John Brumfield

Monday, August 13, 2018

TN HSC Plus One 2018 exams | Supplementary exams results are declared

Plus one supplementary exams results have been declared by the Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) Tamil Nadu. All the students who had appeared for the exams can check the results on the official website -- http://www.dge.tn.nic.in The compartment exams for the plus one were held in June and the main exams were conducted by the authorities from March 1 to April 16. The results of the plus two exams were released on May 16, 2018. Steps to check the results Visit the official website as mentioned aboveClick on the link for the resultsIn the fields provided, enter your roll number and other details in the prescribed formatClick on the submit buttonYour result will be displayed on the screenDownload the result and take the print out of the same A total of 6754 schools scored 100 per cent results that were released in May with Virudhnagar tops among districts securing 97 per cent while Erode is at second position with 96.3 per cent.

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Digital solution from Microsoft will prevent the CBSE paper leak

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) came under heavy criticism from entire nation when its class 10th and 12th question papers got leaked and the the children had to pay the price. In order to prevent such mishaps from happening again, CBSE has forged a partnership with the Microsoft who will develop digital solution for the CBSE in order to prevent such leaks. Microsoft has already developed an encrypted security solution for the CBSE which caters to the 20299 schools of the nation. “We have developed for CBSE an innovative solution which makes question papers leak-proof until 30 minutes prior to the start of the examinations,” Anil Bhansali, Managing Director, Microsoft India (R&D) and Corporate Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise, told IANS in a telephonic interaction. “But if the question papers get leaked after they are allowed to download (just half an hour before the start of the exam) due to some bad actors, the system allows easy traceability as question paper for each center are watermarked,” Bhansali said. At present the solution is in testing phase and has passed its first pilot run with flying colors. The first pilot run of the encrypted system was run in July during the compartment exams during the digital question papers generation and their delivery was successful at 487 exam centers. Using the system, the examination controller is able to track the entire process using the software solution built on Windows 10 and Office 365. The overall process is encrypted and uses two factor authentication for the extra security. Examiners are required to identify themselves before they can download the examination papers. “The system allows various authentication process. For example, it can be OTP (one-time password) based or bio-metric based. It is up to the clients what two authentication process they want to choose,” Bhansali added.

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I am 78-years old and I am still a student : Vishnu Swaroop Saksena

It was JNU’s second convocation , where Vishnu Swaroop Saksena, a 78-years old education enthusiast was conferred with the Ph.D. degree. He enrolled at JUN after he retired in 2008 from his service. He began his research ‘the trail of two ancient scripts - Brahmi and Kharoshti’ in 2012. "As a student I welcome the move of convocation as it gives us a platform to receive degrees formally. It was my first ever degree as I could not receive my Bachelor's degree," said Saksena. Studying at the age of retirement was fun and a completely new experience for him, he said. "I enjoyed talking to people and reaching grassroots during my research. It provided me with first hand information on ancient history," he says. Talking about his experience at the JNU he said that adjusting in the college environment was easy for him because JNU has a very open culture. "I love the openness with which the university functions. Teachers were accessible and I learnt a lot. I enjoyed knowing new things, poetry and discussions around literature. Even after getting the degree I feel that I am still a student, still a learner," says Saksena. "I had a great time because I studied to learn with no agenda in mind. Everyone should enjoy their studies and should not aim for anything else but knowledge," he says.

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Sunday, August 12, 2018

IIT council may scrap the JEE Advanced exam

A new IIT Council meeting is scheduled on August 21, 2018, in which the council members will discuss the new idea about revamping the IIT education. The members will discuss about dis-mantling the JEE Advanced exam and doing away with the flagship B.Tech courses and converting these premier institutes into high-end institutes which will offer PG education to nearly 80,000 students as opposed to offering UG courses to only 10,000 students. The idea was sparked in some top level IIT Faculty. ‘Revamping Engineering Education and Returning Childhood to Studentsʼ is also aimed at check the multi-million dollar coaching industry and making the IIT-level teaching available to more students of the nation. Sources at the HRD ministry said that the idea is up for the discussion and its feasibility from the implementation point of view remains to be seen. As of now, the proposal suggests that JEE Mains exam should be used to classify all the candidates into 10 groups. These groups will be divided on the basis of marks range and the students in one group will be treated as equal. While JEE Advanced is proposed to be scrapped, premier institutes can still admit the students from the top most range without any further tests or interviews. The proposal suggest that IITs forgo their B.Tech degrees and instead provide one semester experience to the 8 times the number of current candidates they accept for the B.Tech courses. Admission to this semester long experience will be done in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th semesters of the B Tech program. The selection criteria for this is not specified/proposed yet. These selected students may charged upto INR 2 lakh for the IIT experience. Banks can provide the loans to the students and in special cases they can also provide collateral free loan. Students who will spend a semester at IITs will get their degrees from the universities which will explicitly mention the fact ‘IIT semester experience’.

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Large number of teachers’ posts are vacant in IITs and Central Universities : HRD

More the 5000 posts are lying vacant for the faculty members in the central universities of the country and for IITs this number is more than 2000, said HRD ministry. Vacant posts for the faculty members in National Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology are 1870 while this figure in Indian Institutes of Management is 258. “Occurring of vacancies and filling these up are continuous process. The vacancies keep on arising due to retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced studentsʼ strength,” a senior HRD Ministry official said. “The institutions are adopting various measures to address faculty shortage in order to ensure that studies of students are not affected which inter-alia, includes engaging research scholars, contract, re- employed, adjunct and visiting faculty. The institutions also publish a year round rolling advertisement to attract faculty,” the official added. Besides the above mentioned institutes, there are 96 vacant posts in School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), 88 in Indian Institutes of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and 100 in Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs).

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UP Board 2018 board exams | Class 10th compartment results declared

The results of the compartment and improvement exams for the students of class 10 have been released by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP). Students who have appeared for the exams can now visit the official website -- upmsp.edu.in and check their respective results. The compartment and improvement exams were held in the month of June and July. Compartment exams were conducted for the students who had failed the class 10th exams which and improvement exams were conducted for the students who wish to improve their scores in the main exams. Steps to check the results Visit the official website as mentioned aboveClick on the notification which says ‘UP Board High School (Class X) Compartment / Improvement Results 2018’Enter the seven digit roll number and the security code as provided on the screenClick on the show resultThe result will be displayed on the screenDownload the result and take the print out of the same

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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Delhi HC demanded a response from the AAP government over Admission norms

The Delhi HC demanded a response from the APP government over the issue of not admitting the students who have not scored a minimum of 55 percent marks in the class 10 exams conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Justice Siddharth Mridul was of the view that AAP government should not adopt a policy of exclusion in the matters relating to admission in Delhi government schools. The court asked the government for a response as to why these students are not being given admissions in the schools run by it and listed the matter on August 13. The court asked that where these students will go to pursue their education if the government denies them the admission and also raised a question on the upper age limit of 17 years as prescribed by the government of admission in class 11. A plea, regarding the same, was filed by an NGO Social Jurist against the circular issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE) in which it laid down the condition of minimum 55 percent marks in the NIOS class 10 exams. The plea contended that the DoE decision was "arbitrary, irrational, illogical, unconstitutional, violates the petitioners right to education and was against the public interest".

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