CBSE X & XII date-sheet is out!

The wait is finally over! Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the official date-sheet for CBSE 2011 class X & class XII board exams. The date-sheet is as follows-

Class X - CBSE exam date-sheet 2011

Class XII - CBSE exam date-sheet 2011

Log on to www.cbse.nic.in to view the complete date sheet.

With only a few weeks left for the board exams, it’s time that all you class X & class XII students  start winding up your studies and get cracking with Meritnation’s Sample Tests and Revision Notes.  Meritnation.com wishes all you students the very best for your upcoming exams!

Good Luck!

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167 comments January 10th, 2011

ICSE/ ISC Exam Schedule 2011 is out!

The dates have been announced…and the stage is all set! The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has announced the date sheet for class X and class XII board exams.

The date sheet for ICSE & ISC is as follows-

Class X - ICSE exam date sheet 2011

Class XII ISC exam date sheet 2011

You can view the complete date sheet at www.cisce.org

Now that the date sheet is out, it’s time that all you ICSE students gear up for your exams.

We wish you all the very best!

Cheers!

Team Meritnation

53 comments December 22nd, 2010

Latest on optional CBSE class X board exams!

Optional board exams under CCE are turning out to be quite a success story in its first year of implementation. Of the total 8,23,125 students who will appear for class X exams in 2011, almost 5,49,542 students have opted for school-conducted Summative Assessment II (SA-II) (Source: TOI December 13, 2010). Thus with more than 67% students opting out of board conducted SA-II to be held in March-April 2011, CBSE may well consider its decision to make board exams optional, a reasonably well received move.

School-conducted SA-II or Board-conducted SA-II?

• Opt for school conducted SA-II if you wish to continue in the same (CBSE affiliated) school
• Opt for school conducted SA-II if you wish to change your school (and not your board) after class X
• Opt for board conducted SA-II if you wish to change your Board after class X
• Opt for board conducted SA-II if  your present school does not offer +2 level (i.e. senior secondary level)

With CBSE’s ongoing efforts to relieve students from the stress and pressure of board exams, CCE is proving to be quite a breather. However, there are many who are still skeptical about this new system of evaluation and have therefore opted for the board-conducted exams. CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi opines, “This is the first time and naturally there will be some doubts in the minds of parents and students. But gradually the importance of CCE will be understood” (Source: TOI December 13, 2010)

In years to come, CBSE expects more students to opt for the school-conducted SA-II exams.

Meritnation.com wishes all you students studying in class X all the best for your upcoming exams. We hope that the  SA-II Model Papers and previous years’ Solved Board Papers available on Meritnation.com will help you in your preparation for these exams

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11 comments December 15th, 2010

Meritnation.com launches Correspondence Test Pack!

To give a boost to your preparations for exams Meritnation.com has launched Correspondence Test Pack for CBSE classes VI-X. This printed test pack will equip you with over 50 tests for Maths & Science to help you prepare better for your final exams.

The test pack includes a variety of tests like chapter tests, unit tests & term tests. These tests have been specially designed to help you thoroughly assess your understanding of key concepts in Maths & Science. With the help of these tests you will be able to identify your weak areas so that you can take timely action for a great performance in exams. These chapter-wise tests, unit tests & term tests have been organized in a manner so as to provide you ample opportunities to practice before exams.

Along with the Correspondence Test Pack, Meritnation.com has also launched Online Test Packs for Maths, Physics, Chemistry & Biology for CBSE class XII students. The online test pack for each subject includes over 50+ tests aimed to help class XII students concretize their learning for the approaching board exams.

With final exams round the corner, we at Meritnation.com are confident that these test packs will help all you students out there to face your exams confidently and obtain a great result!

All the best for your exams!

Cheers!

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8 comments November 23rd, 2010

The Grading System and CBSE’s formula for Class XI admission

The announcement of CBSE Class X results has marked the end of suspense for thousands of students waiting for their results; however it has also left many students seeking admission in class XI, feeling confused about the new system of performance evaluation. Unlike the earlier method that was based on conventional numerical marking, the new grading system introduced by CBSE awards students subject-wise grades on the basis of pre-determined marks ranges. Under this new system a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score that indicates their overall performance in all subjects is given to the students along with the subject-wise grades and grade points.

With grades replacing marks, both students and schools are extremely concerned about the class XI admission criterion to the various streams. To clear all haze surrounding this issue, CBSE has issued a circular (Circular No.24 / 28-05-2010) that elaborates on a formula to arrive at an indicative equivalence of grade point and percentage of marks scored by students. The overall indicative percentage of marks scored by a student can be calculated by multiplying the CGPA of the student with 9.5. For example- if a student has scored a CGPA of 9.83, an indicative percentage of marks will be 9.83 x 9.5 i.e. 93.38%. Using this method, students can also calculate their subject-wise indicative percentage of marks by multiplying the grade point in that subject with 9.5. For example- if a student has scored the Grade Point of 10 in Maths, the indicative percentage marks scored by the student in Maths is 10 x 9.5 i.e. 95%. Schools can use this system to prepare their cut-offs for various streams.

While calculating the percentage marks using the above method, it is important for students and schools to understand that this system will help them arrive at an ‘indicative’ score only. In case of a tie between two or more students, preference will be given to the students with a higher average of the subject-wise indicative percentage marks obtained in one compulsory language and the subjects they opt for in class XI. However, schools have also been given the liberty to adopt any other suitable method to arrive at their cut-off lists.

Hope this article helps in clearing some of the anxiety related to class XI admissions.

