CBSE schools witness unusual demand for admission

The inclination of parents in Tiruchi towards CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) schools has become evident in the substantial increase in demand for admissions for the forthcoming academic year.

Most of the over 10 CBSE schools in and around the city have completed the process of making new admissions, it is learnt.

The obvious reason for the unusual demand is the scepticism of a section of parents towards the equitable standard school education that will come under implementation from 2010-11. In the first phase classes I and VI will be brought under the system, and in 2011-12, the system will be extended to other classes.

The equitable standard of school education seeks to incorporate the best features of State Board, Matriculation, Oriental and Anglo Indian streams. The NCERT textbooks are to be used as the model in terms of content, printing quality and visual appeal. However, managements of matriculation schools are not quite convinced and fear dilution of syllabi.

Lecture on the "Fundamentals Of Engineering Mechanics" By Prof. U.S. Dixit

About This Video Lecture: Lecture Series on Engineering Mechanics by Prof.U.S.Dixit, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati.

Notification : Combined Defence Services Examination (II) 2010
Including SSC (Women Non Technical) Course
Last Date for Receipt of Offline Applications 17.05.2010

Examination Notice No. 08/2010-CDS-II

New Delhi, the 17 April 2010 : F. 8/3/2009-E.I(B)-A Combined Defence Services Examination will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 19th September 2010 for admission to the under mentioned courses.

Note : The number of vacancies given above is tentative and may be changed at any stage by Service H.Q.

N.B. (i) (a) A candidate is required to specify clearly in column 22 of the Application Form the Services for which he wishes to be considered in the order of his/her preference. He/she is also advised to indicate as many preferences as he/she wishes to, subject to the condition given at paras (b) and (c) below, so that having regard to his/her rank in the order of merit due consideration can be given to his/her preferences when making appointment.

Since women candidates are eligible for OTA only, they should give OTA as their first and only preference.

(b) (i) "If a male candidate is competing for Short Service Commission (Army) only, he should indicate OTA as the one and only choice. However, a male candidate competing for Short Service Commission course at OTA as well as permanent commission course at IMA, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy should indicate OTA as his last preference, otherwise OTA will be deemed to be the last choice even if it is given a higher preference by the candidate".

(ii) Women candidates are being considered only for Short Service Commission at OTA. They should indicate OTA as the only choice.

(c) Candidates who desire to join Air Force Academy must indicate AFA as first choice, as they have to be administered pilot aptitude battery test at one of the AFSB and AF Medical at Central Medical Establishment/Institute of Aviation Medicines. Choice exercised for AFA as second or third will be treated as invalid.

(d) Candidates should note that, except as provided in N.B. (ii) below, they will be considered for appointment to those courses only for which they exercise their preference and for no other course(s).

(e) No request for addition/alteration in the preferences already indicated by a candidate in his/her application will be entertained by the Commission. No change of choice once exercised will be allowed. Second choice will come for consideration only when the first choice is not offered to the candidate by Services HQ. When first choice is offered and a candidate declines the same, his/her candidature will be cancelled for all other choices for regular commission.

N.B. (ii) The left-over candidates of IMA/Naval Academy/Air Force Academy courses viz, those who have been recommended by the Union Public Service Commission for grant of permanent commission on the basis of the final results of this Examination, but who could not be inducted on these courses for any reason whatsoever may be considered for grant of SSC even if they have not indicated their choice for this course in their applications, If they are subsequently willing to be considered for this course subject to the following conditions :

13 Winning Children of Bal Bharati Essay Competetion Awarded Book for Children ‘Khel Hai Ganit’ Released

Thirteen young winners of ‘Bal Bharati Essay Competition –2009’, were felicitated at the hands of Chief Guest Smt. Shyama Chona, in a function organised by Publications Division here today. The national level awards, instituted by the Publications Division’s children’s magazine Bal Bharati, were presented to school children for their best essays in Hindi.

The first prize was given to Sanskriti Rawat of Delhi while the second prize went to Om Kanhaiya Bajaj of Wardha, Maharashtra and the third to Nidhi Shukla of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 10 children got consolation prizes for their best efforts in expressing their views on the given topic. The topic of Essay Competetion for this year was ‘TV Karyakramon mein Bachhon ki Bhumika:Uchit ya Anuchit’ (Children’s Participation in TV Programmes: Fair or Unfair). All the winners were given a certificate along with the prize money.

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Ancient Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya, in his book Siddhanta Shriromani, had defined laws of gravity in 12th century, 500 years before Newton defined them for us. The speed of light was known to Indians since Vedic period, centuries before it was calculated by the Western world.

Maitree, a group of professionals from Tata Consultancy Services and Bengaluru-based NGO Sanskrit Bharati have come together with a unique exhibition, Pride of India, to spread awareness about India’s rich scientific heritage.

The exhibition will showcase 150 posters, each explaining one Sanskrit shloka from ancient Indian scientific literature. “The shlokas (verses) by ancient scientists and mathematicians like Bhaskaracharya, Baudhayana, Apastambha, Bhaskaracharya’s daughter Leelavati have been showcased in the exhibition.” says Aashish Manjaramkar, exhibition coordinator. “Our aim is to tell that zero is not the only contribution that Indians have made to science and maths.” he adds.

Manjramkar tells, “Very few of us know that speed of light was known to Indians in Vedic period. A shloka says that the speed of light is 2202 yojana per half nimish.  Yojana is a unit of distance which equals to 9.06 miles and half a nimish (nimishardha) is one tenth of a second. The figure is very close

CBSE - ALL INDIA PMT/PDT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2010
( RESULT OF PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION HELD ON 3rd APRIL,2010 )

The Theme for Cenbosec Issue (July – Sept. 2009)

The Cenbosec Issue (July – Sept.,2009) is based on the theme “Health Clubs and PE”. In case any principal/teacher/peer educator wishes to contribute an article* for this issue of Cenbosec, it may kindly be sent on email to sadhanap.cbse@nic.in before 1st August, 2009. The article should be a computer print on A4 size paper and not exceed 3 pages in 1.5 space.

A hard copy may also be sent to -Dr.Sadhana Parashar Education Officer(L) Central Board of Secondary Education 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional A