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CBSE has issued new sample papers for class 10 Summative Assessment Part-1 (First Term Exams). This exam will be conducted in September 2010. Subjects covered are English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Sanskrit, Home Science, Elements of Business, Book Keeping and Accountancy, Foundation of Information Technology, French, German, Punjani, Urdu, Typewriting, Japanese etc.

Class 10 students have undergone CCE experience previous year during their class 9 second term examination. CBSE had issued new CCE syllabus earlier but it was a bit difficult to understand the question pattern and marking scheme until the new sample papers were released.

These CCE Sample Papers for 2010 examination will help students and teachers to prepare will for exams. Chapter wise weightage and marking scheme will be helpful to plan the study in much easier way.

Students can download these sample papers from download section of http://mycbseguide.com or visit the link given below to access the download page directly. You may need to register for downloading solution/marking scheme of the sample question paper.

Registration is a quite simple process. You can click Register link given in top right corner of the website and use your existing email account for login. Just click the image of your email service provider and follow the instructions. You may create a new user account for this website using the form given below the images in registration page.

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CBSE has issued new sample papers for class 9 Summative Assessment Part-1 (First Term Exams). This exam will be conducted in September 2010. Subjects covered are English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Sanskrit, Home Science, Elements of Business, Book Keeping and Accountancy, Foundation of Information Technology, French, German, Punjani, Urdu, Typewriting, Japanese etc.

Class 10 students have undergone CCE experience previous year during their class 9 second term examination but class 9 students are undergoing this process for the first time. They are advised to go through the sample papers very carefully and observe the pattern of questions. CBSE had issued new CCE syllabus earlier but it was a bit difficult to understand the question pattern and marking scheme until the new sample papers were released.

These CCE Sample Papers for 2010 examination will help students and teachers to prepare will for exams. Chapter wise weightage and marking scheme will be helpful to plan the study in much easier way. Class 9 students are advised to note down the weightage given to each chapter and type of questions asked from these chapters. The format of Actual Question Paper will be same as provided by CBSE in these sample papers.

Students can download these sample papers from download section of http://mycbseguide.com or visit the link given below to access the download page directly. You may need to register for downloading solution/marking scheme of the sample question paper.

Registration is a quite simple process. You can click Register link given in top right corner of the website and use your existing email account for login. Just click the image of your email service provider and follow the instructions. You may create a new user account for this website using the form given below the images in registration page.

To download Sample Papers Click Here

To Register as New User Click Here (it is required to download solutions)

It is informed that students of State Boards /ICSE/NIOS where marks are awarded, be considered for admission in Class XI if vacancies exist. The marks awarded in various subjects be considered against the corresponding Grade awarded by CBSE as per criteria given below:-

I. Marks of different subjects are to be converted into grades and grade points as per CBSE norms as given below:

a) Conversion of marks into Grades:

Marks range to Grade

91-100 converted to A1

81-90 converted to A2

71-80 converted to B1

61-70 converted to B2

51-60 converted to C1

41-50 converted to C2

33-40 converted to D

21-32 converted to E1

0-20 converted to E2

b) If required conversion may be done where maximum marks are not out of 100.

c) CGPA to be calculated by adding up the grade points of 5 subjects including one language and dividing it by 5.

II. After conversion, provisions given in Admission Guidelines 2010 -11 for Class XI are to be followed.

The contents of this letter be brought to the notice of all Principals of Kendriya Vidyalayas functioning in your Region.

CLASS XI ADMISSIONS: -

Fresh admissions would be made after accommodating all the eligible students of the same KV in the entitled stream and thereafter other KVs.

Fresh admission for remaining vacancies would be made in order of merit in the sequence of categories of priority on the basis of the board results of class X.

There would be no fresh admission in class XI over and above the class strength. Admissions in different streams for children seeking admission from KVs & non-KVs would be made on fulfilment of the following requirements:

The cut off Grade and CGPA for admissions in Science, Commerce & Humanities streams would be as under:

i . Science Stream

(i) Science with Mathematics
(a) A Minimum of C1 GRADE in Maths
(b) A Minimum of Cl GRADE in Science
(c) Average Grade point in Maths & Science taken together must be 6.5
(d) A Minimum of 6.0 C&PA

(ii) Science without Moths
Science without mathematics may be allowed if the student has secured C1 GRADE in Science with at least 6.0 CGPA

ii. Commerce Stream.

