(Info) 17,373 Gulf Students To Appear For CBSE Board Exams
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17,373 Gulf Students To Appear For CBSE Board Exams
Over 17,370 students from several Gulf countries will appear for the Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 and Class 10 board examinations
this year.
This year 10,384 Gulf students from 103 schools will sit for the class 10 board examination beginning March 1. Last year 9,869 students had appeared for the examinations.
There are 6,995 candidates from
59 schools who will appear for the Class 12 board examinations beginning March
1 as well. Last year there were 6,203 candidates from 55 schools in Gulf
countries.
These students are from
several Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, United Arab
Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.
Of the 10,384 students in
class 10, 5,219 are male students and 5,165 are female candidates. Similarly
in the class 12, there are 3,384 boys as against 3,611 girls.
"Every year the number of students from Gulf countries are increasing and
they are very important for us. This year 17,373 students are taking the
examinations in both secondary level and senior secondary level," Ashok
Ganguly, chairman of CBSE, told reporters.
He said all arrangements have been put in place for the smooth conduct of the examinations. "We have already despatched admit cards to schools."
Ganguly said for class 10, CBSE
has set up 36 centres and for class 10 and 31 centres for class 12 students.
In 2008, a total of 765,095
candidates will appear for the class 10 examination both in India and aboard.
Similarly, 548,815 students
would take the class 12 examinations both in India and other countries.
A number of helplines are
also working in Gulf countries to help students get examination related
information.
Ganguly said the board has
redesigned the question paper of all the major subjects like Mathematics,
Science, English, and Social Sciences.
"It will help gauge
students' ability to reason, justify, analyse, process and evaluate
information and knowledge.
"The format of question
paper will have both very short answer type and long answer type questions.
Courtesy : MSN