Results for Class-X CBSE exams announced

Sourcce : PTI May 28 2010 , Chennai

Results for Class-X CBSE Exams were announced today with the Chennai region registering overall

96.18 per cent 'qualified.' According to statistics released by the CBSE here, Puducherry topped the list in the region, comprising seven states and three Union Territories, with a score of 99.50 per cent.

From this year, the practice of declaring a student as passed, failed or compartment has been done away with, following introduction of grading system.

ETEN CA launches its VSAT based Coaching Centre in Bangalore

 Source : ETEN : Bangalore :28 May 2010

Affordable and high quality coaching through satellite link was today launched in Bangalore. ETEN CA (Educomp Tele-Education Network for CA prep) from IndiaCan Education, India’s largest network of technology based satellite coaching centers for Chartered Accountancy prep, today formally inaugurated its centre in Bangalore located at No. 14/1, 4th Cross, Sampige Road, Malleshwaram.


ETENCA is a pioneering Tele Education initiative aimed to help CA aspirants get advanced, scientific and personalized coaching from acclaimed faculties, at their home town and at a lower cost compared to what they would have incurred if they took in-person classes from the same faculty.

In less than 2 years, ETEN CA has set up over 100 centres across north, central and eastern India and benefited over 20000+ students. ETEN CA is now looking to expand its presence in South India with a view to enable students across cities in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu access to high quality CA coaching from nation’s best teachers without leaving their city.



Buoyed by unprecedented success of North India centres and recognizing the need for a specific program for Southern states, ETEN CA is launching a separate program for CA prep for the four South India states. The ETEN CA South India Program (SIP) students will receive coaching from eminent faculties like CA Kapileshwar Bhalla, CS B. Ravi, Dr. T S Deendayalan, CA P. Satish Kumar, Mr. N. S Govindan, Mr .R. Murali, CS Sangeet Kedia, Mr. R. D. Maheshwari, Mr. BVN Rajeshwar and other eminent and experienced faculty.

ETEN CA’s North India Program (NIP) faculty CA Parveen Sharma , Dr. Girish Ahuja , CA Sanjay Aggarwal, CA Raj Kumar, CA Rajiv Singh, CA Pankaj Garg and others may also enrich the ETEN CA SIP initiative at various stages.


Elaborating on the benefits and scope of satellite education Mr. Puneet Jhingan, Senior VP, IndiaCan Education Pvt Ltd said “The objective of satellite education is to help students get advanced, scientific and personalized coaching right in their home town. CA being a professional and competitive course requires skilled and qualitative coaching which is exactly what ETEN CA is doing by assembling the best teachers in the field, under one roof, for students across India. It allows a student to study all subjects at his/her home town without migrating to metropolitan cities. The study is closely managed by ETENCA staff and affiliates and supplemented by advanced Learning Management System, Smart Assessment System, Video Archives and such other unique and beneficial features”

“In Southern India, ETEN CA will shortly open centres across states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala covering cities like Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mangalore, Mysore, Cochin, Salem, Erode, Guntur and other major towns. We hope to have close to 20 centres across the southern states by the end of this financial year. By then, we should have around 125 centres across India”.

Among the highlights of the ETEN CA program are India’s leading faculty; Structured assessment; Well equipped classrooms; E-Learning support and Video Archives.

An amazing feature of ETEN CA is that it allows students to access and view the lectures they may have missed or want to review through unique video archive system. Recognizing the special needs of CA aspirants who need to balance their CA prep sessions with demands of frequent travel arising from mandatory Arcticleship, ETEN CA has conceived and implemented a unique Video Archive Access system wherein students have the facility to view their missed lectures on the net. They can also revise a limited number of sessions online closer to their exams and are effectively able to study anytime and anywhere as per their need.


Moreover a student at ETEN CA is monitored and regular assessments are conducted through Mock test, sample paper’s and regular tests which helps a student to perform and prepare better for the CA exams.

Since its launch, ETEN CA has already helped many students in smaller cities to score well in their exams. A student of ETEN CA recently scored 100% marks in IPCC Accounts, creating a history. This is the first time any student has scored 100% marks in IPCC Accounts. Besides this, ETEN CA has produced many Rank Holders in its previous batches.

guidance-cum-orientation programme being organised by The Hindu-EducationPlus here on Sunday

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A special session on how to choose the right options from a sea of choices available in the Kerala engineering stream will be one of the highlights of the guidance-cum-orientation programme being organised by The Hindu-EducationPlus here on Sunday for students seeking admission to courses in various professional streams through the State government's counselling process after taking the common entrance test.

A session on the online seat allotment process, which the students and parents look forward to, will be handled by officials of the Commissionerate of Entrance Examination.

This is the seventh edition of the off-the-page initiative by Kerala's largest-selling English language newspaper. The event was launched in 2004, the year EducationPlus was launched with The Hindu in the State, as a logical extension to the student-oriented content of the weekly supplement.
The Tagore Centenary Theatre will be the venue for the programme, titled “Courses & Choices — Sessions on the Professional Streams and More.”

The forenoon session will focus on the dos and don'ts, strategies related to the online seat allotment process, an overview of the key courses and, in general, set students and their parents thinking on the career and course options before them.

Participants will be briefed on the counselling process and can address questions to the members of a panel of experts chosen by The Hindu.

The afternoon session will focus on courses in animation and gaming, travel and tourism and finance and chartered accountancy. There will also be a “study abroad” session on educational opportunities in foreign countries.

Students who register themselves for the programme on payment of a fee of Rs.75 can choose to attend either one or both the sessions.

A handbook with detailed information on courses will be given to each participant. Apart from helping students gain clarity on the different courses on offer, it will outline points to be considered while seeking admission to professional courses. Entry to the event will be on a first come, first served basis.

Registration forms are available during working hours at the office of The Hindu, Airport Road, Vallakkadavu, Thiruvananthapuram (ph: 0471 250 2001).

Through e-mail

Students can also provisionally register for the event by sending a request by e-mail to educationplustvm@thehindu.co.in. These candidates should complete the registration formalities at the venue before the start of the programme.

The State Bank of Travancore is the presenting sponsor of the event. The associate sponsors are the Cooperative Academy of Professional Education and Shadwells.

At Thiruvalla, the event is scheduled to be held at Mar Thoma Residential School on June 5. Students may register provisionally at eptiruvalla@thehindu.co.in

Thanjavur first ranker wants to become doctor

Photo: M.Srinath

PROUD: Collector M.S. Shanmugam honouring students who scored district ranks in SSLC examination in Thanjavur district on Wednesday.
Source : The Hindu,Special Correspondent,May 27,2010


THANJAVUR: S.Mary Vasanthapriya, student of St.Joseph's Girls Higher Secondary school came first in Thanjavur district scoring 490 out of 500 in the tenth standard examinations, results for which were announced on Wednesday.

Daughter of Lourdusamy, a businessman, and Rakini Mary, Headmistress of Panchayat Union School at Kantharvakottai, Vasanthapriya expressed her desire to become a doctor after completing Plus Two. “It is by God's grace and I am very happy,” she said when asked about her feelings on coming first in the district.
Three students shared the second rank in the district by scoring 489 out of 500.

They are P.Surya of St.Isabella Girls Higher Secondary school at Pattukottai, A.Prabhu of Government Boys Higher Secondary School at Peravurani, R.Rajarajan of Laurel Higher Secondary school at Pallikondan near Pattukottai.

Surya and Prabhu expressed their desire to become aeronautical engineers. Third rank was also shared by two students _ N.Rajkumar of Laurel Higher Secondary School at Pallikondan near Pattukottai and S.Swamiya of Sacred Heart Girls Higher Secondary School at Thanjavur, scoring 488 out of 500.
Collector M.S.Shanmugham and Chief Educational Officer V.Kumar congratulated the rank holders and presented them with books and certificates.

Kumar said that the district recorded 92.37 percentage of pass. Out of the total of 27157 students who wrote the examinations, 25,085 passed out. Of 12,830 boys, 11,633 passed out. A total of 14327 girls wrote the examinations out of which 13,452 passed. While the boys pass percentage was 90.67, girls pass percentage was 93.89.

