The recently announced Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) class 10th result has witnessed the pass percentage of 68.89 per cent which is 18.77 more than that of the last year.
This year, BSEB has introduced 50 percent multiple choice questions which is one of the major factors for improvement in the pass percentage. The pass percentage of last year was 50.12 percent and of 2016 was 47.15 percent.
The top three rank holders in Bihar class 10 board results are girls from Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya of Jamui – a school of the State Government. Out of 22 state toppers of the class 10 result, 16 are from Simultala School.
The topper Prerna Raj has scored 91.4 per cent, followed by Pragya and Shikha Kumari scoring 90.8 per cent. Annu Priya grabs the third rank by scoring 90.4 percent. The 20 toppers are from Banka, Bhojpur, Darbhanga and Patna schools.
A total number of 17,58,797 students appeared for the class 10 examination, out of which 12,11,617 students passed their examination. 1,89,326 students are the first division holders, 6,63,884 are the second division holders and 3,57,103 are the third division holders.
Among 38 Bihar districts, Munger had the best result with 78.69 per cent while Kaimur was at the bottom with 56.49 per cent results.
Digital reputation has engraved existence of entities. Prominence and nature of B Schools are gauged through their online presence. A search engine create perceptions and add to perspectives of prospective students and recruiters, writes Dr Lakshmi Mohan, Director, ITM Business School, for Elets News Network (ENN).
Dr Lakshmi Mohan, Director, ITM Business School
The digital economy is undoubtedly governing the transformation of the world and human nature. This prompts B Schools to be innovative, the most capable engine for coping economic disruption. As our Prime Minister points out,” We have one mission and target, take the nation forward- digitally and economically”. With acceptance comes transformation and strategies intended to match up to the challenges of digital economy. Digital economy has given rise to digital reputation leading to branding or image construction across sectors including the education sector.
Digital reputation has engraved existence of entities. Prominence and nature of B Schools are gauged through their online presence. Search engines create perceptions and add to perspectives of prospective students and recruiters. Digital communication has brought nature of B Schools out in the open air. According to Pew Research Center, 91% of the people trust online search results. As there is trust in search results, maintaining and managing online reputation for B Schools has become crucial. The slightest stumble can lead to major debacles for a B School. Today students are in the virtual space and their selection of colleges is also based on digital hunt. The newspaper may have a day’s shelf value but what appears on the digital forefront seems eternal! It is no wonder that organisations are looking at digital experts to manage their reputation.
The digital economy leaves no room for hiding. It is good for B Schools to post information and events online in a strategic manner. They have a plethora of platforms available for posting but a wise choice is advisable for better traction and reaching out to the audience intended. Digital media is today a branding tool. Awareness about education provided by B Schools can be made available to students thus enabling them to make best choice of education provider. Schools are moving to paperless forms with the help of online application modes and digital payment gateways. The challenge lies for those schools that are not transitioning to the modern trends of being consumer centric.
B Schools today have to match with the speed of information flow that has heightened student expectations. When Sergey Brin categorically challenges Google to be the third half of the human brain, it is but a fact that you are left with a world of knowledge. Educators of today have to keep pace with this fast flow of information . Learning has gone beyond classroom walls and students are on an exploratory mode to select the best course for their career. Virtual learning space is fast gaining momentum and when education is available so easily, B Schools are worried about becoming redundant. At the same time there are B Schools that encourage students and faculty to take additional courses on MOOCS. While learning is assuming different dimensions, it is amusing to see gadgets and smart phones have replaced notebooks. Though what is worrisome is the WhatsApp language overpowering formal communication with slangs, shortcuts and abbreviations.
We cannot deny that digital economy has brought with it newer opportunities for students. The job opportunities have increased but with an increased demand for efficiency in skill of digitization. With new digital industrial technologies there are job opportunities in plenty, but education has to catch up with the rapid changes by implementing them in their curriculum. Digital engagement is evident in many B Schools, especially with regards to external communication through websites and social media activities. Companies are taking notice of B Schools that are showing their prominence on the digital platforms and vice versa. The challenge is to make them more goal focused, streamlined and professionally managed.
Pedagogical differentiation can be brought by digital interventions. For students in the present digital age, internal engagement digitally can make learning more fun. Blogging for instance can make reflective learning possible, videocasts or podcasts can be created by students and private social networks can encourage immersive learning. Digital era has also paved way for research in various areas and for researchers to communicate with one another. Ensuring ethical guidelines and respecting privacy rights is a challenge for B Schools. B Schools have to update their curriculum to the digital era by including new apt courses like Leadership in Digital Era, Behavioral Finance in Digital Era, Digital Era Legal Issues and also the impact of digital in various business functions.
