CBSE Date Sheet 2011, Marking Scheme, Sample Papers, Exam Syllabus

CBSE 2011

CBSE 2011 board exams are held for different classes and different disciplines. Those appearing for CBSE exam 2011, must be eagerly waiting for CBSE datesheet. CBSE Board however prepare CBSE date sheet 2011 in a way to ensure that students get sufficient time to revise CBSE 2011 syllabus before the date of CBSE examination. However, students should be well prepared in advance before the commencement of CBSE examination. Once the CBSE datesheet is announced, student can make a schedule for CBSE examination preparation.

CBSE Date Sheet 2011

Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) has not announced the CBSE date sheet 2011 for class X and XII examinations to be held in 2011. Like each year, this year also it is expected that CBSE 2011 class X and XII Examinations will start from the first week of March 2010. Detailed CBSE datesheet of the CBSE exam 2011 is expected to be announced in last week of December, 2010.

Changes in CBSE Exam 2011

CBSE has introduced a new tool named as the Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI) to measure the aptitude of student in combination with his/her interest. The Aptitude reflects the inherent capacity, talent or ability of a child. Aptitude testing is a student-friendly, universally accepted mode of rating capabilities for a particular activity.

The new tool is aimed for students pursuing class X in CBSE schools. It is a simple paper and pencil test and is of 2 – 2½ hours duration. The assessment broadly indicates:
 Scientific Aptitude
 Numerical Aptitude
 Social Aptitude
 Behavioral Science Aptitude
 Art Aptitude
 Interest areas

CBSE hopes that this new tool will help students in knowing the preference for subjects after class X. However, it should be taken only as an indicator or a facilitator. The assessment will also help parents, teachers and students to find out the subject choices that one can opt for after CBSE board exam.
To encourage more students to register, the last date for the online registration for CBSE Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI) Assessment has now been extended to 30th October 2010.

CBSE Sample Papers

Are you tensed about coming CBSE Board exam? Adopt the right strategy to prepare for CBSE 2011 exams to avoid undue stress of CBSE board paper. Make a schedule based on CBSE date sheet 2011 and number of days left for CBSE board paper to begin. There are few things that can help you with CBSE exam 2011 preparation and improve your CBSE results 2011 in CBSE board paper. The most important one is to study the topics from CBSE syllabus properly and revise periodically. After revising the syllabus, practice solving CBSE sample papers as much as possible. Solving CBSE Sample papers will make you more confident about CBSE board exam. Try to avoid studying what will not appear in the CBSE board paper. There's no harm but good in reading extra. Even if you cannot finish studying the entire portion, study what you can but make sure to study that well.

CBSE Marking Scheme

According to CBSE Marking Scheme, there are certain guidelines that students should follow. The different questions in CBSE board paper will have different marks. The most important is that a student should examine a question in conjunction with the CBSE Marking Scheme and find out the proximity of the answer to that suggested in the CBSE Marking Scheme. If student answer an extra-question, answer of the question deserving more marks should be retained and the other answer scored out. Wherever the word limit is given, no marks shall be deducted for exceeding the word limit. However, due credit should be given for precise answers as per CBSE Marking Scheme.

As per CCE guidelines the syllabus of Science for class X has been divided term wise. The units specified for each term shall be assessed through both Formative and Summative assessments. In each term, there will be two formative assessments each carrying 10% weightage. There will be 20% weightage of summative assessment in the first term and in the second term, summative assessment will have 40% weightage. In every term end summative assessment, assessment of practical skills through MCQ will carry 20% weightage.

LearnHub Announces The Dream Study Abroad Scholarship for Indian Students

New Delhi, April 17, 2009: LearnHub.com, the leading social learning network run by Canada based Savvica Inc., has announced the Learnhub Dream Study Abroad Scholarship to help students in various academic pursuits to apply and study abroad. Savvica is majority owned by Educomp Solutions Ltd.

The LearnHub Scholarship is in fact a bursary, with a one time grant of USD 2000 which can be used to buy books or pay fees. The selected student gets the amount once they join the college and complete the first semester. This scholarship will be declared once in 6 months and can be applied by any student who is an Indian citizen and a member of LearnHub. While there is no upper cap on the number of scholarships, only deserving candidates will be selected for the same. The first round of results will be out by September 1st week, 2009.

The application procedure is made very simple and carefully laid out to select the most deserving candidates. The prize winners will be felicitated and counseled on how they can extract the maximum from higher education abroad. Further details on the scholarship like, eligibility criteria, important dates, contact information etc can be found on – http://learnhub.com/scholarships.

“We have experienced phenomenal growth over the past year and we would like to share our success with students” says LearnHub CEO Malgosia Green. With the global recession making budgets ever tighter and competition for scholarships even more fierce, the LearnHub Scholarship promises to keep the dream alive for students who want to study abroad.

In these lean economic times, students have discovered further studies as an attractive option to avoid career stagnation, while transitioning to higher job profiles. Faced with a choice between colleges in India and abroad, students are keen on studying abroad. As Varun, Analyst at a research firm said, “I have secured admission in both Indian and foreign business schools. I prefer studying abroad since it provides better education and placement opportunities. The job scenario will improve in the coming years and I should secure a higher level position in a consulting firm, helping me repay my educational loan in time.”

