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With the idea of replacing leather shoes with canvas or tennis ones, the Himachal Pradesh government has come up with an aim to shoot two birds with single stone. On one hand, being light weighed canvas or tennis shoes as a part of school uniforms would bring a level of comfort to children whereas on the other hand, removal of leather shoes would work as a step ahead in the run of protecting environment. 

According to a latest directive of the Gujarat High Court, the state government will now have to consider the applications of all the students who have cleared their Class XII examination from schools in Gujarat despite being affiliated to other state boards. The directive has thus opened doors for these students to now apply for the 10,000 posts of Vidhya Sahayaks, vacant in the state education department.

According to Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, once the Right to Education (RTE) Act is implemented it, will eventually be the end of board examinations for Class X students as their assessment will be done solely by the continuous and comprehensive grade based system.

The Central Board of Secondary Education has issued fresh guidelines for admissions to Class XI as the Class X board results are out. Since this was for the first time that the newly introduced nine point grading system was used to evaluate the Board examination, the CBSE had to roll out guidelines to schools on the admission procedure to be followed.

The Class XII results of the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) are out. More than 1,200 students have scored 95 percent marks or above this year. Like previous years, once again girls outshone the boys. They edged past boys for the 12th year in a row, with a record 9.38 percent lead this time. Girls outpaced boys in the merit list too in the results for Delhi, Guwahati and Allahabad regions - 678 girls got 95 percent marks and above against 524 boys.

To make its educational pattern more student-centric, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to make teachers function as facilitators rather than as instructors in classrooms. As part of the new reformative agenda, the board has given instructions to cut down on teacher-talking time and promote more peer-group learning instead.

International level certificates will no longer be a distant dream for Indian students. Thanks to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which is soon launching its international brand -- CBSE-I, students can get global certification without actually going abroad.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced a new grading system for Class X students from the academic year 2009-10. The idea behind the proposed grading system was to minimise unnecessary pressure and classification among students on the basis of marks.

Following the introduction of new grading system for Class X students from this year, CBSE has now set up panel of experts to solve schools’ grievances and complaints regarding question papers formally. The board has promised to examine the complaints within 24 hours of the particular examination.

Taking a considerate approach towards students suffering from the developmental disorder- Autism, the Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has announced an extra time concession during the Secondary School Certificate (SSC, Class X), exam starting on March 5.