All the best!

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4 comments June 9th, 2010

CBSE Results

In order to ensure timely declaration of CBSE results, the process of evaluation of answer scripts starts within a few days of completion of Class X and Class XII board exams. Teachers from affiliated CBSE schools are nominated to evaluate these answer scripts. With the introduction of Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), this year Class X students will be awarded grades instead of marks.

Like each year, this year too the CBSE results for 2010 board exams for Class X and Class XII are likely to be announced during the last week of May. Last year, the results for the same were announced on May 26th & 29th respectively.

To view CBSE results, students can log onto websites like

• www.cbse.nic.in
• www.indiaresults.com

However, this year students should not worry about network congestion that possibly result in delayed results on these websites, as students can now also request for result mailers, SMSes communicating results etc.

All the best for your results!

9 comments April 29th, 2010

CCE – What you as a student should know

CBSE’s decision to introduce a system of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation in schools (CCE) and its implications on the teaching-learning process is one area that is being closely followed by schools, students and parents alike.

But what exactly does CCE have in store for the students? In real terms, how do things change for a student with the introduction of CCE? Here are some points that will help clarify the implications of CCE in a student’s life:

• No marks, only grades! With the introduction of CCE marks take a bow, as all students will now be evaluated on a 9-point scale. Students with grades ‘D’ and above will qualify to get promoted to the next class.
• ‘Cramming’ the night before exams becomes passé! Now, with a system of continuous evaluation your progress throughout the school year will be monitored with the help of a series of formative and summative assessment methods. Assessment in school will be divided into 2 terms- April to September and October to March.
• Quizzes, projects, class presentations, seminars and more! Gear-up to be doing a lot of these ‘fun’ activities that will also add up to that ‘grade’ on your report card.
• Academics alone are not enough! Good grades on your academic school subjects may not be enough for you to have a ‘good looking’ Report Card. Yes, the time has come for you to be an all-rounder because outside class activities such as ‘Yoga’, ‘Gymnastics’ etc. now get a place on your Report Card too!
• Homework acquires a new meaning! Well home assignments have always been important, but now they may just be one of the many ways your teacher chooses to assess you as part of the formative assessment methods.
• No more Board exams in class X! Of course, for students of class X the dreaded ‘Board Exams’ become optional.
• Emotional Quotient and other qualities become important! Your ability to make friends, manage your emotions, your willingness to help classmates, the respect you show towards teachers and the environment –all of this will now reflect on your Report Card!

Thus, for all you students the only way you can truly shine in your school is to actively participate in all the inside classroom and outside classroom activities and focus on improving your weak areas as you go along.

Cheers!

Team Meritnation

10 comments April 23rd, 2010

CBSE Class X Solved Sanskrit Board Paper available on meritnation.com

The board paper solutions for CBSE Maths and Science were very well received by our users. On repeated requests from our users, meritnation.com has now made available the solved CBSE board paper for Class X Sanskrit (2010) on our website. You can go through this solved board paper and assess your performance in your Sanskrit exam by calculating your tentative score for the same. The solutions are available in easily downloadable PDF format.

Click here to download CBSE class X Sanskrit (2010) Board Paper Solutions

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14 comments April 5th, 2010

Get solved Board Papers 2010 for classes X & XII absolutely FREE!

After your exam are you looking for solutions for the CBSE board papers? Your search ends here! Log on to meritnation.com for free solved board papers (2010) for Class XII Physics, Class XII Chemistry, Class XII Biology, Class XII Maths, Class X Science and Class X Maths.

Do visit meritnation.com and check your answers for any inaccuracies with the help of these solved board papers. Go through these solved board papers and calculate your tentative score for the exams even before the final results are officially announced! These free solved board papers (2010) are available in PDF format that can easily be downloaded.

So what are you waiting for?! Just go through these solved board papers available on meritnation.com. Educationists at Meritnation are continuously working hard to make schooling truly easy for all!

All the best for your exams!

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83 comments March 10th, 2010

Uniform test papers for Class IX CBSE students!

The academic year 2009-10 can surely be called as the ‘Year of Surprises’, thanks to the academic and examination reforms introduced by CBSE! Beginning with the decision to completely do away with the class X board exams and bringing in the benefits of the grading system, to the introduction of CCE– this academic year has witnessed it all! And would you believe it?! There are plans for introducing the grading system in class XII too! It seems that the list of surprises for students continues to grow even as we approach the end of the current academic year.

A recent development in this respect is the announcement that CBSE will set the final test papers for the class IX examinations for its affiliated schools. So all you students who are preparing for the class IX examinations get ready to face uniform and standardized test papers across all CBSE affiliated schools.

However, the answer sheets will be evaluated by the school itself in accordance to the official marking scheme. The test paper by the CBSE will be divided into four sections, containing multiple-choice, long-answer and short-answer type questions. The board has also issued directives to the schools to adopt a flexi-timing scheme of allotting a time duration ranging from 3-31/2 hours to students for completing their papers. What more could students ask for!

The CBSE will send out CDs to the schools containing test papers and sample test papers for English Communicative, English Language and Literature, Hindi-A, Hindi-B, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Communicative Sanskrit. For the remaining subjects, schools will set their own test papers in accordance to the sample question papers available on the official website of the CBSE. To ensure confidentiality of these test papers, the CBSE will send a password to the schools either through mail or telephonically, that will allow them to access the content in the CD.

So all you students out there gear up for standardized and uniform test papers for your class IX examinations.

All the best!
Cheers!
Team Meritnation

50 comments February 14th, 2010