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ANNOUNCED: Osmania University UG June 2017 exam results declared, check them here

by Loknath Das
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Osmania University on Thursday declared UG (BA/BCom/BSc/BBA) (CBCS) Semester-II (Regular) Semester -I (Backlog) June-2017 results.

Osmania University on Thursday declared UG (BA/BCom/BSc/BBA) (CBCS) Semester-II (Regular) Semester -I (Backlog) June-2017 results. The results are available for BA, BCom, BSc and BBA courses.

Steps to check Osmania University results:

1)Visit the official website for Osmania University

2) Click on results

3) Choose the desired course on the new page to go to the login page

4) Enter your 12 digit hall ticket number and submit

5) Result will be displayed on the screen

6) Take a printout

 

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ANNOUNCED: Osmania University UG June 2017 exam results declared, check them here

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Osmania University on Thursday declared UG (BA/BCom/BSc/BBA) (CBCS) Semester-II (Regular) Semester -I (Backlog) June-2017 results.

Osmania University on Thursday declared UG (BA/BCom/BSc/BBA) (CBCS) Semester-II (Regular) Semester -I (Backlog) June-2017 results. The results are available for BA, BCom, BSc and BBA courses.

Steps to check Osmania University results:

1)Visit the official website for Osmania University

2) Click on results

3) Choose the desired course on the new page to go to the login page

4) Enter your 12 digit hall ticket number and submit

5) Result will be displayed on the screen

6) Take a printout

 

 

[“source-hindustantimes”]

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TNBSE Tamil Nadu Board HSC (Class 12) exam results declared, check them here

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

Tamil Nadu Board

Tamil Nadu’s directorate of government examinations declared the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or Class 12 board exam on its official website. The results are also being sent on the mobile phones of the students.

Click here to check your results. Key in your registration number and date of birth and click on get marks. Your results will be displayed on the screen.

The Tamil Nadu Board Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or Class 12 board exam was declared today

At least 8,98,763 students appeared for the HSC exam and nearly 95% will get their result through an SMS. They can check their results here.

For Tamil medium students, certificates will also contain their names in Tamil for the first time. Till now, the certificates were printed only in English.

The Class 12 exams were conducted in March and reports said the evaluation of answer sheets began on April 6 and was completed on April 22.

 

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JEE Main Eligibility & Exam Pattern

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JEE Main is the national level entrance exam for candidates who are aspiring for admissions into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the NITs, IIITs and CFTIs. Those who have passed class XII or those who are appearing in the class XII examination are eligible to apply for JEE Main.

JEE Main consists of two Papers, Paper 1 for BE/B.Tech and Paper 2 for B.Arch/B.Plan, conducted in both online and offline mode.The application forms for JEE Main are available only in online modeand candidates should ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria laid down for the JEE Main before applying.Here, you can know all the details regarding eligibility criteria and exam pattern for JEE Main 2017.

Pen & Paper Based Examination is scheduled on April 2, 2017 and Computer Based Exam is on April 08 & 09, 2017.

Some Changes in JEE Main 2017 regarding the Eligibility Criteria

  1. The normalized scores of 12th standard marks will not be used to calculate the All India Ranks of JEE Main 2017 that was being used earlier as 40% weightage. Which means, now no weightage would be given to the marks of class 12 for calculating ranking in JEE Main.
  2. CBSE has also made it mandatory for candidates to possess the Aadhaar number to apply for JEE Main 2017. The facilitation centres in various cities, for enrollment of such candidates who don’t have Aadhar number, have also been set up by CBSE.
  3. If some candidate doesn’t possess an Aadhaar Number before applying, Aadhaar Enrollment ID printed on the enrollment slip can also be entered while filling JEE Main application. However, applicants from the states of Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Meghalaya are exempted from the mandatory Aadhaar Card number.
  4. The candidates need to have at least 75% marks or be in the top 20 percentile in 12th standard examination conducted by the respective boards. For the applicants belonging to the SC/ST Category, the minimum requirement is 65% marks in board exam.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for JEE Main are some criteria that will have to be fulfilled in order to be eligible for admission. JEE Main Eligibility Criteria include eligibility requirements related to educational qualification, year ofpassing/appearing, number of attempts, qualifying examination, and Aadhaar Number. Following are the details regarding the eligibility criteria-

  1. Date of Birth

Only those candidates who are born on or after October 01, 1992 are eligible to apply for JEE Main 2017. However, for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates, age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PwDcandidates having DOB on or after October 01, 1987 are eligible to apply.

  1. Qualifying Examination

Only those candidates who have passedtheir Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2015 or 2016 are eligible for JEE Main 2017. Also, those who are appearing for their Class 12th Exam or any other equivalent qualifying examination in 2017 are eligible to appear in JEE Main 2017.

Candidates who passed the Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2014 or before as well as those who will appear in 2018 or later, are not eligible for JEE Main 2017.

  1. Number of subjects in the Qualifying Examination

Candidates must have studied at least five subjects in the class 12th or qualifying examination in order to be eligible for taking JEE Main.For Paper-1, one should have studied Physics and Mathematics as main subjects  along with any of the subjects among Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational Subject, and for Paper-2 , one should have studied Maths as compulsory subjects in class 12.

  1. Number of Attempts

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail for writing JEE Main is limited to 03 (three).

  1. Aadhaar Card Number

This has been added as a new eligibility criterion by CBSE from the session of 2017-18. All applicants need to have Aadhaar Number to be able to fill the application form of JEE Main.

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs

Admissions to NITs, IIITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions participating though Central Seat Allocation Board, will be based on All India Ranks of JEE Main.

For being eligible to take admission in these institutes, the candidate should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12thclass examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by their respective Boards. The qualifying marks/percentage has been relaxed to 65% for SC/ST category students.

Eligibility for Admission inIITs

For admissions to IITs, the candidates have to appear for JEE Advanced. So, JEE Main is the first stage or an eligibility test for taking admission in IITs.

Eligibility for Admission in other Institutes

The above mentioned criteria could also be adopted by other Technical Institutions participating in JEE Main. If any state opts to admit students in the engineering collegesaffiliated to their State Universities,the statemay prepare separate rank list based on criteria decided by these universities.

Note: As, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa are new states participating in JEE Main, the age limit and number of attempts will remain same as per the past practices for these states.

JEE Main Exam Pattern

JEE Main Exam comprises of two papers – Paper 1 for B.E./B.Tech. and Paper 2 for B.Arch./B.Planning aspirants. Candidates can attempt any of the two papers or both, depending on the courses they are seeking admission to. Paper 1 will be in both pen paper and computer based mode, however paper 2 will be only in pen paper mode.

Here is the detailed exam pattern for both the papers-

  1. JEE Main Exam Pattern for Paper-1(B.E./B.Tech)

Paper 1 is conducted for the students who aspire to pursue engineering (BE/B.Tech) courses. The paper is conducted in both online and offline modes.  Following are the details regarding JEE Main paper 1 exam pattern-

  • There will be total 90 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with 30 questions from each subject. It will be 3 hours duration exam.
  • For every correct answer candidates will be given 4 marks and 1 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. Thus, the maximum marks one can score is 360.
  • 12 questions will be from Class 11th and 18 will be from 12th among the 30 questions from each subject.
  1. JEE Main Exam Pattern for Paper 2(B.Arch/B.Plan)

Paper 2 is conducted for students who are looking forward to taking admission in B.Arch/B.Planning courses. It is conducted in paper-pen based mode only. Following are the details regarding JEE Main Paper 2 exam pattern-

  • Paper 2 will also cover 3 subjects including Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing test. It will be 3 hours duration exam.
  • Mathematics section will have 30 objective type questions having weightage of 120 marks. Aptitude Section will consist of 50 objective type questions of 200 marks.
  • Drawing test will be a test having 2 questions for 70 marks on topics of Memory and 2D design. For attempting this section candidates will be given a separate drawing sheet attached to the answer sheet. It will be conducted in the latter half on the exam day.
  • Negative marking will be applicable only to objective type questions. 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong response.

Timing and Mode of JEE Main 2017 Examination

You can attempt Paper-1 in both modes i.e. Offline (Pen and Paper Based Examination) and Online (Computer Based Examination)  but  Paper-2  is conducted only in Pen and Paper based mode.You have to indicate the mode of examination during the application process. Pen paper based test is scheduled from 09:30 am to 12:30 pm on April 02 while computer based test will be conducted in shifts depending on number of candidates on April 08 & 09, 2017. Second shift commences from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Choice and Medium of Question Papers in JEE Main

Candidates have twolanguage options for attempting the JEE Main question paper- English or Hindi. However, for some states CBSE provides the option of attempting the question paper in their regional languages.