Digital challenges are meant for organisations to grow. Every transformation brings with it pros and cons. If B Schools are able to leverage the best out of digitalization, it will surely benefit them, their students and the employee fraternity. It is important for organisations to look for a way to win through challenges and make best use of digitalization!
Bihar Board class 10th or matric examination result has been announced by the Bihar Board of Secondary Education (BSEB) on Tuesday.
Prerna Raj has topped the exam with 91.4 per cent while the second position is jointly shared by Pragya and Shikha Kumari. The third rank is bagged by Anupriya Kumari who scored 452 marks. All the three toppers are from the same school Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya. To felicitate Class 10 toppers, the Bihar Board has introduced a stipend of Rs 1,200.
The students who have appeared for the exams from 21 to 28 February conducted by the BSEB can check the result by visiting the official websites — biharboard.ac.in and biharboardonline.gov.in.
In case due to heavy traffic, one is unable to open these websites, he/she may also check the same at other websites such as indiaresults.com.
The BSEB 10th result was earlier scheduled to be released on June 20; however it was postponed as some Class 10 papers were allegedly stolen from an exam centre in Bihar.
The BSEB conducted the board exam at 1,426 centres across the State. According to reports, nearly 17.70 lakh students appeared in the Bihar Board Class 10th (Matric) exam.
The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) in a notification issued recently has stated that the results of Bihar board Class 10th exams are likely to be announced at 4.30 pm on Tuesday.
Students who appeared for the class 10 board exams this year can check their results on the official website of the BSEEB i.e. biharboard.ac.in.
Bihar Board Class 10th exams were conducted by the BSEB from 21 to 28 February whereas the practical examinations were held from 22 to 24 January.
Candidates appeared for the exams have to follow the steps given below to get their results just after the declaration:
Step-1: Visit the official BSEB website — biharboard.ac.in and log in to it
Step-2: Go to the “Results” tab and Click on “Bihar BSEB Class 10th Matric Results 2018” or “BSEB Class 10th Matric Results 2018”
Step-3: Enter the roll number.
Step-4: Click on ‘save’ to download the result. Students can take a print out for further reference
The BSEB conducted the board exam at 1,426 centres across the State. According to reports, nearly 17.70 lakh students appeared in the Bihar Board Class 10th (Matric) exam.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) under its Scheme to Provide Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM) is planning to revamp madrasa education in the country by making it mandatory for these institutions to be affiliated to either madrasa boards or state boards.
According to MHRD sources, the States have submitted their proposals, which are being studied, and based on the available budget, the plan of madrasa education’s makeover will be taken forward.
“The SPQEM is aimed at bringing about qualitative improvement in madrasa education and enable students to attain standards of the national education system in formal subjects. The government is planning to make affiliation to the madrasa board or state school boards compulsory,” a source said.
The Government is also planning to map madrasas in the country based on the Global Positioning System. “For this, the HRD ministry is planning to make Unique Identification mandatory for madrasas to trace their physical location via GPS,” added the source.
Last year, MHRD asked madrasas covered under the SPQEM to provide their GPS locations. In cas of not doing so, the institutions have to wait for teachers’ payment.
The existing features of the scheme enable madrasas to strengthen capacities for teaching of the formal curriculum subjects like Science, Mathematics, Language, Social Studies etc through enhanced payment of teacher honorarium.
eShiksa helps institutes to engage with students and parents that leads to holistic growth of a student and a better brand value, says Pravin Sharma, CEO & Founder, eShiksa, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).
Give us an overview of eShiksa.
Pravin Sharma, CEO & Founder, eShiksa
eShiksa is an ED Tech startup focused on providing services to the education Institutes over the SAAS model to more than 500+ Institutes today. eShiksa provides various services including Shiksa Pay which powers the cashless fee collection to the Institutes allowing the parents to pay fee right from their finger tips, eTracking which helps the Institute to track the buses and the parents can track the child, e-commerce module for online sales for the Institute, Education Service portal which takes care of the entire ecosystem of the education Institute, Digitor which is a learning management system for the Institute and many more.
eShiksa provides the parent/student a single window for viewing various reports on the academic front and also paying all kinds of school/college fees online. The Parent/student can pay fees and make other payments online in a secure and convenient manner.
eShiksa provide Institutes with powerful features for any type of private and public academic institutions. eShiksa is designed for ease of use and flexibility.
eShiksa efficiently tracks the details of students past, future and current fee billing / payment collection receipts. eShiksa fees management solution makes working smooth while saving about 90% of manual work, resulting into a hassle free and paper less Management.
