CBSE starts exam helpline to help students cope with Exam Stress!

With Board exams approaching, CBSE is leaving no stone unturned to help students put their best foot forward. The CBSE started its helpline on Feb 1 to help students deal with anxiety and syllabus issues, suggest time management techniques and also provide advice on career guidance.

The CBSE exam helpline can be accessed at a toll-free number 1800-180-3456 between 8 a.m. and midnight. The number will be operational till April 16. CBSE has planned its exam helpline in 2 phases-while the first phase is live now, in its second phase after the declaration of results, the helpline will be geared to counsel students who are feeling low after not performing well in the exams.

Soaring expectations, increasing levels of competition and a widening gap between parents and children are some of the factors that are contributing to increasing levels of stress among students. It is common knowledge that some amount of stress is necessary for students to perform well. However, if the stress levels go beyond what a student can cope with, it may result in visible behavioural changes such as the child may become withdrawn and non-communicative, he/she may lose interest in food etc. The core objective of all exam Helplines is to help students make a realistic evaluation of the situation and not to view these exams and their performance in the same as signaling the end of the world!

So, all you students preparing for your Board Exams, worry not cos’ there is plenty of ‘Help’ at hand. In addition to the CBSE Exam Helpline, there are NGOs such as ‘Snehi’ and ‘Aasra’ who are running exam Helplines for students in distress. While Aasra’s 24X7 helpline can be reached at 91-22-27546669, Snehi runs Disha exam helpline on the number 011-65978181. Disha is active from Feb 1 till March 3.

Add comment February 7th, 2012

CBSE changes exam pattern for class XII History paper

News for all you students in CBSE class XII appearing for your History paper this year! Starting this year CBSE has modified the exam pattern for the class XII History exam. The following changes have been made in the paper that is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2012-

• Each question in the long answer section would now carry 10 marks as compared to 8 marks earlier and the suggested word limit for each long answer has been enhanced to 500 words (earlier word limit 250 words).
• The number of very short answer questions of 2 marks has been reduced from 5 to 3.

Weightage of Questions

Note: Each Passage based question will have 3-4 questions with marks ranging from 1 to 4.

Good Luck!

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Add comment February 7th, 2012

A Good Result In Class XII Exams Becomes Important For IIT Aspirants!

There is news for all you students preparing to get into the IITs or any of the other engineering colleges! Beginning 2013, you can no longer afford to ignore your class XII exams. It has been decided that at least 40% weightage will be given to class XII marks for admission to the 15 IITs.

A common aptitude-cum-advanced knowledge test is all set to replace the IIT-JEE and AIEEE in 2013. The single Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) proposed for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)/National Institutes of Technology/Indian Institute of Science Education and Research/Indian Institute of Information Technology and state government-run engineering colleges, will be based on a system of varying weightages to class XII results.

Thus, while there would be single test for admission, class XII weightage would have variations that would cater to the needs of the different engineering colleges and state governments. The variations in the weightages have been devised to deal with the different systems of evaluation in each state. Put simply, the weightage given to class XII results would be different for admission to IIT and different for other engineering colleges.

So, whatever the ‘weightage band’ one thing is clear – good grades in school can now go a long way in realizing your career goals! Schools across have welcomed this move, as they feel that now the students will start focusing on their class XII exams and not blindly run after coaching centres that merely “equip” the candidates to crack competitive exams, caring little for concept-based teaching.

A single exam would also mean that as students you do not have to prepare for multiple exams! A step in the right direction, would you say?

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1 comment February 1st, 2012

ICSE and ISC 2012 date-sheets are here!

Get ready for the final preparations for ICSE (class X) and ISC (class XII) exams that are starting next month!

Class X - ICSE exam date sheet 2012

Class XII - ISC exam date sheet 2012

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

We wish you all the very best!

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1 comment January 10th, 2012

CBSE Class X and XII date-sheet is out!

With the Central Board of Secondary Education declaring the date-sheet for CBSE Class X and Class XII Board exams, it is time to put your preparations for the exams in the final gear! The exams are scheduled to begin from the 1st & 2nd of March 2012 for CBSE classes XII & X respectively.

2012 CBSE exam date-sheet for class X

2012 CBSE exam date-sheet for class XII

You can check out their website www.cbse.nic.in for the complete date-sheet. We wish you all the best as you gear up for your exams.

