Girls Outperformed Boys Again in ICSE Class X & ISC Class XII
Results
Girls have once again outperformed boys in this year's ICSE
Class-X and ISC Class-XII examinations the results for which were declared
today.
In all, 98.78 per cent of girls and 97.73 per cent of boys
passed the Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) exam, while 96.66
per cent of girls and 93.91 per cent of boys passed the Indian School
Certificate (ISC) examination.
Anika Aggarwal, Simran Khanuja of St.Mary's School, Pune, and
Manasi Arora of Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School, Mumbai were declared the
joint Class X toppers scoring 98.4 per cent.
CBSE has introduced a new course about Indian traditions
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has
introduced a new course about Indian traditions and believes that it will build
"immense pride and raise self-esteem" of students. The course called 'Knowledge
Traditions and Practices of India' is an elective subject for class XI and XII
students.
CBSE has finally decided to provide students who appeared
for the JEE (Main) with a photocopy of the OMR sheet
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has finally
decided to provide students who appeared for the JEE (Main) with a photocopy of
the OMR sheet, answer key and calculation sheet. There was earlier reluctance on
part of the board to do so even though there was an increased demand for the
same.
