to India. Education institutes will do a great job after COVID-19 crisis”, said Berlia.

UP Board to declare results for 10th and 12th class in June

UP Board 2020

According to reports, UP Board 2020 10th and 12th class result will be declared in the first week of June. UP Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sinha confirmed that the UP Board High School and Intermediate result 2020 will be declared on the date mentioned.

Students can check their results on its official portal upresults.nic.in.

The declaration has brought great relief for students, who have been waiting for the results since February 2020.

Dinesh Sharma has said that owing to the current lockdown due to Coronavirus, the board has halted the evaluation process since 19th March 2020. He also confirmed that UPMSP has already worked out a plan to resume the evaluation work for UP Board 10th and 12th Board Exam 2020 as soon as the lockdown is lifted in the state.

Last week, a fake circular about UP Board’s decision to promote all the 10th and 12th Class Students without declaration of results went viral on different social media platforms. However, the board refuted the rumours clarifying that the board will resume the evaluation work for UP Board 10th and 12th Exam 2020 soon after the lockdown is lifted.

Harshpal Singh Khurana – Founder, Tabschool: Challenges in Conducting online classes in Coronavirus

Harshpal Singh Khurana

E-Learning solutions for schools & educational institutions have been in existence for over a decade now but in countries like India, it was never adopted or implemented properly. Now, due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, many countries are undergoing lockdown period and eLearning solutions have picked up their pace, even in remote parts of the country.

Teachers are working hard to adjust to this new reality. They are making all efforts to make sure that student is learning online. Despite their efforts, teachers are facing challenges. We all know that the world will not be the same after the pandemic. We should take the help of technology and find tools that enable teachers to teach and students to learn online. More importantly, we should try to create a classroom environment online.

Here are some solutions to the challenges faced by teachers while conducting the online class.

Feeling Isolated

The convenience of logging into an online class anytime can be accompanied by the perception that you are, well, all by yourself. In your first online class, you will find many students have doubts, questions & challenges. Take initiative, make the student comfortable with the eLearning solution.

Tabschool, a cloud-based eLearning solution took care of this problem. It solved the problem by allowing teachers to create a small social network of its students where sharing and exchange of ideas can be done. It also has a dedicated youtube channel to support students as well as for teachers. It gives the option for teachers to conduct a class at a particular time so that all students are available at the same time.

Online Classes can be Boring

It is often observed that some students find online classes boring. They are not attentive, motivated or simply do not take it seriously. The main reason that traditional methods are used in teaching on relatively modern technology.

The solution is to make your class interactive, engaging and dynamic. It might be difficult but there are many providers including Tabschool which enables teachers to create, publish and distribute interactive training content, with challenges and adventures, videos, storytelling, gamified solutions, simulators to ensure practice.

Personal Attention

It is argued that students don’t get personal attention while attending the online class. Some teachers have said, they can’t get the reactions of students as they do in a physical class. It is also reported that some educators find measuring academic results difficult while conducting online classes.

Well, in the age of technology and artificial intelligence, measuring results of students is a child’s play for any good eLearning solution provider. However, most of the teachers forget that to achieve accurate results and reactions of each student, it is advisable to combine eLearning with a virtual classroom solution. Going Live and then sending the interactive course ware will not only help teachers’ measure results but understand student’s behavior as well.

Students can’t practice

A frequent complaint by teachers is students cannot practice or work on assignments when they are online. Students are not motivated enough to practice on topics taught in an online class.

The answer to the problem is simple. Create interactive worksheets, assignments and set a time, this way you are making sure that students are completing their assignments within a stipulated time. Use tools provided by Tabschool or another eLearning provider effectively.

Encountering technical problems

When using an eLearning or Virtual classroom solution, tech-savvy personnel is required, both teachers and students should know the way with their computers, tablets or smartphones. These technical problems can be solved by providing solutions across all platforms. It makes the student or teacher comfortable knowing that the eLearning solution is available on the devices that they use and they don’t have to invest extra in purchasing new devices.

The internet can be one of the problems but we highly recommend that you can use the internet from your phone using the hotspot as Tabschool is easily accessible even on slow internet.

Conclusion

E-learning is a great tool provided you have chosen the right kind of provider. Tabschool is a pioneer in providing enabling tools to impart technology-based education to learners. It offers a fascinating world of an efficient learning environment to empower educators & learners from all walks of life to gain knowledge on any subject of their interest in the most enjoyable and intuitive way possible.

CBSE introduces three new skill development subjects

CBSE new subjects

With an aim of including new age technology, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Board is set to bring in three new skill development subjects from its next academic year for class 11. The CBSE has added subjects including Physical Activity Trainer, Design Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence.

However, the CBSE until now offers around 10 skill electives for the students from the secondary level and 37 skill electives to the students at the Senior Secondary level.

CBS Director Training and skill Education – Biswajit aha said that with these skill development programmes, the CBSE aims to make a more creative, innovative and physically fit generation.

The three new skill development courses will encourage Critical Thinking and problem solving, develop training and life skills, and also simulation by machines of thinking capacity of humans within a student.

According to the notification, the CBSE has decided to extend the skill development courses for students from class 6 onwards. Although, the skill development programmes will be offered as a single 12-hour module for the class 6 to 8 students in order to help them in making informed decisions at the secondary and senior secondary levels.

The skill electives will help students to qualify to the secondary and senior secondary board examinations and if any students fail in any of the three elective subjects (Science, Maths and Social Science) in class 10 board examination then the marks will be replaced by the marks secured in the skill development subject attempted by the students as the 6th subject.

The results of the class 10 exams will then be computed as the best of 5 with skill elective subject. The same applies to the class 12 board exams.

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