John Brumfield

Monday, June 4, 2018

Punjab class X exams results | Majority of students lag in English and Math

Jaspreet Singh, a students of class 10 failed his class 10 exams because English was the toughest subject from him. This is not the story of only Jaspreet but many others who find studying English an ardous task. Jaspreet Singh said that students could not study English during the last few months of the exams due to absence of regular teacher. “We did not have regular English lectures after December, so we could not prepare for the exam,” he said. Jaspreet Singh is a students at the Govt High School at Majaat village. “I feel the situation did not change a bit. Last year, the Mathematics results were very weak. This year it happened with English. These two are the most important subjects and our school is lagging behind in these two. It is a matter of great worry for us,” said Hakam Singh, a member of the committee looking after the school. Hakan Singh blamed the teacher and said that teachers are not putting in enough efforts and children are suffering. Parwinder Singh, who also failed in English examination, said that their regular English teacher went on leave in December after which their social studies teacher started teaching them English in January and the exams were in March. “Our studies suffered as we were not able to finish the syllabus in the last days. We also tried to take private tuition but since no good teacher was available in our village, so we failed in the examination,” Parwinder said. “The results are bad. Since there was no regular English teacher in the last months, we could not do anything. The English teacher went on maternity leave and then we had to make some alternative arrangements. Last year we were weak in Mathematics, this year we improved a lot and out of 31 students, 25 (80.64 per cent) students passed the exam,” said Kashmir Kaur, additional headmistress of the school.

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48 schools in UP are looking for the students to teach

The UP government recently conducted a study for the U-DISE (Unified District Information System for Education) report under which it found that 48 government schools in state are without any children in them. Of these 48 schools, 33 schools are primary and 15 schools are upper primary. According to the sources, the state government is now asking for the explanation from the district-level officials. Kamlesh Priyadarshi, senior expert, Management Information System, issued an order which states “During an analysis of the U-DISE report data that was sent by all districts for the 2017-18 academic session, it was found that various districts in Uttar Pradesh have zero enrollment of students.” The 33 primary schools with no students are in 16 districts - Amethi (1), Azamgarh (1), Baghpat (1), Ballia (3), Deoria (1), Farrukhabad (1), Fatehpur (1), Ghazipur (3), Gonda (1), Hathras (4), Jalaun (1), Jaunpur (6), Kanpur rural (2), Lakhimpur Kheri (5), Mathura (1) and Meerut (1). Meanwhile, 15 upper primary schools with zero enrolment are in seven districts - Azamgarh (1), Fatehpur (1), Ghazipur (1), Jaunpur (3), Lakhimpur Kheri (5), Meerut (2) and Mirzapur (2). “Hence, all these districts have been asked to provide details like the year of establishment of these schools, U-DISE code, number of enrolled students in 2016-17, number of teachers employed and the action taken by the basic shiksha adhikari against such schools,” read the order.

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No detention policy and poor attendance are the main cause of poor class X result: Haryana school teachers

For some students of class X from the Government Senior Secondary School Rehna, in the Raipurrani block it is second time in a row that they have failed to clear the class X exams. Now, the parents of these children have decided to pull their children out of the school. This year, more than 54 percent of the students have failed the class X exams of the Haryana Board School of Education examination. The worst performers in this race are Government Senior Secondary School Rehna and Government School Bhood where only 1 and 4 students were able to pass their exams respectively. With no remedial measures and extra-classes the stakes for the future of these children are high. However, the teachers from the school put all the blame on the government’s no detention policy and poor attendance of the these students in the school. “When they come to higher classes, they donʼt even know how to write basic things, what to talk of explaining the curriculum to them. It is all because of the right to education policy wherein these students who donʼt even know anything are promoted till Class VIII,” said a teacher of the Government School Bhood on condition of anonymity. Principal of the Government School Bhood, Pushpa Rani, said that the school has been making all the possible efforts to improve the performance of such children but they don’t attend the classes. “Parents make them do homely work. What do we do?” she said. Tejinder, Principal of the Government Senior Secondary School, Rehna said that we have all the facilities here but most of the times these children are not interested in studies. “Just after a few months, teachers leave after getting the transfers done. I am still trying hard to get in some teachers here. But the fact is that these students have to be pulled out of their homes to attend classes,” she said. However, both the villages have a different tale to tell and they hold the staff’s absentism as a main factor for the students’ failures in the exam. “What to talk of holding any extra classes for the students who failed, these teachers donʼt even come here to attend regular classes. We always find students loitering outside because all the teachers aren’t here. In some cases, they even remain absent for months and later get themselves transferred,” Taj Mohammad, a resident of Rehna village, said. He added, “Moreover, when a student has failed, isn’t it the teachers’ responsibility to make efforts and improve the child’s performance? Teachers say that children don’t attend classes and if children don’t attend the school as per what teachers say, why do they then make an effort to appear a second time after they have flunked? This is just an excuse given by the teachers,” he said.

