Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students, teachers and parents on April 1 as part of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022.
The programme is expected to focus on some of the key questions on examination.
"Prime Minister of India will interact with approximately 1000 students from Class 9 upwards on April 1, 2022 for the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2022 (PPC 2022) at Talkatora Stadium, Delhi," the CBSE wrote to heads of schools affiliated to it.
The programme will be broadcast live by Doordarshan through DD National, DD News and DD India. It will also be available through live airing on radio channels (All India Radio Medium Wave, All India Radio FM Channel), Live web streaming on websites of PMO, Ministry of Education (MoE), Doordarshan, MyGov.in and YouYube channel of MoE, Facebook Live and Swayaprabha channels of MoE.
The school authorities have been asked to take appropriate measures to ensure arrangement of TV and a facility for TV reception (including making alternate arrangements for continuous supply of electricity) so that all students, teachers and staff of the school can view/hear the live address of the Prime Minister.
"Apart from TV broadcast, the viewing facility may also be arranged through Edusat and also on internet access devices (computer/laptops/mobiles, etc.)," the board said, adding that the web link will be shared shortly.
The board has asked the school heads to arrange radio/transistors through which the students may listen to the Prime Minister's interaction for those schools located in remote areas where TV viewing/internet facility may not be feasible.
"This program would focus on some of the key questions on examination, you are requested to ensure maximum participation of students, teachers, Guardians /Parents and staff at your school. In view of ensuing examination season, this may be given top priority," the board added.
The schools are required to submit only two documents and it has been made mandatory to dispose of the applications in the same year, reported The Times of India.
While the first document will validate aspects like building safety, sanitation, land ownership, the second one will be a self-affidavit of school certifying its adherence to fee norms, infrastructure norms, the report adds.
Union Minister for Human Resource Praksh Javadekar released the revised bye-laws yesterday under which new clauses like punitive action for malpractice in schools and provisions for full-fee disclosure have been introduced.
Under the new assessment rules, affiliation will be dependent on outcome of the schools and the entire process will be now become online, transparent, and will be done within a year, informed Javadekar.
The recent MHRD bylaws now require schools to submit two documents while applying for application - a document from the head of district education administration validating all aspects like sanitation and building safety among others; and a self-affidavit where the schools have to certify their adherence to fee norms, infrastructure norms and others.
The State has over 350 CBSE-affiliated schools and it is feared that the new bylaws will result in corruption when it comes to inspections. Besides, schools losing autonomy and bureaucratic interference will also be noticed, feel experts.
Earlier last week, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had said that the Board will soon start processing an application for affiliation with just a no-objection certificate (NOC) and a self-sworn affidavit in hand.
“There was a lot of duplicity of work. Earlier, once a school had the nod of the state government, the CBSE would reverify all the aspects already checked by the state government. This turned into a long-drawn process. Now the Board will not revisit any of the aspects already covered by the state government at the time of giving the school an NOC,” Javadekar had said.
Presently, students are required to secure 33% in Class 10 board exam and 33% in internal assessment.
CBSE may take a call related to it this week and if implemented, students have to achieve a combined 33% of marks to pass the exam, ThePrint reported citing authoritative sources.
A senior Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry official told ThePrint that the relaxation could now be granted for the next year too.
“The relaxation was given as a one-time measure but we feel that there is a need to extend it for next year too,” ThePrint quoted a senior Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry official as saying.
Pressure on students will be eased when they don't require to secure 33% marks each for the theory and the practicals. But CBSE will take a final call on the issue, he added.
According to a report of Sadaf Aman of The New Indian Express, schools need a 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) from the Commissioner and Director of School Education Department to function.
The Board grants recognition to schools only from Classes 8 to 12 but for this, schools require a NOC from the CBSE. However, this rule is being rampantly flouted by the schools running the junior level classes.
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“As and when we get complaints we enquire and take action against erring schools,” said Venkata Narsamma, District education officer, Hyderabad.
On the other hand, another senior official of the department stated that the schools with just NOC functions under the state board and follow the state syllabus.
“Management of several schools have been looting thousands of parents across the State by claiming that they come under CBSE so they can sell additional books and mint money,” The New Indian Express quoted an RTI activist and founder of Forum Against Corruption, Vijay Gopal, as saying.
As per a notification released by the board, female students who have secured above 60 per cent or 6.2 CGPA and above in the Class-X examinations this year can apply for the scholarship.
The notification stated that girls with the said scores, who are studying in schools affiliated with the CBSE, will be considered for the scholarship. However, the tuition fees of the school must not exceed Rs 1,500 per month, the notification added. Non Resident Indians (NRI) students can also apply, but the monthly fee for them should not exceed Rs 6,000.
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The online forms will be available till November 15. Interested students need to key in roll number and certificate number online. A print out of the same should be posted to the scholarship unit of the CBSE by November 30.
Addressing the media, Sisodia said this would make sure that these students would not be out of school and have a future.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
"Last year, students who failed twice were taught through CBSE's correspondence, as it was easier for the students than the regular system," he said.
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"They were taught in schools, just like regular students and also given books and uniform like other students," he added.
He said that there were 62,000 such students, but only 2,000-2,500 of them passed this year's examination and about around 5,000 passed in the compartment examination.
"This time we have 55,000 such students who had failed twice in CBSE and once in correspondence," Sisodia said.
He said that the centres would follow NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) syllabus as "it reduces the load on students" and added that the "curriculum is simple" compared to CBSE.
Sisodia added that the centres would be opened in government schools and it would be made sure that students did not have to travel long distances.
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Speaking on the occasion, Sisodia also said the meeting also decided to increase reach of higher education loan of Rs 10 lakh, given to students who pass out from Delhi schools.
He said that the loan had been extended for courses in colleges even outside Delhi, recognised by the central or any of the state governments.
CBSE had earlier issued a letter and discontinued as many as seven academic electives and 34 Vocational subjects at Senior Secondary level.
Now, the board has directed all its affiliated schools to discontinue offering three electives for class 9 and three electives for class 11 students from the upcoming academic session, 2018-19.
The discontinued Class 9 subjects are:
English Communicative: Code 101
Information and Communication Technology: Code 166
e-Publishing and e-Office: Code 354 and 454
The discontinued Class 11 subjects are:
Dance – Mohiniyattam: Code 062
Multimedia and Web Technology: Code 067
English Elective CBSE: Code 101
Meanwhile, three academic electives - Agriculture: Code 068, Fashion Studies: Code 053, Mass Media Studies: Code 072 - have been merged with similar vocational electives and as per NDTV report, they will be offered as Vocational Electives from the 2018-19 academic session.
However, a few schools are still left for uploading of photographs.
Accordingly, the Board has decided a few things which are as follows:
Those schools which submit the registration data and pay the fee by October 30 may upload the photographs by November 5, 2018 to complete the process.
In case of List of Candidates, schools are requested to complete the process as per schedule as CBSE is in the need of data and photographs early to make the preparations for February/March examinations.
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This apart, the Board stated that in letter No. CBSE/CE/SPS/2018 dated October 26, 2018, the correct procedure for uploading the photograph has been intimated.
However, in a latest notification the Director, Training and Skill Education Biswajit Saha, stated, "All Heads of affiliated schools of CBSE are hereby informed that the last date to apply for introducing skill subjects for session 2019-2020 has been extended up to July 19, 2019."
Other terms and conditions given in earlier aforesaid circular will remain the same. Therefore, schools which have not yet applied for skill subjects for session 2019-2020, may submit duly filled application form accordingly, as per the details mentioned in the aforesaid circular.
For any further query, the schools may contact Joint Secretary, Department of Skill Education, CBSE, ‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002 through email at skilleducation.cbse@gmail.com, the notification added.
Fadnavis informed the Legislative Council that there is already a provision for teaching Marathi language in schools attached to non-state education boards.
"Despite this, if there are some schools not teaching Marathi language to students, we will initiate action against them," the chief minister said.
If needed, the existing law can be amended to ensure that Marathi language is taught in all schools in the state, Fadnavis said.
At present, Marathi is a compulsory subject up to class 8 in schools run by the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), a private board which conducts the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) examination.
The chief minister was responding to a query by Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe, who sought to know the status of making Marathi mandatory in non-state board schools.
She said several writers have decided to stage protest at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on Monday to demand that Marathi be made mandatory in schools attached to non-state education boards.
According to a report of The Indian Express, cities across Maharashtra are protesting the fee hike in schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Reportedly, parents are also protesting the CBSE and state schools for forcing them to buy books and uniform from vendors selected by them.
“There is no transparency in the affairs of the management. Education should not be turned into a business. Three years ago, the fees for Class IV was Rs 23,000, which has now been increased to Rs 46,000,” The Indian Express quoted Yogesh Pathare, a member of a parent association in the western Indian state, as saying.
On the other hand, the Delhi government recently announced that school students would not have to pay any fees to the CBSE. Last month, Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia had said that the government would pay the exam fee and the students need not pay Rs 1500 to the Board.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Arvind Kejriwal government in the national capital had made education free till class 12 in 2018.
To deal with the requests for subject change in classes 10 and 12, CBSE has framed Standard Operating Procedures for schools.
According to CBSE, classes 10 and 12 are a two-year course. Schools are expected to counsel students into opting subjects in classes 9 and 11 which they would like to continue in the next class and are available in the school.
"Several students want to change subjects when they move to class 10 and 12 on various grounds. As per revised norms, any request for change of subjects will be accepted provided such a request has been made before July 15 of the academic session. In order to streamline the process, the board has framed SOPs for the purpose," PTI quoted a senior CBSE official as saying.
"In no manner, any request to change the subjects that parents will make their own arrangement of study will be accepted by CBSE. Now, almost all the subjects have internal assessment and schools need to provide the performance in internal assessment of students," the official added.
As per the SOPs of the Board, a student needs to submit an official request to school along with supporting documents justifying the reason behind his/her move. Following this, the school will decide whether the request is genuine or not and whether the subject is available in the school.
The Board has also asked schools not to deviate from the direction.
The 14-member panel will have Marathi literary and education experts as well as state ministers as members.
It will prepare the preliminary draft of the relevant legislation after wide-ranging discussion and detailed study of local and regional languages in other states.
The draft will be put on the education department's website for suggestions and objections from public and other sections of the society, said Minister for Marathi Language Vinod Tawde.
The committee comprises Tawde, Minister for School Education Ashish Shelar, the principal secretary of education department and Marathi literary figures like Madhu Mangesh Karnik and Kautikrao Thale-Patil, among others.
An official from the education department said two meetings were held on the issue in June and July where representatives from the Marathi literary world and also institutions promoting the language took part.
Issues such as making Marathi compulsory in schools, developing reading culture among students, empowerment of Marathi schools and popularising the language, among others, were discussed at the meetings, he added.