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8 comments January 4th, 2012

Meritnation launches Economics NCERT Solutions for CBSE class XI

Studying Economics is all set to become easy for CBSE class XI students with Meritnation.com. Meritnation.com has launched NCERT solutions for Economics for class XI. These NCERT solutions for Economics are available at Meritnation.com absolutely free!

So the next time all you class XI students studying Economics struggle to understand concepts such as Environment and Sustainable Development, Rural Development in Economics or face problems while solving sums related to Correlation, Index numbers in Statistics etc. you know where to log on to! To refer to Meritnation’s free NCERT solutions for Economics, all you need to do is to register at Meritnation.com. It’s that simple!

We assure you that our efforts to make schooling easy for you do not end here. Watch out for regular updates on launches at Meritnation as we continue to spread more cheer into your lives by bringing quality study resources and a host of other exciting features closer to you.

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7 comments December 21st, 2011

Meritnation launches an online test pack for NDA entrance exam preparation!

All you students out there who are keen on a career in the forces and plan to appear for the NDA exam, we have news that is sure to bring a smile! Meritnation has recently launched an online test pack that will help you prepare for the National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance exam 2012.

Meritnation’s NDA Test Pack will equip you with model tests and practice tests for the following eight sections – Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, General Science, History, Geography and Current Affairs. These model tests and practice tests will help you prepare for the written exam that is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

The pattern of the written exam is as follows-

For more details do keep a look-out for the NDA entrance exam 2012 notification which is scheduled to be out on December 31, 2011

So all you students studying in classes XI & XII subscribe to the NDA Test Pack now and become 100% confident of a great performance in the entrance exam. An adventurous and exciting career in the Army/Navy/Air Force might just be waiting for you!

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11 comments December 21st, 2011

Meritnation launches Psychology Test Pack for CBSE XI !

Meritnation is all set to make this festive season a happy one for all CBSE class XI Humanities students studying Psychology! Meritnation.com launches an online test pack in Psychology for CBSE class XI students. Now studying the different theories in Learning & Memory, and understanding the various models that explain Motivation, Emotion etc becomes easy with Meritnation.com.

Click here to subscribe to Meritnation’s Psychology Test Pack now & look forward to making Psychology your top scoring subject this academic year!

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7 comments October 14th, 2011

Meritnation launches online Accountancy Test Pack for CBSE XI !

All you CBSE class XI Commerce students have reason to cheer as a great performance in Accountancy exam awaits you with Meritnation.com! With Meritnation launching an online Test Pack for Accountancy for CBSE class XI students, you can now brush up your Accountancy theory and get ample practice with the numerical questions in the subject. Numerical questions are accompanied with precise explanations for effective understanding of the concept.

Meritnation’s online Accountancy Test Pack provides rigorous practice opportunities in all the important questions for exams and you will no longer need to fear those long, winding numerical questions! Meritnation’s Accountancy Test pack will prepare you to solve all questions efficiently & accurately. So get cracking with solving those tricky problems in chapters such as Rectification of Errors, Bills of Exchange, Financial Statements & Cash Book for a rigorous practice and top results this academic year.

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2 comments October 14th, 2011

Meritnation launches Test Pack for NTSE Preparation!

Meritnation has good news for all you class VIII students preparing for NCERT’s National Talent Search Examination (NTSE). Meritnation.com has recently launched an online test pack for students preparing for NTSE. Preparing using the model tests and section-wise tests available at Meritnation.com you can now be confident of cracking the NTSE conducted by NCERT.

The section-wise tests at Meritnation.com will help you prepare for each of the eight sections such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Logical Reasoning, Maths, Geography etc. These tests will ensure that your practice in these subjects is thorough for the NTSE. After you are through with the section-wise preparation, trying your hand at the Model Tests in Meritnation’s online Test Pack for NTSE will ensure that you get rigorous practice before the exam.

About NTSE

• A scholarship exam for class VIII students conducted by NCERT
• Selection procedure is divided into two stages
• Stage I - Written exam is conducted by the by States/UTs
• Stage II - Selected candidates appear for Stage II written exam conducted by NCERT
• Written exam comprise two sections-Mental Ability Test (MAT) & Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Science, Science and Mathematics
• Exam dates
  • Stage 1 (State Level): 20th November, 2011
  • Stage 2 (National level): 13th May, 2012

Meritnation wishes ‘Best of Luck’ to all of those preparing for NTSE 2012!

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24 comments October 5th, 2011