Exams: News

28 Jan 2018

JEE

The JEE-Advanced 2018 date sheet is out: All details here

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2018 for admission to the prestigious IITs will be held on May 20.

22 Jan 2018

Tripura

Class 12 board exams postponed in Tripura: Here's why

The Tripura Board of Secondary Education has postponed Class 12 board exams to avoid a clash with the upcoming assembly elections.

19 Jan 2018

Education

CBSE reschedules Class 12 Physical Education exam after controversy

The CBSE has rescheduled the Physical Education test for Class 12 after facing flak over its examination date sheet.

11 Jan 2018

Education

Students outrage over Class 12 routine, CBSE says gaps impossible

The CBSE routine for Class 12 board exams has caused outrage among students, parents and teachers. There is not enough gap between many papers, they have complained.

10 Jan 2018

Education

CBSE Date-Sheets 2018: Class 10, 12 board-exams from 5 March!

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has finally released the date sheets for the upcoming Class 10 and 12 board examinations this year.

08 Jan 2018

Education

CAT 2017 results declared: 20 candidates score 100 percentile

Results for the prestigious Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 were declared today. You can check them on its official website.

20 Dec 2017

Jammu And Kashmir

Meet Anjum Bashir: Kashmir civil service exam topper

Anjum Bashir Khan Khattak, a 27-year-old math government school teacher, has topped the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) exam.

19 Dec 2017

Education

JEE, NEET twice a year, and other changes under NTA

With the setting up of the National Testing Agency (NTA), students can expect the NEET and the JEE to be conducted twice a year instead of once, MoS HRD Upendra Kushwaha told the Lok Sabha.

11 Dec 2017

India

Marking scheme for Class 10, 12 CBSE board exams released

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has put up on its website the marking scheme of 25 subjects for Class 12, and 10 subjects for Class 10 board exams.

11 Dec 2017

Education

Schedule for GATE 2018 is out: Exam during February 3-11

The schedule for the 2018 GATE is out. The exam will be held in two sessions on February 3,4, 10 and 11 next year.

BHU MA exams test students on GST, Padmavati and BJP

The Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) ongoing MA examinations have ruffled a few feathers. Many have criticized the questions set in papers like political science and history as ones with a "definite agenda".

09 Dec 2017

Bihar

Now week-long helpline for Class 10, 12 Bihar board students

To better help Class 10 and 12 students adapt to the changes in exam pattern, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has decided to provide them a tele-counselling facility.

30 Nov 2017

Bihar

Bihar board to have 50% objective questions from 2018

Infamous for rampant malpractices, poor evaluation and shoddy management, Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) decided earlier this month to reform its examination pattern.

26 Nov 2017

India

CAT'17: 2.31L students appear for India's biggest MBA entrance exam

Today, 2,31,067 candidates across 140 cities will be appearing for the CAT, India's biggest entrance test for MBA.

24 Nov 2017

Education

Schedule for JEE 2018 is out, Aadhaar to be mandatory

The CBSE has announced that the online application process for JEE 2018, the gateway to the prestigious IITs, will begin on December 1, 2017.

22 Nov 2017

India

CBSE to conduct Board exams in March, not February

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to hold its Class 10 and 12 exams in March, after Holi.

31 Oct 2017

India

Javadekar announces additional OBC quota for National Talent Search Examination

The National Talent Search Examination Stage-II conducted by NCERT will feature reservations for students belonging to the other backward classes (OBC), Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced.

31 Oct 2017

India

IPS officer arrested for cheating while giving UPSC exam

Chennai police have arrested a trainee IPS officer after he was caught cheating by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) while giving the Union Public Service Commission (Main) Examinations.

16 Oct 2017

Uttar Pradesh

UP government schools: Exam Centres to now have CCTV cameras

The UP state government has decided to provide all school examination centres with CCTV cameras by December 2017 to deter the use of unfair practices by students.