“We have improved the pass percentage in the past three years. During 2007-08 it was 86.7, during 2008-09, it was 91.2 and during 2009-10, it was 92.37,” said Mr.Kumar. A total of 247 schools held the tenth standard examinations. Out of them 77 have achieved centum results. Out of them 53 are Government schools, 17, government aided schools and seven self financing schools.

In the Matriculation stream, A.Firdoz Banu of Gandhi Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madukkur got the first rank in the district, scoring 486 out of 500. K.Gayathri of Christ The King Matriculation Higher Secondary school, Kumbakonam, got the second rank scoring 483 out of 500.

Third rank was shared by three students R.Manojkumkar of Gandhi Matriculation Higher Secondary school, Madukkur, S.Suryan of Kamala Subramaniam Matriculation Higher Secondary school, Thanjavur and R.Abhinaya of ARR Matriculation Higher Secondary school, Kumbakonam. They scored 482 out of 500.Suryan of Kamala Subramaniam Matriculation Higher Secondary school attributed his achievement to team work of the school under the guidance of correspondent S.Valliappan.

In the Matriculation scheme, 78 schools wrote the examinations. Out of them 33 got centum results.

Skill development programme for gold appraiser

ERODE: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (MSME-DI), Ministry of MSME, will organise a skill development programme
for gold appraiser at EEDISSIA at SIDCO Industrial Estate on May 28 to June 6.

The objective of the programme is to train educated, unemployed youth and enable them to get job opportunity in the nationalised and co-operative banks as gold appraisers.

It would also help the youth to start their own pawnbroker and jewellery shops.

The practical training will be imparted using the modern touch acid technique, a press release says.
 
The MSME-DI would issue certificates to the trainees on successful completion of the course.

The fee for the course is Rs. 3,500. Persons belonging to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe and the differently abled persons would be given 50 percent concession in the fee.

Interested persons can contact 
Deputy Director,
MSME Development Institute,
65/1, G.S.T. Road,
Guindy, Chennai 600032

(Landline: 044-22501011/ 22500765 and Mobile: 94445-55549).

Fewer centums in mathematics again

Sourcce :  The Hindu,Liffy Thomas,May  27,2010

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Of the 9,67,420 students, a total of 2,399 secured full marks in Mathematics

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CHENNAI: For the second consecutive year, centums in Mathematics have seen a significant drop at the S.S.L.C examination.

Of the 9,67,420 students who appeared in the examination, a total of 2,399 secured full marks in Mathematics. This is against last year's 5,112 and the previous year's 11,000 students who secured centum.
However, Matriculation and Anglo-Indian schools have not seen any drastic decline in the number of centums.
A total of 2,638 Matriculation students secured full marks in Mathematics, against last year's 1,374.
Teachers say this trend has to be worked upon as subjects such as Mathematics and Science mainly help students increase their overall total.

Disappointment
Many schools expressed disappointment that students who generally secure good marks in the subject fail to secure centum at the public examination.

“Maths is easy to score but the fear is high when the students appear for the public examination. Many are tensed and tend to confuse concepts.

‘One mark' questions especially is where a majority of students lose out. Also, trigonometry and analytical geometry are new topics where a student starts studying only from Class IX,” says S. Porchelvi, maths teacher, Children's Garden Higher Secondary School, Mylapore. Three students from the school secured centum, as against 10 that she had expected.

Basic grounding
Mathematics teachers say all the questions are from the textbook and basic grounding in the subject is essential while answering the tricky one-mark questions. Guess work should be avoided and teachers have a role to play in preparing the students, they add.

“Teachers should be receptive to the needs of the class. Schools should have special classes for underachievers and coach them,” says K. Srinivasa Rao, retired senior mathematics professor, Institute of Mathematical Science.

TANCET to be held on May 29, 30

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test (TANCET) 2010 for MBA, MCA and M.E/M.Tech/M.Arch/M.Plan degree programmes will be held on May 29 and 30.

Fifteen enquiry offices have been set up in the State. In Chennai, the enquiry office will function at the Examination Centre in Anna University on May 27 and 28.

In 14 cities, the enquiry offices will be functioning on May 28 between 9 am and 5 pm.