Key Features of Education Service Portal
Single Platform for Education Institute for managing the entire ecosystem of the Institute from anywhere anytime. Comes in two variants to suit different needs of the Institute
The Institute gets their own branded app for Students, Parents and Teachers
Pay as you go model which makes eShiksa a costeffective solution for the Education Institute
Various Payment Solution Pre Integrated which requires no paper work and integration required with Payment providers
Multiple Campus management through single window
Students/Parents can make Online Fees Payments
Complete update on child’s performance, attendance and fee payments to Parents
User friendly interface requiring minimal learning and IT skills
Child tracking through our product eTracki for ensuring child security
eShiksa is today working in India, Nepal, Maldives, Mauritius and will be launched in 3 more countries in the next few months including Malaysia.
eShiksa was founded in 2013 by Pravin Sharma, ex National Sales Head for one of the leading payment service provider atom technologies. eShiksa team is comprised of well-experienced and competent professionals possessing the right knowledge and expertise in the service industry, bringing about a quality upgrade in serving and catering to the changing needs of clients.
eShiksa efficiently tracks the details of students past, future and current fee billing/payment collection receipts. eShiksa fees management solution makes working smooth while saving about 90% of manual work
In the rapidly changing education landscape, how eShiksa meets the demands of education stakeholders?
Digitalisation is the key for any industry and organization today. Education has been a key segment which will benefit with the implementation of digitalisation of various aspects of the ecosystem of the Education Institute. Using eShiksa education management portal, the education Institute will be able to manage different aspect of the Institute smoothly and effectively in a digital mode without the headache of management of the hardware and servers at their end. In today’s scenario mostly both the parents are working or living far away from the institution and it’s practically difficult for them to visit the Institute personally for monitoring or payments for their wards. Our parent/student login module enables the parents to review their wards performance and also make online payments for all types of fees of the education Institute real time from anywhere anytime.
eShiksa platform takes care of the entire ecosystem of an education institute with a service oriented model. The model is suitable for the different categories of education institutes.
Most of the institutes are moving towards effective and cashless management systems, how eShiksa helps organisations in this regard?
Shiksa Pay is the offering from eShiksa team after successful implementation of its product eShiksa Education Service Portal (ESP) at various Institutes. eShiksa is offering cashless solution over 300+ Institutes over the last 3 years.
Shiksa Pay is a flexible system where in the Institute can manage different categories of fees and can manage all the needs of the Institute with related to fees collection.
Using Shiksa Pay the students/parents will be able to pay online using their account or cards with ease of pay from anywhere. Shiksa Pay comes with a mobile app which gives the advantage of payment using mobile.
Shiksa Pay gives control to the management of the Institute to access critical financial data related to fees on their fingertips which ensures proper financial planning and business forecast. Apart from being available on the desktop, it can be accessed from mobile and tables.
eShiksa’s Shiksa Pay Fees Management Portal is completely managed by us. The Institute is not required to manage any server or hardware to enable eShiksa for their Institute in our SaaS based model. This also helps us provide online support to the Institute remotely irrespective of the Institutes Location.
How eShiksa Education Service Portal (ESP) helps an institute in managing every aspect for better results and outcomes?
eShiksa platform takes care of the entire ecosystem of the Education Institute from the admission to the exit of the child with a service oriented model which suits the needs of different categories of Education Institute.
The system allows the Education Institute to run their operations smoothly and have a better parent/ student interaction with the education institute and also helps in branding the Institute as a digital organization.
What is your vision and mission for upcoming years?
We plan to be an Online Platform for On-demand services in Education and we plan to launch more services at the student/parent end for generating revenue from the end user. We want to be a service provider offering a wide range of services to the Institute which are cost effective and innovative which resolves real problems of an Institute.
We are targeting to onboard 1500+ Institutes and an User base of 1 million plus in the next 12- 18 months with more value added services to the users .
The Central Government is going to take of “Turnitin” software to curb plagiarism in PhD theses, said Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar.
He also stated that the candidates whose dissertations have plagiarised content would not get the doctorate degree in the coming days.
“The Central government has taken strong steps to keep a check on such practices of plagiarism in Ph.D research. One person’s Ph.D. thesis has been wrongly used by some others to complete their theses. As such cases are on the rise, we have decided to use software such as ‘Turnitin’ and others to keep a check on such theses,” the minister said.
In answer to the question about the permission for starting a medical college by Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust (SSST), Javadekar said, “Once the proposal is received, I will speak to the Indian Medical Association and Union health minister for getting permission for the college”.
