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JEE Main 2017: Last Minute Preparation Tips And Exam Strategies

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JointEntrance Exam (JEE) Main 2017 is scheduled on April 2, 2017 for pen-paper based exam and April 8 and 9, 2017 for computer-based exam, which means that now is the time for the last leg of preparation. Most of the candidates who have registered for the exam would also be sailing through the turbulent waters of CBSE Board Exams. For such candidates, these last few days leading up to the exam can prove make or break. While, now is not the time to begin studying every topic all over again, it is certainly the time to manage the last phase of revision. Here we have curated some last minute preparation tips and exam strategies for candidates who would be appearing for the JEE Main exam this year. Practice: There is never a shortcut for practice. By now students of science stream are done with their board exams (except for those who opted for both Maths and Biology in class 12). You should now focus completely on mock tests. Revise: Make point-wise revisions. Sometimes durin...

Role of Science and Technology in Education

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We live in age of science and technology . Scientific inventions and modern day technologies have completely changed the human life and paving the way for our future. Science and Technology has added greatly to our material comforts. It has also quickened the tempo of life. It has given man an altogether new social and political outlook. Hence in this age the study of science is a necessity. Without such study a modern man is is like a bullock cart lumbering behind a motorized vehicle. It should begin at school – with the training of Observation The study of science should begin early in life. The first steps should be to teach boys and girls the habit of observation. The child is always interested in trees, in flowers, in birds, in insects, in all the things that he sees around him. His curiosity in this regard should be fostered and developed. This can be done easily and naturally if teaching be related to those material objects that he is always seeing. Knowledge of Tech...

West Bengal Pioneering Education since Centuries

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Kolkata  has played a pioneering role in the development of the modern education system in  India . Western models of education came to  India  through Kolkata. Many of the first schools and colleges were established by the missionaries and reformists. Sir William Jones established the  Asiatic Society  in 1784 for promoting oriental studies. People like  Ram Mohan Roy ,  David Hare ,  Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ,  Shashi Bhusan Chatterjee , and  William Carey  played a leading role in the setting up of modern schools and colleges in the city. The  Fort William College  was established in 1800. The Hindu College was established in 1817. In 1855 the Hindu College was renamed as the  Presidency College . William Carey  established the  Srerampore College  in Srerampore City (30 km from Calcutta), 1818. It went on to become India's first modern university in 1827 when it was i...

CBSE Grade and Percentage

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The newly introduced CBSE grading system in class 9 and class 10 is actually a nine point scale grading system. The performance of students is assessed in nine points starting from A1 to E2. Here we will discuss the key points and elaborate all the symbols and marking system as stated by CBSE curriculum. This scheme has many points to remember and understand. Through this article we provide a simplest way to calculate your percentage and know the details of all the abbreviation and acronyms used officially. We   have posted more articles on newly adopted Grading system and CGPA to get a broad idea about it. The grades are provided as below: 1.    A1 –> for 91 to 100 marks ( grade point is 10) 2.    A2 –> for 81 to 90 marks  ( grade point is 9) 3.    B1 –> for 71 to 80 marks  ( grade point is 8 ) 4.    B2 –> for 61 to 70 marks  ( grade point is 7) 5.    C1 –...

Educational right for girls!

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Girl child education is a field that finds top priority in the Government's agenda. Improving the current literacy rates requires serious effort and what better way to get started than initiate discourse and take feedback from the people of the country itself! With an aim to study the discussions and ideas to improve girl child education in the country, whether it be facilities or economic assistance. The objective is to prepare a policy framework and gather suggestions that can help increase education among girl students and give them livelihood opportunities. Various ways are suggested to use PPP model and community participation to boost girl child education. The people are extremely unhappy that schools do not have to go through quality check and so the members mostly suggested ways to how to have proper mechanism to supervise quality of teaching. The most oft given suggestion was that government can fund the girl child education but private parties can manage the pro...