CBSE announces datesheet for class 10, 12 Board exams

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CBSE announces datesheet for class 10, 12 Board exams

The schedule for the class 10 and class 12 Board exams has been finalized with the issue of the datasheet by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday.

The exams will begin on May 4 and culminate on June 10. Results for both classes will be declared by July 15.

According to the datasheet, exams for some of the main subjects for class 10 will begin with the English exam on May 6, followed by Hindi on May 10, Urdu on May 11, Science on May 15, Home Science on May 20, Maths on May 21 and Social Science on May 27.

Similarly, class 12 students will appear for the English exam on May 4, the Taxation exam on May 5, the Physical Education exam on May 8, Engineering Graphic on May 10, Business Studies on May 12, Accountancy on May 17, Chemistry on May 18, Political Science on May 19, Biology on May 24, Economics on May 25, Hindi on May 31 and Mathematics on June 1.

For details and the complete date sheet, students can log on to the CBSE website, where the entire schedule has been upload on Tuesday evening.

Speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said: “While fixing the datasheet, we have tried that students get a lot of time between exams of important subjects. Students must remain relaxed. We have tried to get connected with students so that students can happily prepare for their exams.”

The minister further said on Twitter: “I hope now that the students have the datasheet, they can prepare well for the exams. They have already proved themselves in difficult circumstances. I extend my gratitude to our teachers, who have acted like warriors and nurtured their students along with the parents.”

Nishank further added: “Gradually the entire country is attaining freedom from the Corona pandemic. The people of the country have turned this crisis into an opportunity. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we have got two vaccines. Still, we must stay alert till everything returns to normal and also help others stay vigilant,” added the minister.

Students of Classes X, XII return to schools in TN

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Students of Classes X, XII return to schools in TN

Students of Classes X and XII in Tamil Nadu returned to schools on Tuesday after a gap of 10 months following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing restrictions.

The schools were closed in April last year following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The students who attended the schools on Tuesday had to produce a consent letter from their parents. Covering their bright young faces with masks, the students stood in lines outside their schools so that their body temperature could be checked before being allowed in.

Multi-vitamin and zinc tablets were also given to the students to boost their immunity, as per the government orders.

The Tamil Nadu government has announced trimming of the syllabus by about 40 percent and the schools have been told to complete the important topics first.

Hiring activity recovers in India by 14% in Dec 2020: Report

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Hiring activity recovers in India by 14% in Dec 2020: Report

Hiring activity in India saw a 14 percent jump in December as compared to the previous month, signaling a clear recovery of the job market in the post-Covid months, a new report said on Thursday.

The overall hiring at year-on-year level showed a decline of only 10 percent in December, according to Naukri.com ‘JobSpeak’ report.

The hiring in the insurance sector grew by more than 45 percent in December, as Indians felt the need for securing their health and businesses in the post-Covid era.

The auto and ancillary sector (33 per cent) continued to register growth in sequential hiring with increased consumer demand during the year-end period.

Other key sectors such as BFSI (+18 percent), Pharma/Biotech (+28 percent), FMCG (+21 percent), and IT-Software (+11 percent) too have shown positive growth in hiring.

“Key sectors like hospitality, travel, auto, and retail are still bouncing back, and the sequential numbers reassure us of robust recoveries in 2021,” said Pawan Goyal, Chief Business Officer, Naukri.com.

“As we look forward to a brighter year ahead, the overall hiring sets in the right direction for the closing month.”

Within metros, Pune and Delhi led the sequential recovery at more than 18 percent and 16 percent increase in hiring, respectively, followed by Kolkata (+14 percent) and Mumbai (+10 percent).

Coimbatore saw the highest hiring growth of +30 percent among Tier-2 cities, followed by Ahmedabad at +20 percent and Jaipur at +15 percent in December.

In fact, the hiring of professionals in the hotels/restaurants domain also saw an uptick of 13 percent sequentially, indicating the revival of the sector.

Hiring activity in the month of December declined by 10 percent vs the last year, the findings showed.

While Bengaluru (-1 percent), Pune (-2 percent), and Hyderabad (-5 percent) were less impacted given the growing demand for IT professionals in the virtually connected world, cities such as Mumbai (-25 percent) and Delhi (-18 percent) saw a decline in hiring activity in December as compared to the same month last year.

Digital tools can enable in-class teaching in rural govt schools: Survey

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Digital tools can enable in-class teaching in rural govt schools: Survey

Teachers prefer in-class teaching over online classes as an effective method to teach students, according to a survey.

Conducted digitally by Sampark Foundation, the survey included teachers in rural government schools across six states and aimed at better understanding the needs of government school teachers who are using remote learning tools to teach students during the coronavirus pandemic.