  1. Candidates from Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli have the option to choose Gujarati as their language of the paper.
  2. Similarly, students from Maharashtra can choose Marathi and Urdu as their medium of question paper.

For the rest of the cities,only English and Hindi as medium of paperare available.

JEE Main 2017 Syllabus

JEE Main is conducted for students who are appearing in class 12 exam or have passed and seeking admission in B.E./B.Tech,B.Arch/B.PlanProgrammes. So, question paper of JEE Main will cover the syllabus of class XI & XII, as prescribed by CBSE.

For Paper-1,the syllabus will cover 3 subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with 30 questions from each topic. Candidates are advised to go through the NCERT books of class 11 and 12 for these subjects, and other competitive books . For Physics, they have to prepare 20 chapters, for Chemistry there are 25 chapters and for Maths they have 15 chapters to prepare, from the syllabus of class 11 and class 12.

The result of JEE Main 2017 will be declared by27th April 2017.  Admissions will be based on the counselling that commences tentatively in the month of July by a Joint Seat Allocation Authority.

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SQA admits ‘coding errors’ in computer science exam

by Rajdeep
written by Rajdeep

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Scotland’s exam body has admitted to a series of mistakes in one of this year’s computer science tests.

There were “a number” of coding errors in the National 5 question paper, according to a report by the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA).

It also found several typographical mistakes in the paper, which students sat in May.

The SQA said adjustments were made to the grade boundaries to make sure no candidates were affected by the errors.

Shortly after the exam was published, one teacher told BBC Scotland that the paper was a “disgrace”.

But the SQA defended it, claiming it met course and assessment specifications and that the anecdotal feedback it had received was positive.

‘Continuous development’

However a new report on the course said: “SQA acknowledges that there were a number of typographical and coding errors within the 2016 question paper.

“These were fully discussed at the grade boundary meeting and where these were found to impact on candidate performance, grade boundary adjustments were made.

“This ensures that no candidates were advantaged/disadvantaged by such errors.”

Dr Gill Stewart, the SQA’s director of qualifications development said: “As we do every year, we consider what went well in the most recent diet, and where improvements could be made for the future by SQA and the education system.

“Our course reports, which are provided for all subjects at all levels, also highlight ways in which recent exams and coursework may have differed from those of previous years.

“This is to ensure standards are maintained. We are committed to the continuous development and improvement of our qualifications and assessments for the benefit of all candidates.”

[Source:- BBC]

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Hundreds of pupils made to re-sit 11-plus after exam leak

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Hundreds of pupils are being made to re-sit an 11-plus exam after it was revealed some questions had been leaked in advance.

Investigations are being made into claims some children in Plymouth had seen the exam paper before taking the test.

Devon and Cornwall Police said no action will be taken against the alleged security breach, but the exam board G L Assessment is continuing its own inquiry.

Would you pass the grammar school test?

The maths and English papers were taken by students hoping to gain places at two grammar schools in the area, Devonport High School for Girls and Plymouth High School for Girls.

Some 400 girls will be made to re-sit the tests after earlier examinations were declared “null and void”.

A letter sent to parents by Plymouth City Council said: “At least one of the papers has been compromised.”

Some pupils reacted to the news positively, however, claiming the second try could help them achieve a higher mark.

Daisy Adams, from Plymouth, told the BBC: “I’m very happy because I might get a better score than I was going to get.”

Her mother, Sharyn Partridge, said: “The re-taking is the best way forward, its the fairest option for all the girls involved.

”It’s none of the girls fault what’s happened. Everyone re-takes and everyone has a fair chance.“

GL Assessment, which provides the tests, said: “Schools and authorised personnel have a legal duty to abide by our strict security protocols and we would like to reiterate that any breach of that duty will be dealt with.”

[Source:- independent]

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Ofqual on why exam performance improved after 2010 – and it’s not because of ‘dumbing down’ or pupil ability

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Performance rose as pupils and teachers became more familiar with the tests, exams watchdog finds

Any improvements in GCSE and A-level performance since 2010 are likely to have been caused by pupils and teachers becoming more familiar with the tests, rather than by an increase in students’ ability levels or a “dumbing down” of exam papers, according to a new report from the exams regulator Ofqual.

