Change in CBSE Board Exam Pattern in 2008

CBSE X & XII board papers to become easier

CBSE modifies Exam Pattern from 2008-09. More emphasis on Testing Critical Thinking Skills

The exam pattern for both class X and XII is set to change this year and as per CBSE officials, the new paper format will make it easier and faster. The new pattern has more 'very short answer' type questions and lesser marks have been allotted for long answers than was the case earlier, ensuring less subjectivity.

The change in format will affect most subjects including Maths, Social Science and Science and Technology for Class X, and Economics, Accountancy, Business Studies, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Maths for Class XII.

In line with the emphasis on testing 'higher order thinking skills', there will be a compulsory section of one-mark 'very short answer type' questions. "These questions resemble the multiple choice questions (MCQ) pattern and will judge conceptual understanding. However, we have avoided direct MCQs for two reasons — to ensure that the printed question paper itself doesn't get too lengthy with four options for each question and to avoid chances of cheating," said CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly.

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16000 took GMAT in India in 2006 -IBNlive.com

New Delhi: From less than 6,000 in 2001, the number of Indians opting for GMAT increased to over 16,000 last year.

Out of the two lakh people taking GMAT every year across the world, about five per cent are from India.

Experts say, the number of GMAT takers in India is growing at 20 per cent per annum already.

“It's one of the five most popular exams in the world. It's also the fastest growing. Just three years ago, less than 10,000 students took the GMAT exam in India, so it's not only an ideal market, it's the fastest growing. And, we think, it could also be an indicator, where growth could be, in other countries in Asia,” said co-founder of Veritas Prep, Chad Troutwine.

Experts say, the number of GMAT takers from India will continue to grow at 20-25 per cent per annum for the next 3-5 years.

The increasing interest from Indians to study abroad, is cited to be the main reason for this growth. But that's not all.

"Three-four of the IIMs have launched a one-year executive program, which used GMAT score as their entry criteria. ISB is probably the biggest GMAT user, within the Indian market,” said Managing Director of Career Launcher, Nikhil Mahajan.

With this increasing interest not only from students, but from educational institutions as well, GMAT, it seems, has taken off in India..

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Lucknow University MBA Admissions 2008-09

UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW ADMISSION NOTIFICATION FOR TWO – YEAR FULL TIME MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES Session 2008 – 09 (Through IIM CAT 2007)
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION

* MBA
* MBA (E – Business)

INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

* MBA (Rural Development & Management)
* MBA (Agri Business)

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

* MBA (Corporate Management)
* MBA (Finance & Control)
* MBA (HR & IR)
* MBA (International Business)
* MBA (Marketing)
* MBA (MS)
* MBA (Retail Management)
* MBA (Tourism)

Complete details: Lucknow University MBA Admission 2008-09

National Institute of Bank Management, Pune 2008-09 Admission Notice

Admission on CAT 2007 Ranking - National Institute of Bank Management, Pune - Admission Notice 2008-2009 Post-Graduate Programme in Banking and Finance Admission

NIBM conducts a One Year Post-Graduate Programme in Banking and Finance (PGPBF). The one-year PGPBF is designed as a contemporary, rigorous, innovative and practical source of management education. The Programme is pitched to provide to the financial system, on a regular basis, a pool of talented youngsters thoroughly trained and fully prepared with Analytical Skills and Perspectives in Banking and Finance for directly taking up managerial responsibilities in the financial sector.

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Major public, private and foreign banks and Flsare invited to participate in the campus placement programme. The programme has the distinguished achievement of 100 per cent placements since the very First Batch. Details

Supreme Court asks Kerala to provide security for examination

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Kerala government to deploy an adequate number of police personnel at examination centres where private medical colleges will conduct an entrance test in August. Students unions affiliated to the ruling communists had disrupted the test earlier.>>Read Complete News

Tripura Medical College MBBS Admission Notice 2007-08

Admission notice for Academic Session 2007-08 MBBS COURSE

THE COLLEGE IS RECOGNIZED VIDE NOTIFLCATION No. U. 12012/126/2004- ME (P-II) Dated 13 th July 2007 by ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India .

The entrance exam for the MBBS program is to be held on the 29 th July 2007 at TMC centers at Delhi/Patna/ Guwahati/ Agartala/Coimbatore/ Hyderabad .

Last Date: July 26, 2007

Details Tripura Medical College MBBS Admission Notice 2007-08

SC pulls up Tamilnadu Govt on MBBS Admissions

New Delhi, July 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised the Tamil Nadu government for making last-minute changes in its admission rules for state-run medical colleges, thereby depriving some students who were studying in other colleges from taking admission.