The survey covered over 4,000 teachers from government schools in suburban and rural areas of Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.

The key highlights of the findings are:

– 68 percent requested videos on the curriculum that can be easily shared with children

– 60 percent responded with the need for reading material and notes to be designed specifically for each class

– 51 percent marked ‘social platform’ as a vital feature in learning apps to connect with other teachers and exchange ideas

– 46 percent responded with ‘question bank’ as a key feature to prepare tests/worksheets

– 39 percent are in favour of sending online assessments to students

– 31 percent emphasized the need for a performance tracking dashboard, built in the learning app to monitor each student in a careful manner

– 68 percent teachers voted for in-classroom teaching as an effective education method for children studying in primary government schools in rural areas

– 46 percent of respondents were in favor of live online classes via WhatsApp, video call, or any other app

– 21 percent were keen to record their own lectures and share with students via mobile phone

The survey also highlighted that majority of teachers have access to broadcasting medium such as television (50 percent) followed by other infrastructures such as smartphones (40 percent), feature phones (32 percent), and radio (24 percent).

44 percent of teachers emphasized the need for textbooks and notes to be handed over directly to students for effective learning. The survey also reported that 33 percent of teachers leverage videos shared on YouTube, Baithak, Diksha, and other apps, to teach students. Teachers also agreed that broadcasting educational programs on television or radio might be an effective education method, provided the content is simple, interesting, and impactful for students. Over 28 percent of teachers also stressed the importance of weekly visits to children’s homes and teaching in a group of 3-5 students in one session.

The survey found that children in government schools in rural areas find directly calling teachers over the phone, an effective medium to solve doubts and queries, which in turn improves learning outcomes. However, 59 percent of respondents also considered students discussing their queries and doubts with elder siblings, relatives, other educated people in their neighborhood.

Close to 60 percent of the teachers surveyed are in favor of live video classes conducted by them on WhatsApp and over 40 percent prefer to resolving student’s queries once a week in person. The survey also highlighted peer-to-peer doubt resolution on a digital discussion forum, as an effective medium to solve student queries.

Addressing impactful methods of learning assessment, 54 percent of teachers voted for online quizzes while 52 percent were in favor of questions asked during live online classes. 48 percent found printed assessments as an effective means of learning assessment and 25 percent requested for an assessment app or an online platform for students.

Kerala schools reopen for students of Classes 10 and 12

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Kerala schools reopen for students of Classes 10 and 12

 As the new year was ushered in, students of Classes 10 and 12 in state syllabus schools in Kerala returned to their classrooms on Friday — after a hiatus of seven months.

The state board exams are scheduled for March 17.

Authorities have taken all health precautions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, ordering classroom teaching in the morning and afternoon batches in most schools from 9 am to 1 pm and 1.15 pm to 5.15 pm.

Seating arrangements for students too have been made as per the social distance norm. Almost all schools have made sanitizers available to students and staff as well as facilities to take care of health issues if needed. Students have also been counseled on the pandemic and how to maintain social distance.

Class 10 student Anna Mariam Joy of Cottonhill High School here told IANS: “After seven months, I am meeting my friends physically. It is a great feeling. However, we are sitting at a distance in the classroom and not interacting much. Teachers are providing us all the necessary guidelines.”

Krishnakumar, a teacher at the Government High School at Pettah in Thiruvananthapuram, told IANS: “Schools are extending all support to students, whose presence in schools has increased our responsibility manifold. Schools have made councilors available to provide emotional support to children, in case needed. I think things are getting back to normal.”

Hiring set to bounce back in 2021: Naukri.com

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Hiring set to bounce back in 2021: Naukri.com

Hiring activities will bounce back in the coming year as major industries are recovering from the impact of Covid-19, according to a Naukri.com survey on Monday.

While 26 percent of recruiters foresee hiring bouncing back to pre-Covid levels within the next three-six months, 34 percent said that it would take their organizations six months to one year, said the “Hiring Outlook Survey” by the job portal.

The survey, which involved 1,327 recruiters and consultants across the country, showed that jobseekers should remain optimistic for the coming year.

In 2020, while industries such as medical/healthcare, IT, BPO/ITES were less impacted, a few such as retail, hospitality, and travel struggled to cope.

The overall hiring market started on a positive note this year with increasing job postings in the initial months of the year at a year-on-year comparison.

The incline in hiring was steady until the pandemic impacted the job market. The impact of Covid-19 was visible right from March.

In April and May, hiring declined 60 percent year-over-year, the lowest ever seen on the platform, Naukri.com said. Steadily, the job market started to revive from June onwards.

Though the market is still down by 28 percent year-over-year as per the Naukri JobSpeak index for November, jobseekers, recruiters and experts are eying on sequential recovery to spot the silver lining, according to the job portal.

