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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

New ICSE syllabus rolls out: mixed reactions from the student community


Source- The Hindu

Does the change in the syllabus will help to crack competitive entrance examinations like medical and engineering?

Nobody still knows the answer yet. The year 2018 has begun and the revision in the syllabus, curriculum structure and training methods of Indian School Certificate (ISC) and Indian Certificate for School Education (ICSE) is being introduced.


The moment a student reaches class 10, parents start to worry about getting their child admitted in appropriate streams and the boards too for their senior secondary education. A wide-spread belief among both parents and students is that getting admission into schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will make the possibilities of higher education brighter, especially in the coveted professional courses.  


The common perception is that CBSE students perform better in competitive entrance examinations as compared to those studied under the ICS board or other similar boards. 


To break this misconception, there have been modifications made in the syllabus and new policies have been laid down. The 58th National Conference of  Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate (ASISC), an association schools following ISC and ICSE curriculum, with thw approval of Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the apex council which conducting  Indian School Certificate (ISC) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) has decided that there will be changes in the ISC and ICSE syllabi to lighten the burden for the students and also make them on par with students following other syllabi. 


The Council decided to change the syllabi for classes 9, 10, and 12 to ensure that more students crack competitive exams. This year, the students will appear for examinations with a new syllabus that will include question paper according to the new structure. The subjects like History, Geography, Mathematics and Physics will have changed syllabi. Even the question paper will be prepared in line with that of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). “Now it will be quite easier to crack the competition. Thanks to the council for bringing out the new policy as there will be now all NCERT questions”, said Nandini Rana, a former student of Sacred Heart High School, Himachal Pradesh who studied under the old ICSE syllabus.


However, there are other concern as well. Another student who recently completed the Senior Secondary examinations under ICSE from the same school thinks that the ICSE syllabus is good in terms of knowledge, but not effective in terms of cracking competative examinations. "Though the syllabus of ICSE board is too vast and lengthy which provides us with abundance of knowledge but it becomes completely out of concept in cracking entrance exams. Students have to drop an year or months to understand the basic concept of the syllabi for the medical and engineering entrances”, she said.


All these new policies and the changes in the syllabi have been made to provide a strong foundation for students appearing for the competitive exams such as AIPMT or JEE. So far, the schools had the freedom to decide the course content from nursery to class 10. Now all the ICSE affiliated schools will have to follow a uniform syllabus.


 “CBSE is all time best. Because it has all the keys to every type of competitive examination. And ICSE and ICS are just a burden on children” said Sukanya Kanyar, a student from Himachal Pradesh who was studying under ICSE syllabus but later changed to CBSE board.

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Saturday, March 11, 2017

Assembly election 2017 results: response from political leaders

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By: Surinder Kumar

Today, as the results of Assembly elections across the five state are emerging, political parties are looking eagerly towards unexpected pro-BJP wave in UP and elsewhere and a thumping congress victory in Punjab. In many places, the exit-poll predictions appear to be getting true. As the happiness and sorrow about the results  spread in different camps, here is responses about the results from leaders across party-lines.

Its a tectonic shift : Ravishankar Prasad


As assembly election results are emerging, a lot of statements are coming from political leaders. In UP, BJP is closer to a thumping victory. It is presumed that this victory is greater than the 2014 elections. The victory in UP is a tectonic shift in country's politics, Law Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
  


Development has lost to vote bank politics but we accept the mandate : Rajeev Shukla


With the results showing a clear wave of 'keseriya' spread out in UP, leaders from the Congress camp has started acknowledging defeat.

Corruption-less government should win : Amit Shah


In the context of favourable election results, Amit Shah,  said that corruption free government should win. According to him, the result of welfare schemes and corruption-less government.

Prakash Singh Badal to resign


After the lose in the assembly election in Punjab, SAD (Shiromani Akali Dal) head and sitting CM Prakash Singh Badal has declared his decision to resign, conceding defeat.  



Today nation is standing with Modi : Piyush Goyal


After the momentous victory at UP assembly elections, obviously many BJP leaders are attributing the credit to PM for his enormous contribution to the victory. 

PM Narendra Modi congratulates Captain Amarinder Singh 


PM Narendra Modi congratulates INC leader Captain Amarinder Singh for his marvelous win in Punjab.



As the counting is reaching its end, now more comments are analysis is expected from politicians and experts about the results. Stay tuned for ore election result stories from us.


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From exit-poll to result counting : Assembly elections 2017

BY : Surinder Kumar

The emerging election results will be crucial for many political leaders across parties


As the counting of votes of the assembly elections across states has started toady morning, political parties and observers are eagerly weighing the emerging results. As the initial trends are setting up, at the time of this writing, BJP is leading in U.P. by bagging as much as 40 per cent votes, while in Goa it has so far got 30 per cent of votes. In Manipur, the party has so far secured more than 30 per cent votes while it is close to 45 per cent in Uttarakhand. For INC, performance in Punjab is the only relief as of now.  INC is leading with 37.8% votes in Punjab.


Looking at the emerging trends in the results, especially in the context of different exit polls, it is largely confirming the exit poll results. Last day exit-poll predicted BJP victory in U.P, Goa, Uttrakhand, Manipur but loss in Punjab. present trends shows similar trends. In the Punjab 157 seats and 59 seats needed for majority. In Uttar Pradesh there are 403 seats and 202 seats needed for majority. In 16th U.P. legislative assembly SP (Samajwadi Party) won a majority and formed government in the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.

Out of the 40 assembly seats in Goa, 21 is needed for majority. In the previous elections, BJP alliance with MD (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak) defeated the incumbent INC government. Manohar Parikar was the Cheif Minister but in 2014 he resigned to take up the new assignment of being the Defence Ministry. L. Parsekar who replaced Parikar as the CM, as per the emrging results has lost the mandate this time.

In Uttrakhand, out of the 69 assembly seats, 36 are needed for forming the government. During the last elections, none of the parties won majority single handed, but INC formed government with help of PDP (Progressive Democratic Front). In Manipur, there are 60 seats where 31 seats are needed for majority. 

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