A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan pulled up the state government while staying a July 10 order of the Madras High Court order banning over 400 students, who were pursuing professional courses in other colleges of the state from participating in the counselling for admissions to medical colleges for the new academic year. >>Read Complete News

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SC Stays Law Entrance CET in Tamilnadu

July 19 : The Supreme Court of India Wednesday stayed the Madras High Court Judgment which directed the TN Government to hold the CET for Law Admission to Colleges and Universities in Tamilnadu for the Session 2007-08.

A three-Judge Bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice Dalveer Bhandari stayed the June 19 judgment on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the State challenging the judgment.

The Bench, after hearing senior counsel Abhishek Singhvi for the State and K.M. Vijayan for one of the students, stayed the operation of the judgment and issued notice to the respondents.

Earlier, the State government had abolished the CET for engineering, medical and other professional courses and decided to admit students on the basis of marks obtained in the higher secondary examination. For law courses also a Government Order was passed in April abolishing the Law CET.

The State in its SLP said: “The Rules made by the Bar Council of India do not require that admission into law degree courses shall be made only on the basis of CET. There was no arbitrariness in the method of selection of students as selection was done purely on the basis of merit.”

Source: The Hindu

Indian MBA Institutes Profiles - Over 225 B. School Info

Profiles of 225 MBA Institutes in India. The information provided is Business School Name , Website Address, Management Courses, Admission Process, Related Entrance Test, Placement, Salary offered on Placement etc can be seen here:

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CAT 2008 4 MBA Admissions in IIMs on November 16

Dates for CAT 2008 (Common Admission test) for admission to MBA Programmes in IIMs and other Management Institutes have been announced. CAT Bulletin having all the details regarding Dates, Eligibility, Institute profile, CAT Application Form is available for download.

Click here for details - CAT 2008 MBA Entrance Exam Dates

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MBBS from Philippines Medical Colleges

Seven hundred seats in the medical colleges of the Philippines have been earmarked for students from other Asian countries, especially India and China.

It will cost an Indian student between Rs.1.2 million to Rs.1.5 million to study in a Philippine university. The amount will include visa fees, course fees and accommodation expenses.

The government of Philippines has set aside the seats and Indian service provider Health Care Management International (HCMI) will officially represent here the Philippine government's Commission on Higher Education, which will offer the admissions.

"We are inviting students from India as we share a common language, English", said Cecelia P Reyes, a Philippine government representative in an interaction here Thursday.

She said there are nearly 100,000 Korean students in Philippine colleges. "In a few years time, we hope to reach that number with Indian students", she said.

Students who graduate from Philippine medical colleges will be given a certificate from the Medical Council of India so that they are able to practice in India, HCMI managing director Baljit Singh said.

New Career Guidance Website from Nakuri.com

Info Edge (India) Ltd Launches Career Guidance Website-asknaukri.com
The First Website in India that Allows Users to Get Expert Opinion on their Work Life Queries

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, July 12, 2007 -- (Business Wire India) -- Info Edge (India) Ltd announced the launch of a new website asknaukri.com. The First website of its kind in the Indian online space, asknaukri.com aims to be the best possible credible source of information relating to career needs across the work life span of a user.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder & CEO, Naukri.com, said; "We have been leaders in the recruitment space and it is natural that we would want to own the user experience pre and post recruitment. Career guidance is a natural progression, and with asknaukri.com (as our first step) we want to emerge as the definitive face of career guidance in India."

asknaukri.com has been launched as a free to use website, and it will provide calibrated counseling to all work related queries for its users which is relevant, researched, and customized, thus building upon the trust established by Naukri.com. Most users are constantly looking for advice on career related issues, asknaukri.com will fill a gap and act as a source of ratification and provide counseling on all related areas. A natural fit to Naukri.com, it allows users to submit their queries online, which are then directed to the panelists. The answers to the queries will be posted on the website within 48 hours, and an email will be sent to the user's inbox. To make the exercise more comfortable, the queries have been categorized into relevant clusters like 'Career Guidance', 'Interviews & Resumes' and 'Office Advice' which are further classified in to relevant categories. Not only can the user ask a question of his choice but also read the hundreds of questions posted by other users in similar areas, thus ensuring that his overall knowledge of areas in which he has questions increases dramatically.

"Everyone has career and work related questions throughout their lives and are looking for advice they can trust. asknaukri.com will be the ideal destination to get credible free advice from experts. Career guidance and 'work life issues' is a huge unorganized industry and asknaukri.com is one small initiative from our end to create exponential value in the career guidance business in the long run" elaborated Apoorva Kumar- VP & National Head- Mobility, Ad Sales & Investments.