Yogi govt claims over 26 lakh people employed in 8 months

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Yogi govt claims over 26 lakh people employed in 8 months

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Yogi Adityanath government has challenged its critics claiming that 26,62,960 people have been provided employment in the last eight months. An action plan was prepared on the instructions of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. Acting on this action plan, 26,62,960 people have been employed in 6,65,740 new units under the ‘Aatmanirbhar’ package.

Apart from this, 5,25,978 people have been provided employment through the ‘Employment portal’ created on the instructions of Yogi Adityanath.

During the Covid-induced lockdown when lakhs of poor migrant workers became jobless, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath began efforts to provide employment to these workers. Due to such efforts, lakhs of migrant workers got employment in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector.

The government’s ‘One District One Product Scheme’ (ODOP) has proved to be quite a game-changer in terms of providing employment to migrant workers. In every district of the state, the ‘Aatmanirbhar’ package has helped people to get employment and has also generated self-employment opportunities.

According to the data released by the MSME department, 6,65,740 new units were started in the state in the last eight months, in which 26,62,960 people have been provided employment. Of these, there are 2,57,348 migrant workers who have been provided employment in the units which were already operating in the state.

During the corona pandemic, the Yogi government helped employment generation by giving a loan of Rs 1,092 crore to 4,24,283 units set up previously under the ‘Aatmanirbhar’ package. Apart from this, the Chief Minister also started the ‘Employment portal’ through which nearly 5,25,978 people got jobs till December 13 this year.

As soon as the lockdown was implemented, heavy industries were shut down and the workers employed in these industries started migrating. During the lockdown period, consultations were held with the owners of the Small, Medium, and Micro-industries, and the government arranged raw materials for these industries. Arrangements were made for the workers to remain in the small-scale industries. As a result, by the second phase of the lockdown, nearly 4,000 small scale industrial units were started in the state.

In the third phase of the lockdown, plans were made to further expand the small-scale industries. After implementing this scheme, work was begun to revive nearly 2.5 lakh micro and cottage industries lying closed in the state. Along with this, a ‘skill mapping’ campaign was launched for nearly 40 lakh migrant workers who had returned to Uttar Pradesh from other states.

Of these migrant workers, 1,14,466 migrant workers were provided employment in the real estate sector. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also lauded the efforts of the state government to provide employment to lakhs of poor laborers and migrant workers. According to the RBI, Uttar Pradesh is listed among the top five states in the country in generating employment through the MSMEs.

UG, PG exams after resumption of physical classes in Odisha

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UG, PG exams after resumption of physical classes in Odisha

The Odisha government on Monday said that the conduct of examinations for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students will be considered after the resumption of classroom teaching and completion of syllabi.

Higher Education secretary Saswat Mishra has written to Vice-Chancellors of universities and principals of colleges coming under the department to convey the decision not to conduct UG and PG exams in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said it was not desirable to hold examinations only on the basis of online teaching.

“Due to prevailing pandemic-related dislocation, the academic session has been badly affected. Though online teaching is continuing, most students have failed to benefit due to various reasons,” said Mishra.

Odisha seeks Centre’s clarity on Class 10, 12 board exams

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Odisha seeks Centre’s clarity on Class 10, 12 board exams

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring clarity on the time frame for the conduct of Class 10 and 12 Board examinations and the duration of the 2020-21 academic session.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Chief Minister said national guidelines with tentative timelines will help states for framing appropriate strategy.

“As all competitive entrance examinations and admission in institutions of high education are interlinked, national guidelines with tentative timelines will help the states for framing appropriate strategy. It will also help students anxious about the examination dates to plan and prepare accordingly,” Patnaik said.

He said that in the absence of clarity on the academic session and conduct of both Class 10 and Class 12 Board examinations, all enrolled students and their parents/teachers are in a state of uncertainty. It is leading to anxiety among all, he added.

In view of Covid-19, all educational institutions are closed in the state since March 17 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The state government has decided to keep educational institutions closed till December 31.

“We have been trying to reach out to the maximum number of students digitally through different modes. But it is not possible to cover all students and prepare them for the Boards and different competitive examinations,” Patnaik said.

With spike in Covid-19 cases, Haryana shuts schools again

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With spike in Covid-19 cases, Haryana shuts schools again

With the sudden spike in coronavirus cases among students, the Haryana government on Friday ordered the closure of all schools — government and private — in the state till November 30.

More than 300 students were tested positive in the past fortnight with the reopening of the schools. Schools for Class IX to XII were reopened after over five months of closure on November 2. However, the government was yet to reopen classes for students from Class I to VIII.

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