The study found that pupils’ performance – as measured by marks rather than grades – improved significantly in the first three years after the introduction of new A-levels in 2010-11 and new GCSEs in 2011-12, but that this improvement slowed after that time.

The improvements probably result from teachers gaining more experience of teaching the new specifications and pupils having more past papers to learn from, the report suggests.

Limits of familiarity

It says benefits brought about by growing familiarity with the tests usually last for about three years. After this, the “limits of familiarity” are reached and the effect no longer brings about significant improvements in performance.

Ofqual’s report says the fact that pupils’ marks rose in the wake of exam reforms suggested that familiarity, rather than other factors, was the cause: “One would expect that improvements due to [test familiarity] can be made more quickly than [those] due to [genuine improvements in ability], meaning that improvements due to test familiarity might explain a greater portion of the more rapid changes occuring in the first few years.”

It adds: “The fact that most [grade] boundaries exhibited relatively rapid increases which seemed to lessen after the third assessment year…is consistent with the proposition that post-reform improvements in performance are test-specific and related to student/teacher familiarity (rather than reflecting more general improvements in ability). This is because one would expect improvements to subside once the limits of test familiarity and preparedness are gradually reached.”

Allaying concerns

Ofqual said its research, which covers the period since 2010, would “allay concerns of a systematic ‘dumbing down’ of assessments”.

This was because it was “unlikely” that improvements in pupils’ performance were “due to assessments becoming easier”, it said, adding: “Changes in test familiarity is a more plausible explanation.”

Ofqual’s report uses increases in grade boundaries, rather than in final grades, as an indicator of rising pupil performance. An Ofqual spokeswoman said the use of “comparable outcomes” – a system that has ended grade inflation by linking overall GCSE and A-level results to pupils’ prior attainment – would prevent grades from dropping and then rising as a result of new exams, which are being introduced over a three-year period from 2017.

However, she added that the years of rising GCSE grades between 1988, when the qualification was first introduced, and 2012, were not caused by increasing familiarity with the tests. This was because, during this period, there was a “year-on-year steady increase” in grades, rather than sharp rises in the wake of new exam specifications.

[Source:- tes]

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Exam results 2016: Only two-fifths of pupils plan on applying to university, new poll shows

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Only two-fifths of school pupils are planning on applying to university as attitudes shift away from higher education amid soaring costs, according to a new poll.

Days after 700,000 students received their GCSE results, only 38 per cent have said they’ll be heading to university, while 30 per cent said they will no longer be applying. A third say they still don’t know whether they will be applying or not.

The findings have come from NotGoingToUni – a site which highlights alternative career and education options for those who do not wish to head to university – which quizzed just over 2,100 young Brits aged 16 and over about their attitudes towards exams and moving forward, all of whom completed their GCSEs within the last two years.

From those who were unsure or not planning to attend university, 41 per cent said they’d rather acquire more hands-on experience, while a fifth said they can no longer afford it. Nineteen per cent were adamant they did not want to move away from family.

Young people’s attitudes towards a higher education have changed considerably over the past year as tuition fees rise beyond £9,000 a year, maintenance grants for the poorest students are axed, and also as the Government makes a controversial U-turn on a student loan promise.

CEO of the site, Sharon Walpole, said it was “fantastic” to hear so many young people are already aware of the various options available to them, and that attitudes are changing around the idea they have to go to university following their GCSEs and A-levels.

Walpole added: “What we want to see is it becoming the norm that all schools and colleges are informing students of all of the options available to them, and providing them with the support they need to get to where they want to be. Tuition fees are high, are continuing to rise, and young people are now realistically weighing up their options about whether they consider the fees are worth the education they’ll receive and the debt they’ll be left with.”

The number of students achieving passes at GCSE fell dramatically this year, despite a record number of pupils retaking their exams in the hope of achieving a grade C, with teaching groups blaming the Government’s recent education reforms for poorer performance.

NotGoingToUni’s survey has come just weeks after a report revealed the amount apprentices earn over the course of their livesis outstripping that of university graduates by up to 270 per cent in some sectors.

Mike Thompson, head of apprentices at Barclays, one of the companies to put the report together, described how the figures show quantifiably, for the first time, that apprentices are getting “a hidden pay cheque” through earning while working.

He added: “This bonus means they can fast track themselves to home or car ownership, as well as through their careers, without worrying about long-term student debt. Apprenticeships should be considered a viable and valuable career path and a genuine alternative to university, and these new figures strongly back that up.”