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NEET 2018 exam | Check the exam cut-offs here

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the NEET 2018 results and the cut-off for the general category stands-off at 50% and for the other category it is 40%. This year, more than 6 lakh students get the marks in the range of 691 to 119 and others scored less than 118 marks. This year’s topper is Kalpana Kumai, who scored 171 out of 180 in physics, 160 out of 180 in Chemistry, 360 out of 360 in Biology (Biology and Zoology). Overall her grand total is 691 out of 720. More than 13 lakh candidates have appeared for the NEET 2018 exam and can check their scores by visiting the official website of the NEET. The CBSE had conducted the exam on May 6, 2018 and released the answer keys on May 25 and were given a chance to raise the objections until may 27. NEET 2018 exam cut-offs UR: 50th percentile (691 – 119) – 634,987 candidatesOBC: 40th percentile (118 – 96) – 54653 candidatesSC: 40th percentile (118 – 96) – 17209 candidatesST: 40th percentile (118 – 96) – 7446 candidatesUR-PH: 45th percentile (118 – 107) – 205 candidatesOBC-PH: 40th percentile (106 – 96) – 104 candidatesSC-PH: 40th percentile (106 – 96) – 36 candidatesST-PH: 40th percentile (106-96) – 12 candidate All India Merit list will be prepared based on the marks obtained by the candidates. CBSE conducts the NEET UG exam in order to determine the eligibility of the candidates for admissions in various medical and dental college run with approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India.

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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Download admit cards for MPPEB GNST and PNST 2018 exams

The admit cards for the General Nursing Training and Selection Test (GNTST) and Pre-Nursing Selection Test (PNST) 2018 have been released by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board. The exams are scheduled to be held on June 10, 2018. VACANCY DETAILS GNTST: 1040 seats PNST: 170 seats Link to download the admit cards http://peb.mp.gov.in/tacs/tac_2018/GNTST_PNST_TAC18/default_tac.htm Steps to download the admit cards Visit the official website --

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Dr. Harshvardhan: Students should come forward to protect the environment

School children forms an important part and are future of any society and Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan urged the students to take an active part in protecting the protecting the environment and help government and society beat the pollution. Dr. Harshvardhan was present at the 'Envithon' - a mini-marathon organized to support the World Environment Day on June 5. At the event more than 10,000 students from 200 schools of Delhi-NCR were present. The minister also administered the pledge to the children under which they will undertake one Green Good Deed every day, to reduce the effects of pollution and plastic. Dr. Also flagged off the 'Envithon'run at Vinay Marg. Various cultural programs around the themes of plastic pollution and river conservation were also put up on the occasion. Similar ‘Envithons’ were also organized in the five other cities of the country. Various distinguished personalities such as Secretary, MoEF&CC, Shri C.K Mishra, Director General, Forest & Special Secretary, MoEF&CC, Shri Siddhanta Das, Additional Secretary, Shri A.K Jain and representative of United Nations Environment were present at the gathering.

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No home-work may soon become a reality of Indian schools

No home-work policy for classes I and II may soon become a reality as Madras High Court passed a directive to do away with it. “We will definitely follow the order. I believe children should attend school to learn with fun and should not be put under any pressure. We shall study the order and do whatever is possible to reduce (academic) burden,” Javadekar said in a press release on Saturday. Javadekar expressed hope to pass the bill by amending the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which will be tabled in the monsoon session of the Parliament. “The Congress has not allowed us to hold the Parliament session. By March 2019, each state will be able to bring back pass-fail in classes V and VIII. As many as 25 states including Bengal have agreed to the proposal,” he added. Once the pass-fail system is back, students can be detained in two classes for their poor performance and will be given two months before they can re-appear for the exams again. “Only if they fail in the second exam, they will have to repeat the class,” Javadekar said. In the June end, HRD is all set to unveil the new education policy. “It will be a comprehensive policy involving the education of the next generation,” he added.

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