Soon asknaukri.com will also get mobile enabled and will allow users to ask questions from their mobile. Replies will be sent to the user on his mobile, email and also get posted on the website.

Richa Saklani, Aarti Anand and Sujata Kumra of 'Workeasy Solutions' are the expert panelists for asknaukri.com. With impeccable credentials both academically and professionally, alumni of IIM, Ahmedabad, Narsee Monjee and the University of Chicago, they bring to the table over 30 years of industry experience in Media, Banking, Human Resources, Financial Services & the outsourcing sector. The team of 'Workeasy Solutions' has worked with over 5,000 people across various ages in career planning, interview training, career transitions and corporate culture.

About Info Edge (India) Ltd

Info Edge (India) Ltd (NSE: NAUKRI) is one of the largest and fastest growing internet company in India. The company owns four portals which include Naukri.com - India's No. 1 recruitment portal, Naukri Gulf.com -- its recent foray into the middle east market, Jeevansathi.com - India's fastest growing matrimonial site and 99acres.com - India's No.1 real estate portal. Quadrangle, an executive search firm was acquired in the year 2000.

Info Edge was founded by Sanjeev Bikhchandani. The company has been on a fast track growth path. It has ventured in to newer businesses and territories and attracted investments from leading venture capitalists. Formerly an ICICI Ventures investee company, 'Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures have invested in the company. Info Edge raised Rs. 1,703 million by way of an IPO in the month of November 2006.

Headquartered in Noida, (NCR), the company employs over 1200 people and operates through 48 offices in 31 cities in India and overseas office in Dubai catering to the Middle East market.

About Workeasy Solutions

Career planning and development firms, WorkEasy Solutions, help people of all ages build work-lives that they love and enjoy. Founded by alumni of IIM, Ahmedabad and Narsee Monjee in 2003, WorkEasy brings together over 30 years of experience in varied industries including Banking, Media, HR, Training, Financial Services & BPO. WorkEasy has worked with close to 5000 people training them in interviews, goal setting, career planning and corporate culture

- Business Wire India Press Release

IBSAT 2007 ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test Dates

IBSAT® 2007, the Common Aptitude Test for the Programs of Icfai Business School (IBS) namely the 2-year MBA Program at all campuses and the 1-year Executive PG Program at Hyderabad.

IBSAT® : IBSAT® is based on GMAT® format with multiple choice questions and tests the applicant’s abilities in quantitative techniques, data adequacy, vocabulary, writing skills, analytical reasoning and reading comprehension.

Check out Important dates, Eligibility, Online application Process: IBSAT 2007 - ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test

Supreme Court to examine Tamil Nadu's quota policy

New Delhi, July 9 The Supreme Court Monday declined to stall the ongoing admissions to Tamil Nadu's medical colleges, but agreed to examine a student's petition that she might be denied admission in view of the state's quota regime despite clearing an entrance exam.

A bench of Justices B.N. Agarwal and P.P. Naolekar refused to stay the ongoing counselling for admissions to medical colleges. It, however, said the final admission would be subject to the outcome of the hearing over S. Swathe's petition.

The bench also issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government, besides the selection committee of the state's Directorate of Medical Education and the Tamil Nadu Private Medical Colleges Association.

Swathe sought the court's intervention to ensure a seat for her, fearing she might be denied admission to a private medical college despite being reasonably high in the merit list.

She pointed out that as per the state's quota policy, the private medical colleges were forced to surrender 65 percent of their seats to the state government for admitting students belonging to the schedule castes, schedule tribes and other backward classes (OBCs).

Swathe said in July 2006 she had secured 177th rank out of the 350 aspirants declared successful in the common entrance examination of the state's private medical colleges.

But soon after the declaration of the result, the private medical colleges surrendered 65 percent of their seats to the government, jeopardising her chances of getting admission, Swathe added.

She sought a direction to the state government not to force the private medical colleges to admit students of weaker sections of the society at the cost of students figuring in the merit list of the successful candidates in the entrance examination.

Source: Vakilno1.com

CAT- Most Popular MBA Entrance Exam in India

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is an all-India test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as an entrance test for the management programmes of its six business schools.CAT - Common Admission Test -Most Popular MBA Entrance Exam in India - Overview
CAT the most popular test among prospective management students because it is accepted by the best institutes - Indian Institute of Management(s).

180,000 students compete for less than 1200 general seats in the IIM's which makes it even more selective than all the Ivy League Universities put together. Even with a top 1% score, a candidate must also cross the equally stringent hurdles of a group discussion and an individual interview.>>Read Complete Article

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