New statistics from financial education group, The Money Charity, recently highlighted the state of student debt today; the class of 2016 debt bill is well in excess of £41,000 – 35 per cent of the average outstanding mortgage amount of £117,162. The charity’s chief executive, Michelle Highman, said: “We worry these early, formative experiences of debt will leave a lasting legacy.”

[Source:- independent]

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Ofqual forces exam board to raise C-grade boundary on maths GCSE

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Regulator argued that Edexcel grades could be more generous than those of AQA and OCR unless the boundary was changed

The exams regulator Ofqual this year forced Pearson, which runs the Edexcel exam board, to raise its grade boundary for the crucial C grade on a maths GCSE, it has emerged.

A letter from Ofqual chief executive Sally Collier, sent a fortnight ago but published for the first time today, reveals that Ms Collier told Pearson to raise the C grade boundary on its higher-tier maths paper from 32 to 33 marks.

The disclosure comes in the wake of a petition urging the exam board to lower the grade boundarieson this year’s paper, which were significantly higher than last year’s grade boundaries.

The petition had attracted 510 signatures since yesterday – but Pearson said this year’s grade boundaries had to be raised because the exam paper was more “accessible”.

The Ofqual letter reveals that Ms Collier told Pearson that unless it raised the C-grade boundary, grades in the qualification risked being out of line with those from other exam boards – meaning pupils taking the Edexcel paper may have had a better chance of passing than those taking AQA and OCR exams.

However, the letter shows, Pearson warned that raising the grade boundary was likely to “distort” results at individual schools by lowering their results this year. This was based on data from a sample of schools and colleges that had a similar cohort of pupils entering for the GCSE in both 2015 and 2016, known as “common centres”.

Exam board overruled

Ofqual overruled this concern, arguing that data from individual schools and colleges was less significant than the statistical predictions, based on pupils’ attainment at age 11, which are used to set grade boundaries under the “comparable outcomes” approach.

“We have carefully considered your argument that significant weight should be given to statistical evidence arising from ‘large stable common centres’,” Ms Collier’s letter said.

“We do not agree that greater weight should be given to this evidence than to [statistical] predictions… it has been Ofqual’s consistent position that greatest weight should be given to predictions based on key stage 2 attainment.”

The letter said that Ofqual was aware of the potential impact of raising the grade boundary on individual schools, but that this was not a “sufficient reason” not to raise the C grade boundary.

A Pearson spokesperson said: “We are confident in the rigorous processes we have in place to set grade boundaries each year, to ensure that students receive a fair result. Our subject and technical experts review the evidence and recommend where the grade boundaries should sit.

“These recommendations are then reviewed by Ofqual, alongside research and statistics from the other exam boards. We accepted the regulator’s judgement for GCSE maths, made with the additional evidence available to them.”

[Source:- tes]

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Newry school students disqualified from A-level exam

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A number of pupils at a County Down school have had their grades cancelled after being disqualified from an A-level exam.

Some 15 students at Our Lady’s Grammar School, in Newry, are affected, the BBC understands.

It is understood the pupils sat an A-level Sociology exam.

It is believed that exam questions, set by the AQA board, were shared on social media by a student who sat the exam earlier due to a timetable clash.

It is unclear how the alleged malpractice came to light.

However, the BBC understands that the AQA subsequently investigated the allegations, and informed the pupils of the outcome of the investigation.

It is also understood that the school and the pupils were informed of the sanctions last week.

Exams

The AQA said it could not discuss cases of alleged malpractice.

But an AQA spokesperson said: “No-one taking our exams should have an unfair advantage, so we thoroughly investigate accusations of cheating and take action when there’s clear evidence against specific individuals.

“Our advice to any student who receives supposedly leaked details about an exam is to report it to a teacher straight away.”

The school said that it regretted the incident.

“We regret to say that there was an incident involving some of our students in relation to one of this year’s A2 examinations,” it told the BBC.

“The matter was dealt with by the school and the examination board in line with JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) guidelines and the students involved have been sanctioned.

“There has been no suggestion of any breach of examination or invigilation protocol by the school.

“We in Our Lady’s prize our deserved reputation for integrity.

“We also know the importance of care and compassion in times of difficulty and will offer support as needed to the young women involved, all of whose school careers up to this point were without blemish.”

[Source:- BBC]

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