|Shocked| NO BOARDS FOR CLASS X STUDENTS

Subject: |Shocked| NO BOARDS FOR CLASS X STUDENTS Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:35 am

Hey guys there was shocking news yesterday The Education Minister announced that a new
education will come in next 100 days and 10th board class will not be there.
There would be simple grade tests for promotion to 11th class.

Subject: Re: |Shocked| NO BOARDS FOR CLASS X STUDENTS Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:18 pm

The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Kapil Sibal, is considering doing away with the Class X board examinations.

The new HRD minister is planning to set up an alternative evaluation system based on percentiles, not percentages. "Indian education system which is marks-centred and examination-based is a source of trauma for both parents and children," he said.

"Knowledge, like everything else, should be user-friendly, and the acquisition of knowledge should not be a stressful exercise," he added.

Sibal said children should not be judged by percentages with an emphasis on learning by rote and the whole system of examinations should be looked at afresh.

"A child moves up from Class 9 to Class 10 in the same school. There is no reason for either the student or the parents to get traumatised by the 10th Board exam," he said.

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i am shocked as well.... i mean 10th boards are good for students.... and if cbse is doing this than our icse too will consider that option.........

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Percentiles are surely good, but we can get to know how much we know only by percentages!! Definitely, tenth boards are good for students. only then they will be serious

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yeah....i was also shocked when i read the newspaper

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will the current batch will not need to give class 10 board exam?

Subject: Re: |Shocked| NO BOARDS FOR CLASS X STUDENTS Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:08 pm

Hi Arun Kapil Sibal says to implement new system in 100 days.If he could do that than question will be it would be applied on 2010 exams.But I don't think
that 2010 badge u , me and all other could get advantage of it. I think next badge will be lucky as it will took time to tell student, teachers, schools and
management the new system.
Okay.

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dunno......the current batch might have the exams.....not sure.....anyway,the teachers are preparing them for a board exam,right???

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heyy....are u a X std student???

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i think current icse 2010 x boards will be held for sure but i can't say anything about cbse as those reforms are included in 100 day action plan of gov. and gov. will try to pass those bills ASAP .

www.kapilsibalmp.com is official website of Mr. kapil sibal(Minister for Human Resource Development in the Government of India)

you may contact him @
http://www.kapilsibalmp.com/contact.aspx
and ask him to reconsider his decision.

I have just written to him using this.Many of my friends have done the same.One of my classmate is going to start a blog to get some media attention and put some pressure on government to think again.I don't know whether its a good idea or not but at least he is trying.....