Responding to another query on lesser number of allopathy doctors in the system, he said that the Government has started medical colleges across the country to improve the situation.
He said, “The proposed medical college of the SSST will also come up on the donations received from the people’s contribution”.
Madras High Court has made Aadhaar card and its photocopy compulsory for NEET 2018 Counselling.
The interim order was passed by Justice N Kirubakaran after petitioners alleged that many students from other states have been allotted MBBS seats in Tamil Nadu based on nativity certificates obtained fraudulently.
The court has now directed medical education authorities who are overseeing the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-based state-wise counselling in Tamil Nadu to insist on production of Aadhaar cards.
The Supreme Court in March this year has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to not Aadhaar number mandatory for enrolment of NEET 2018 other all-India exams’ aspirants. In its initial notification, the CBSE had asked the applicants to fill-in Aadhaar details.
G Karthikeyan, , sought time to get the details of the persons who applied in Tamil Nadu as well as in other states, reported PTI.
“It is stated that in all other states Aadhaar number of the student has to be provided in the application itself,” the judge said after hearing the Assistant Solicitor General (ASG) and counsel for petitioners.
“This has been confirmed by various counsel saying that other states have made it compulsory to give Aadhaar number of the respective candidates,” the judge further said.
“To confirm that the genuine state candidates are benefited under the state quota, it is appropriate to make the production of Aadhaar card and a photocopy of it compulsory at the time of counseling,” the court added.
Colleges of Delhi have seen enrollment of over 15,000 students after the first cut-off list by the Delhi University (DU). The number of enrollment is almost seven times the number last year.
Friday was the last day for the admission process for the first-cut-offs after which out of 56,000 seats, 15,245 seats were filled, revealed a varsity official. Last year, 2,200 seats were filled after the first cut-off list.
With 950 enrollments, Hindu College is the top choice among students followed by Ramjas College with 926 filled seats, Gargi College for Women with 776 filled seats, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College and Shaheed Bhagat Singh College each with 632 filled seats were, according to a data shared by the varsity.
BA (Prog) is the top choice among the students where 1,929 seats were filled. The second most preferred choice among the students was BCom (Hons) where 1,606 seats were filled and the third most popular course was BA (Hons) Political Science, where 1,260 seats were filled.
The other top courses were BA (Hons) History with 1,075 filled seats and BCom with 1,068 filled seats, the official data stated.
The first cut-off list of Delhi University was announced on June 18 for merit-based admission tto undergraduate courses in the 2018-19 academic year.
The highest cut-off this year is 98.75 per cent for BA (programme) in Lady Shri Ram College. Delhi College of Arts and Commerce has a cut-off of 98.50 per cent for BA (Hons) in Journalism, while LSR College has a cut-off of 98.25 per cent for BA (Hons) in Psychology.
Bihar Education Minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma said on Friday that technology can play a key role in improving the quality of education.
The minister was speaking in Patna at Education Conclave organised by the Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd, a premier technology and media research organisation, in association with Microsoft as presenting partner.
“The schools with not enough teachers can use smart classes, e-learning and digital learning to boost the education sector. A digital revolution is needed in the State’s education sector so that students may study through computers and enjoy the learning,” he said.
“The State Government is working towards making the education system transparent. It is the reason that only deserving candidates can qualify the exams,” the minister added.
Patna’s Mayor Sita Sahu participated as the Guest of Honour in the conclave. In one year, she has worked with various government education departments to improve the sector in the district.
Kameshwar Jha, Vice-Chairman, Bihar State higher Education Council, Government of Bihar, was also present at the conclave and he stressed on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model to improve the education sector in the district.
Other Eminet dignitaries include Prof Dolly Sinha, Pro Vice Chancellor, Patna University; Dr R K Pande, Vice Chancellor, Dr C V Raman University; Jaidevrath, Senior Director, Microsoft; Abdul Hamid, Secretary, Patna Municipal Corporation and Nand Kishor Kushwaha, Member, Food Commission, Government of Bihar.
The conclave witnessed the confluence of policymakers, heads of schools and higher education institutes, university vice-chancellors and officials from the edu-tech corporate. Over 200 schools and higher education institutes participated in the conclave from all over Bihar.
The conclave witnessed panel discussions on the topics like: Transformative Practices towards Ensuring Quality in Higher Education, How to Scale up Personalised Learning in School Education and Reforming Education in The Age of Technology.
During the conclave, top universities, B-schools, Engineering Colleges and Schools were also felicitated by digitalLEARNING magazine for their exemplary work in the field of education.
