CBSE Vocational Courses For 11th Class XI Students

CBSE Vocational Courses For 11th Class XI Students 

THE Cenral Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced numerous vocational courses for Class XI students. The motto behind this to start a career of their interest.

In 2012. CBSE had planned to introduce new elective courses as a pilot programme. The course was termed as Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India and they presented many avenues to the students, for making them ready for future.

From 2014-15. the students will be able to opt from theatre. legal studies or gender studies as an elective course. In addition, other subjects offered to class XI-XII - senior secondary students are NCC. human rights and the unique knowledge traditions and Practices of India etc. The board is also trying to make students learn Chinese language. This is the pilot project presently running at 25 schools. The first batch with having the elective courses option will appear in the board exams for these subjects in March 2015.

Theatre studies will be run in all CBSE schools. The legal studies may also appeal many students, especially those who will aim to pursue 5 year integrated law course in future.

CBSE stated in its circular that the pilot run courses had received overwhelming response from both educationists and the teaching community across the nation.

What action will CBSE take against erring schools?

What action will CBSE take against erring schools?

IN CASH a large number of students are found absent in schools without valid reasons during inspection, the board may take following actions against erring schools:
■ The Board may restrict the number of students to the extent present on the day of inspection
■  Defaulter schools may be downgraded to secondary level
■ The students not found present, without valid reason, on the day of inspection may not be able to appear in the examination.
■  In extreme violation of rules, the school may by disaffiliated from the Board.

Approved private agencies For CBSE Students

Approved private agencies For CBSE Students

WITH an aim to raise its standard. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has allowed its affiliated schools to be free to seek accreditation from approved private agencies.

Quality Council of India (QCI) is handling the process of voluntary accreditation. Experts said that the nation's poor showing in global teaching and learning need the urgent involvement of private sector entities.

The public-private partnership initiative follows the success of leading Indian business schools. including the elite Indian Institutes of Management, that seek accreditation from agencies such as the British Association of MBAs and the US Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. On the same lines. Indian primary and secondary schools will be given the option to choose their accreditation agency. The CBSE has already put in place a mechanism to select private agencies. In its 12th plan. Planning Commission has expressed that the focus should be now on improving the quality of teaching and learning. It is expected tliat private agencies would evaluate key areas of schooling, including infrastructure, the use of technology in education etc. In an survey conducted in the year 2011 where student assessment was done. Indian schools placed in last two with only Kyrgyzstan faring worse. Wipro Ltd and education assessment            organization Educational Initiatives also did Quality Education Survey, where it drew a conclusion that schools in metros also teaches to learn by rote.

CBSE dominates JEE results

CBSE dominates JEE results

BE IT JEE Mains or JEE Advanced, one will find that the results of these examinations have been dominated by students from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). over 80% of the students who have passed these tough examinations of the world are from CBSE. With new format, suddenly the percentage of Class XII started getting due importance. This has made the difference for CBSE students.

The new provisions of weightage of class 12 percentage was incorporated precisely to shore up the importance of schools as majority of students were neglecting their schools for preparation of competitive exams.

CBSE News- CBSE to Conduct quality assessment of its schools

From - http://www.deccanherald.com/

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to conduct a thorough assessment of the quality of schools affiliated to it, in order to ensure that they meet the standards prescribed by it.