Chennai region CBSE Class 10 results: 99 Percentage pass, many report perfect 10s

CHENNAI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) published the results of class 10 for theChennai region on Monday. As many as 99.66% of the 1,52,086, who appeared for the board and school-based tests in the region have qualified for admission to class 11. 

In the Chennai region, 97,259 took the board exam, while 54,741 opted for the school-based test this year. As many as 21,884 students, including 16,466 students, appeared for the class 10 exams in the state this year. 

A Deepshika, a class 10 student of Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School, who scored a perfect 10, said, "It was so unexpected. I was sitting in my coaching class when my friend told me about the results. After that I couldn't stop thinking about it and couldn't wait for my class to get over. I am so happy." 

Many schools reported that several of their students had secured the highest cumulative grade point average of 10 by securing the highest grade (A1) in five subjects. While 28 students in PSBB, Nungambakkam, secured a CGPA of 10, 18 students in Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram secured a perfect 10, and seven in Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya secured the top score. L Neelakanta Pillai, principal of Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School, said, "About 10% of our students have secured a CGPA of 10 thanks to the implementation of CCE. We hope that the system will soon be extended to class 12 as well. Then, like western countries, our children too will be happy doing what they do best." 

The board does not declare a student pass or fail. It allows students who have scored either A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 or D grades to continue to the next class. Students with E1 or E2 grades are declared eligible for improvement of performance. 

"The students will be given a certificate of continuous and comprehensive evaluation comprising of their performance in classes 9 and 10. The performance encompasses their achievements in scholastic as well as co-scholastic areas," said regional officer of the Chennai region D T Sudharshan Rao. 

Despite the CBSE making board exams optional in a bid to reduce exam-related stress, nearly 64% of the students who appeared for the test in the Chennai region opted for the board exam. Overall, more than 75% of class 10 students in CBSE schools opted for the board exam this year. 

Candidates can apply for verification of marks within 21 days of the declaration of results and those who wish to apply for improvement of performance can apply before June 22 without late fee. The tentative date of this examination will be July 16. 

Online registration begins, wait is the word on Day 1

BHOPAL: The online registration for next academic session in government and private colleges began on Monday. The process would continue till June 10. On Day 1, there was no rush for admissions as both theCBSE and the MP Board of Secondary Education have yet to declare the class XII results.

"I do not know their logic of launching the on-line admission before the Class XII result. Once I have my result, I will think of admission," said Swati Singh Parihar, a school student. The department has asked the students to visit the government college for verifying the document. "The result is not in my hand. How to verify my documents," she added.

Welcoming the on-line admission students said the process should have started after the result. "It is a good idea. They are charging only Rs 50 per college, which is half the fee a student paid earlier. But the online admission process should have started after boards declare their Class XII results," said Prakhar Yadav, a student.

Students can download application form from the official website of the department. The department has also uploaded a format, which will guide students to fill the application form.

The verification of the documents will be done from May 21 to June 11. Students, who fail to get online admission in courses or colleges of their choice can take admission against the available vacant seats. The  higher education department has made it clear that the allotment of the vacant seats on reapplying may be accepted or rejected.

AAI to recruit 200 Jr executives

New Delhi: To meet shortage of officers in Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) wing, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) will recruit 200 junior executives, the government today said.
 
"The actual strength of Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) at present is 2,191 against the sanctioned strength of 2,417...The AAI has initiated necessary steps for recruitment of 200 junior executive in the ATC discipline," Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh told Rajya Sabha in reply to a question.
 
In reply to another query, he said, "The ministry of Civil Aviation has accepted recommendation of M/S KPMG for hiving off Air Navigation Services as a separate entity."
 
KPMG had been engaged to conduct pre feasibility study for corporatisation of AAI's air navigation services, Singh said.  

Century real estate in tie-up with IIM-B

Bangalore: Realty player Century Real Estate and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, have inked a MoU for setting up the IIMB-Century Real Estate Research Initiative.
 
The IIMB-Century Real Estate Research Initiative will focus on collecting data and conducting scientific, cross- disciplinary research on the Indian real estate sector that will be published in leading academic and practitioner journals, IIMB Director Pankaj Chandra said in a statement.
 
In addition, the Research Initiative will seek to provide guidance and policy prescriptions to government and industry stakeholders on major issues relating to the real estate sector, he said.
 
P Dayananda Pai, Founder-Century Real Estate, said there was a "tearing need" for such an initiative in the real estate space that will focus on research besides acting as an interface between the industry and the policy makers "and eventually churn out quality human resource for this sector."
 
"The initial charter for the Research Initiative will be to create taxonomy of relevant data that will be required to do meaningful research, initiate research projects that fill key knowledge gaps and engage with key stakeholders within the industry," said Prof Venky Panchapagesan, who has been leading the effort to set up this initiative at IIMB. 

Cameron urged to review student visa curbs

London: British universities stand to lose between 5-8 billion pounds every year due to the new student visa restrictions applicable to students from India and other non-EU countries, according to top university officials.
 
In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, Universities UK, which represents 134 higher education institutions, warns that unless the coalition government urgently reviews and scraps the recent changes, the sector already affected by deep funding cuts will lose further.
 
A spokesperson of Universities UK told that a letter by chairman Professor Eric Thomas is being sent to Cameron highlighting the debilitating effect the new restrictions are likely to have on the economic situation of universities.
 
There are already reports of falling numbers of student-applications from India and other countries, with one unnamed university reporting a drop of 40 per cent in applications from international students.
 
The new restrictions include closure of the post-study work visa, which was popular among self-financing students from India, since it allowed them to recover (after completing their courses) some of the costs of studying in the UK.
 
Prof Thomas says in the letter that in China and India the largest markets for overseas students Britain is seen as "putting up barriers to entry", and added: "The UK seems to be telling the world that it doesn't welcome international students".
 
Attracting overseas students, he says, is "exactly the type of activity the Government should be supporting in these difficult  economic times", adding, "There are significant economic benefits and growth in this area, and we believe removing international students from net migration figures, which is what other countries are doing, will send very positive signals around the globe".
 
Several institutions such as the British Council and the Institute for Public policy research have urged the government to review the restrictions that have been placed as part of the coalition government's promise to cut immigration.