(a) A minimum of 5.4 C&PA
(b) Mathematics can be offered with Commerce if the student has obtained a minimum of C1 GRADE in Mathematics.

iii. Humanities Stream

All students of Kendriya Vidyalayas if they are declared successful by the CBSE would be given admission. However, Humanities with mathematics can be offered if at least C1 GRADE is obtained in Mathematics.

Note: INFORMATICS PRACTICES AS AN ELECTIVE SUBJECT IS OFFERED TO ALL STREAMS. ADMISSION TO THIS WOULD BE GRANTED AS PER THE COMBINED MERIT LIST.

Computer Science / Bio-Technology, wherever available as an elective subject is to be offered to students of Science Stream and admission would be granted as per combined merit list. Multimedia & Web-Designing Technology (wherever available) as elective subject may be offered to students of all the streams (Commerce, Humanities & Science)

Following concessions will be allowed for admission to Science and Commerce streams.

a) Students belonging to SC/ST would be given upgradation by one grade in two subjects wherever required. CGPA may be enhanced by 0.4 for the purpose of admission to class XI Science/Commerce Stream.

b) The following concession will be granted to students for admission who participated in Games & Sports meet/Scouting & Guiding/NCC/Adventure activities at various levels. The certificate needed for this purpose can be of any preceding years.

Maximum concession under Sports / Games / NCC / Scout / Guide/Adventure will not exceed 0.8. Points in CGPA In case of eligibility for more than one concession under different categories as mentioned at (a) and (b) above, only one concession having maximum advantage to the candidate will be allowed.

(c) Admission of non eligible children of Embassy Officers in all Kendriya Vidyalayas abroad in class XI will be decided by the Commissioner, KVS on case to case basis

(d) Principal may admit children to class XI only up to the permitted class strength.

(e) A student who was earlier not found eligible for admission to a particular stream may be allowed fresh admission to a particular stream in class XI in the next academic session , if he/she improves his/her performance within one year from the same Board.

In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal C&PA (overall indicative percentage of marks) the inter-se-merit of such candidate may be determined as follows.
For Science based Course.

1. Candidates obtaining higher CGPA (indicative percentage of marks) in one compulsory language (Better of English/Hindi) Mathematics and Science.

For Commerce based courses with Mathematics.
2. Candidates obtaining higher CGPA (indicative percentage of marks) in one compulsory language (Better of English/Hindi) Mathematics and Science /Social Science

For Commerce based courses without Mathematics.
3. Candidates obtaining higher CGPA (indicative percentage of marks) in one compulsory language (Better of English/Hindi) Mathematics and Science &Social Science

For Humanities based Course
4. Candidates obtaining higher C&PA ( indicative percentage of marks) in one compulsory language (Better of English/Hindi) Social Science & 2nd language.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will give its 10+2 students three more courses to choose from, this academic session. The three new courses, mass media and film appreciation, geo-spatial practices and hospitality, will be formally launched on July 19 and 20 in New Delhi.

Students can opt for these courses in Class XI as one of the main five subjects.

“The three new courses have been introduced to help nurture the interest and talent of students. The courses have been designed keeping in mind the demand for skilled manpower in the industries,” said a senior CBSE official.

The course on mass media will be considered an academic subject but those on geospatial practices and hospitality will come under the vocational subjects category. Initially, some schools in metros like Delhi and Mumbai will offer the courses, which are part of a pilot project of the Board.

Some schools offering these courses in Delhi and the National Capital Region are Springdales School(Pusa Road), Modern School(Vasant Vihar), Salwan Public School(Gurgaon).

Springdales School, Pusa Road, which will offer the mass media and film appreciation course as part of the Humanities stream, has a lot of enthusiastic takers. “I have spoken to students and parents about the course and they are really keen on studying it. It has a very interesting curriculum,” said principal Amita Wattal.

Salwan Public School(Gurgaon), will offer both mass media and geospatial practices courses. “The introduction of the new courses will give students a wider choice and help them channelise their interests better,” said Principal Indu Khetrapal.

However, principals said a lot has to be done to make these courses useful for students. “Students should be able to find employment immediately after finishing the course. Also, for college admissions, these subjects are not counted, so scoring well does not really help the student,” said Wattal.

Source : Hindustan Times

When the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the big shift from a marks-based assessment to a grade-based one last year in its 10,000-plus affiliated schools, doubts were raised about its feasibility. Two months after the first grade-based results came out, the board has been vindicated.

Not only have the number of distress calls on its helpline come down several times, no suicide case has been reported to the CBSE after this year’s Class X results, while the re-evaluation applications coming to it after the board examinations are down more than three times from nearly 50,000 every year.

“The CBSE got around 14,000 applications for re-evaluation of Class X answer-sheets this year and that is a very positive indicator. With the shift to grades, students have been spared needless and stressful competitive pressures. Student feedback has been very positive on grades and that reflects in the requests for re-evaluation, which have come down remarkably. Parents too are not pressuring the students as much now,” sources said.

CBSE helplines and student counsellors have also seen fewer callers this time, especially related to exam stress.

“With the grade system, those in the highest grades may have scored anywhere between 100 per cent and 81 per cent, leaving a wider margin and as a result a larger number of students are happy with their performance instead of the three toppers or so,” said a source.

The fact that those who scored less than 32 and got Grade E were given a chance to appear for improvement exams to better their grades has also been a major factor.

A nine-point grading system, spread across A1 to E2 (100-20 marks), replaced the prevalent marking system in the 2010 Class X board examination.

Source : Indian Express

CBSE Syllabus for 2010-2011 as prescribed by Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi for class 11th and 12th is available for FREE download. This is FREE download in PDF format for personal use. You are advised to keep in touch with www.myCBSEguide.com for latest updates and modifications in CBSE syllabus 2010-2011.

CBSE Latest Syllabus (class XI and XII) for following subjects is now available for download in PDF format :

Accountancy, Agriculture, Biology, Biotechnology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Commercial Art, Computer Science, Creative Writing and Translation Studies, Economics, Engineering Graphics, English Core, English Elective, English Functional, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Studies, Geography, Graphic Design, Graphics, Heritage Crafts, Hindi Core, Hindi Elective, History, Home Science, Informatics Practices, Mathematics, Multimedia and Web Technology, Painting, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sculpture, Sociology.

Click Here for Class XI Syllabus 2010-2011 and Click Here for Class XII Syllabus 2010-2011

If are unable to find any subject mentioned above, kindly visit the OTHER SUBJECTS area under the links provided above.

Allahabad In a move to cut down paper work and do away with the tedious work of filling up registration forms in class IX and XI for board exams, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to implement the online registration system  in all CBSE-affiliated schools across the country from this academic session.

The CBSE launched the system last year in Delhi region on a trial basis. Encouraged by response in Delhi, the CBSE has sent circulars to its all regional offices including its office in Allahabad to prepare the software as per the guidelines.

“Last year, we introduced the online registration system in class IX in Delhi region on a trial basis which succeeded. This year the system would be extended to all our regional offices and would also cover class XI,” said a senior officer of the Board, New Delhi while talking to The Indian Express.

“The online submission of the data of List of Candidates (LOC) for Class X and XII students was introduced last year in Delhi region. This will ensure accuracy and timely receipt of student information. For entering the data, the CBSE allotted a user name and password to all its schools. After the online registration, it is mandatory for school principals to send the signed printout of the LOC to the Board’s respective regional offices,” said Rajveer Singh, the regional officer of the CBSE, Allahabad region.

Under its new scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has now decided that students of classes IX and X who fare well in extra-curricular activities will be “upgraded” in one or two academic subjects.

Under CCE, students of classes IX and X are graded in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas. The CBSE has now decided that students getting good grades in co-scholastic areas will benefit in the scholastic area as well. The Board has asked all affiliated schools to “upgrade” the students — raise the grade in an academic subject — if they fare well in extra-curricular activities.

A student who scores between 34 and 42 grade points in extra-curricular activities stands a chance to be “upgraded” to the next level in two subjects in which he or she has got the lowest grade. A student getting grade points between 19 and 33 points will get one-level better grade in at least one subject.

Source : Indian Express

CBSE has issued new revised syllabus for class 09 and class 10 in CCE system. The CCE syllabus is available in booklet format at CBSE Regional offices. You can download this syllabus from syllabus section of http://myCBSEguide.com for absolutely FREE of cost.

CCE Syllabus for class 9 : Click Here

CCE Syllabus for class 10 : Click Here

CCE syllabus for Languages and other subjects : Click Here

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