23 Sep 2017

Bihar

Bihar TET exams set new low: Only 17% clear test

Throwing more light on Bihar's abysmal record in education, only 17% candidates managed to clear the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) examination.

04 Sep 2017

Karnataka

VTU 2017 Results: Revaluation starts today; new norms introduced

Karnataka's Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) declared results of Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Technology courses for semester exams held in Jun-Jul'17.

04 Sep 2017

Mumbai

250 Mumbai University students 'fail' due to careless paper checking

Students of Mumbai University have had a harrowing exam session. For the last two months, lakhs had to deal with delayed results that halted their future plans. The university's new digital evaluation system turned out more messy than revolutionary.

29 Aug 2017

Karnataka

Karnataka state-board schools to now prepare their own question papers

Schools in Karnataka following the state board will now have to set their own question papers from the upcoming mid-term examinations.

23 Aug 2017

Education

Now Aadhaar mandatory for open school exams

The scope of Aadhaar has extended further. From now, the Unique Identity will be mandatory to appear for open school exams to prevent cheating.

21 Aug 2017

JEE

IIT-JEE Advanced to go online from next year

From next year, the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced, the gateway to the prestigious IITs, will go completely online.

10 Aug 2017

Education

Registrations begin for CAT 2017, to close on Sept 20

Registrations have begun for CAT 2017, to be held on November 26. The deadline to register is September 20.

03 Aug 2017

India

Cabinet scraps no-detention policy: Students can fail in Classes V,VIII

The Cabinet has scrapped the no-detention policy of schools which allowed automatic promotion of students till Class VIII, irrespective of performance in exams.

30 Jul 2017

Lucknow

CAT 2017: Examination to be held on November 26

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2017 for admission into the top B-schools, will be conducted on November 26.

28 Jul 2017

Education

UPSC Prelims 2017: Results declared

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) declared the result of the civil services preliminary examination on Thursday.

21 Jun 2017

Education

From next year, CBSE board exams to start in February

From the next academic session, Class X and XII students of CBSE will have to sit for their board exams a month earlier, in February.

SC asks CBSE to declare NEET results by 26 June

The SC stayed the Madras HC order and directed the CBSE board to declare the NEET 2017 results by 26 June.

10 Jun 2017

Education

China's "Gaokao" exams are a different kind of scary altogether

Millions of Chinese students are giving their "Gaokao" this week, which is China's annual university exams and authorities are bringing in an arsenal of surveillance equipment, like metal detectors, facial and fingerprint scanners, mobile-signal blockers, wireless detectors, drones and more, to nab cheaters.

07 Jun 2017

ICSE

ICSE- Classes 5 and 8 to face board exams

The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) will reportedly conduct board examinations for classes V and VIII from 2018.

03 Jun 2017

Thiruvananthapuram

CBSE Results- Are students doing better or worse? An analysis

The CBSE declared the 2017 Class X results on June 3, later than its normal time of May end. Results were delayed due to a court hearing on its moderation policy.

03 Jun 2017

Chennai

CBSE Class X: Results out for some zones, others following

CBSE has declared the Class X board examination results for Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun and Trivandrum regions. Results for all other zones are expected to be out by 2pm.

02 Jun 2017

Bihar

Answer sheets stolen : Students to be allotted 'average' marks

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will allot average marks to 186 students after the answer sheets were stolen.

31 May 2017

Bihar

Bihar- Class XII pass percentage drops 32% after major embarrassment

A year after a major results scam embarrassed the Bihar School Examination Board, a mere one-third of 12.4 lakh students who appeared for their Class XII exams passed this time.

30 May 2017

Mumbai

Maharashtra Class XII: Mumbai fares the worst of 9 regions

Results of Class XII examinations of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board were declared on May 30.

19 Apr 2017

India

Question paper shortage delays ITI exam by 2 hours!

In contrast to the frequent reports of question paper leaks from across India, this time, hundreds of Industrial Training Institute students had to wait for over two hours to appear for their apprenticeship exams at Dadar after supply of question papers was delayed.