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Scoring
cent percent in CBSE exams now a
reality
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This
year witnessed the highest cent
percent scorers in the CBSE exams
in the capital as well as across
the country. Is it because they
deserved it or has the bar of excellence
fallen? Scoring cent percent marks
in language subjects is quite indigestible.
TWO DAYS BACK CBSE declared class
X results throughout India. As the
result was declared successful students
and their parents were seen in celebration
mood. Now students with high percentage
of marks are looking for admission
in good colleges or senior secondary
schools across the country. But
if we have a look at the figures
of the pass percentage and marks
scored by students in various subjects
it's quite impressive this year.
Some thousands of students across
the country have scored perfect
100 in subjects like Mathematics,
Social Science, Science and English.
According
to figures 5,251 students scored
100 marks in Mathematics and 1,232
scored 100 in Social Science. In
Delhi 658 students scored 100 in
Mathematics, while 217 students
have scored 100 marks in Social
Science. Not only Mathematics and
Social Science, but hundreds of
students all over the country have
scored 100 in subjects like English
and Science and Technology. If we
see the figures of last year there
is tremendous increase in the number
of students who have scored 100
marks in Mathematics and Social
Science. The national figure says
that last year 1,167 had scored
cent percent marks in Mathematics,
similarly in Social Science, 807
students had scored 100 marks. In
Delhi too, the figures have raised
from last year figure of 212 to
658 in Mathematics and 126 to 217
in Social Science. Let's take a
look at the toppers of Delhi and
NCR region, Ashwini Vaidya, the
Delhi's Topper has scored 98.2per
cent marks. Other toppers from NCR
are Bharat Munshi (98.6 per cent,
Ghaziabad Topper), Anuradha Eswaran
(97.2 per cent, Noida Topper) and
Rishabh Jain (97.2 per cent, Gurgaon
Topper). However the All-India topper
is interestingly not from Delhi,
Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkata, he's
from the state of Bihar. Manish
Kumar, a student from Gyan Niketan
secured an aggregate of 99.4 per
cent marks. Manish is the son of
Sanjay Kumar, the Director of Accounts,
Postal Services and Sunita Kumari,
made Bihar as well as his state
proud. From the above-mentioned
figures we come to a conclusion
that now scoring 100 out of 100
is not a distant dream for deserving
students. Few years back, scoring
cent percent marks in subjects apart
from Mathematics was not possible,
but now the scenario has changed.
Not only in Mathematics, in fact,
students can now score a perfect
hundred in any subject. In general
it appears quite surprising that
a student can score 100 in subject
like English and Sanskrit, where
one has to answer with his/her own
explanation on any given topic.
What an examinee answers certainly
differs from the desired criteria
of examiner, so logically it's not
possible. It's true that today's
students are very intelligent and
laborious too, but scoring cent
percent marks in language subjects
is quite indigestible. I think the
examiner makes certain compromises
to give 100 out of 100 to an examinee.
At the risk of most people thinking
it's an illogical argument, I think
it is a hard truth. The examiner
should follow some strict criteria
before giving hundred percent marks
to a student in language subjects
to maintain the credibility of the
100 per cent marks.
Courtesy:
www.merinews.com, May 31, 2007
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Delhi
to host first SAARC university
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Indian
capital has been finally selected
to host first South Asian University
starting educational activities
in July 2009. The idea of setting
such an institution had been approved
by the SAARC heads at the summit
level meeting in Delhi last month.
At the end of the two-day meeting
that discussed various aspects related
to the university, the Steering
Committee of the South Asian University
here decided that main campus of
the university will be located near
the Indian capital. The meeting
also discussed the funding pattern
and resolved to make it amongst
the best academic and scientific
institutions of the world. The meeting
also approved by-laws for the university.
Top officials and academics who
were part of deliberations also
took decisions on the construction
of the campus buildings and funding
patterns. It was decided that civil
works for the campus would be completed
in two years and the educational
activities would begin in July 2009.
Indian representatives, secretary
for higher education RP Agarwal
and UGC Chairman Sukhadeo Thorat
told the meeting that the government
was acquiring 250 acres of land
on the outskirts of Delhi for the
university. They also committed
to bear entire expenses for setting
up infrastructure and construction
of buildings. Under the by-laws
approved in the meeting, every SAARC
member country has been authorised
to establish regional campuses according
to the facilities, expertise and
infrastructure available in that
country. Pakistan was represented
at the meeting by a three-member
delegation led by member Higher
Education Commission Dr Riyazul
Haque Qureshi. iftikhar gilani
Courtesy:
www.dailytimes.com.pk, May 31, 2007
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Kalam's
message to politicians - put nation
first
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As
his term comes to an end in July,
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Wednesday
gave the country's politicians a
message in verse, asking them to
put the nation first. The President
took the audience by surprise as
he addressed the gathering at a
function to give away the National
Communal Harmony Awards in Hindi.
Kalam narrated a poem in Hindi he
penned especially for the occasion
titled `Shahanshil Bharat, Shahanshil
Sansar'. The poem, which he described
as a prayer to God that the citizens
live together with compassion, also
had a word of advice for the political
leaders. "He Eeshwar, Netaon Ko
Ho Ehsaas, Unse Aur Sambandhon Se
Pehle Hai Rashtra (Oh Lord, may
the leaders realise that before
them and relationships comes nation),"
Kalam said. In his opening remarks,
the President, speaking in heavily-accented
Hindi, said, "Pyaare Doston, Maine
Aapke Liye Ek Prarthna Tayyar Kia
Hai (Dear friends, I have written
a prayer for you)." Although the
audience was taken by surprise to
hear Kalam, a Tamilian, speak in
Hindi, this was not the first time
that the president has addressed
a gathering in Hindi. Recently,
he gave a full speech in Hindi while
addressing a function at the Red
Fort to mark the 150th anniversary
of the First War of Independence.
Courtesy:
www.hindustantimes.com, May 23,
2007
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OBC
tops in Civil Services
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Mutyalaraju
Revu, an OBC candidate from a small
village, has topped the highly competitive
civil services examination conducted
by the Union Public Service Commission
at a time when the country debates
the issue of reservation for OBCs
in higher education. Revu, 27-year-old
son of a farmer in small village
in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh,
has surpassed 473 successful candidates
including 214 general category qualifiers
to top the merit list. His uncle
Venkanna was all praise for Revu,
who is currently serving in the
Andhra Pradesh police. Revu, who
has always been a brilliant student,
has done his Masters in Electronics
from the premier Indian Institute
of Sciences (IISC), Bangalore. "I
am really thrilled after hearing
about Revu topping the examination.
I had a word with him and he is
equally thrilled as well. It's a
great news for all our family members,"
Venkanna told IANS from west Godavari
district on telephone. There were
some 200,000 applicants who appeared
for the examination and only 474
finally qualified - a selection
rate of a mere 0.237 percent. Of
the selected candidates 373 are
males and 101 females.
Courtesy:
www.tribuneindia.com, May 14, 2007
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