Studying Abroad is also a fast emerging trend for undergraduate courses. “When you consider salaries after education and the ease of transition to higher study programs like MS/MBA, it becomes obvious that studying abroad is the way to go”, said LearnHub’s Counselor Amit Wadhwa. “The LearnHub scholarship is an initiative to specifically encourage high school students to fulfill their educational aspirations”, he further added.


About LearnHub.com


LearnHub.com is one of its kind online social learning networks run by Savvica Inc., a Canadian company. Savvica has a strategic partnership with the largest education company in India, Educomp Solutions Ltd.

In addition to the scholarship, LearnHub hosts the directory of more than 3500 colleges abroad and providing comprehensive information to over 700 high quality degree programs, which has been used over 3,30,000 times by Indian students since August 2008. LearnHub with its free online School Finder tool is hot-spot destination for students for searching and applying to colleges abroad that best meet their requirements. LearnHub.com also hosts learning communities focusing on study abroad, test prep, and careers.

Indian students can now apply directly for over 700 international degree programs in US, Canada and UK through LearnHub.com

February 5th, 2009 - In a first of its kind initiative, LearnHub.com, the social learning network run by Savvica, a Canadian company that is majority owned by Educomp Solutions Ltd, will now allow Indian students to apply directly to over 19 universities & colleges in the USA, Canada and UK for over 700 high quality degree programs from their website.

In addition, LearnHub.com councilors are available online 24X7 to offer free advice to Indian students on applying domestically and overseas.

“Our aim is to empower Indian students and give them easy access to information on pursuing their higher studies in overseas college and universities and the option to directly apply to these institutes and degree of their choice online from our website” said Malgosia Green , CEO, LearnHub.com

Among the 19 universities and colleges who have partnered with LearnHub.com to gain access to its broad and growing membership of motivated Indian students are University of Kentucky (USA), the University of Stirling (UK), the New England Institute of Technology (USA), University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point (USA), University of New Brunswick (Canada), and many more highly regarded research and career/technical institutions from across the USA, UK, and Canada.

Combined, these partnerships allow LearnHub.com to offer students direct access to apply to over 700 high quality degree programs in one place. Since August 2008, this free online tool has been used over 3,30,000 times by Indian students.

“If this were a college education fair, it would be the largest in the world and would run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and available from any computer terminal” said Michelle Caers, Vice-President, Business Development, LearnHub.com

LearnHub.com is a serious online social learning network preferred by students who are focused on getting ahead. The website includes over 150,000 pages of free study material and career advice, and has a rapidly growing user base. The website content and tools are designed specifically for the Indian student market.

In the recent past LearnHub.com has launched the IIT-JEE community - an online platform for JEE aspirants across India, the world's largest free SAT & GMAT question banks, as well as a free CAT community on their website.

About LearnHub.com

LearnHub.com is a first of its kind centralized online education destination for teachers and learners across the globe. Launched in the spring of 2008, LearnHub.com hosts learning communities focusing on study abroad, test prep, and careers. In addition, LearnHub.com allows students to find & apply to universities around the world. LearnHub.com is run by Savvica Inc., a Canadian company. Savvica has a strategic partnership with the largest education company in India, Educomp Solutions Ltd.

AIEEE Cut off 2009, AIEEE Counseling

Many students have been asking me where they can get information on about aieee counseling, aieee colleges, aieee preparation, what if they are not able to make it to NIITs and many such questions. My suggestions is first check Aieee Cut off 2009 then you can consider following options:

1> Your rank is under 15k then you have slight chance of making it to NIITs but may be in the second round of counseling.

2> Your rank is above 15k then you can target BITs Pilani, BITs Hyderabad etc....Remember BITs Pilani is counted among the top colleges after IITs.

3> You can even consider joining Manipal Engineering College but only issue would be affordability. Bcoz fees in these private colleges are usually very high.

Hope this was useful for you guys.

Target average GMAT Score for Top USA Business Schools

This article will be useful for working professionals who are planning to pursue MBA from USA universities or USA B-schools.

Being a working professional myself, I understand that during recession many of us are planning to go for higher studies. In my circle of friends out of 10 professionals six have already applied to different b schools in USA, UK or in India and others have taken the GMAT 2009 date.

Most of us while preparing for GMAT keep asking our seniors or friends that “How much GMAT score I should get?” Others who are very particular about getting in to Top MBA colleges in USA or ISB Hyderabad, India come up with questions like “What is the minimum GMAT score for getting in to Top B schools?”

After discussing with couple of my seniors I feel it’s better to target average GMAT score. If your GMAT score is above Average GMAT Score then there are good chances that you will make it to your desired business school. Needless to mention securing score > average GMAT score is just one step towards getting in to top b schools in USA or India.

Photonic Technology, Boost for E-learning

University of Sydney scientists claims to have developed a new technology that could revolutionize the internet industry. They are counting on photonic technology to increase the Internet speed 60 times faster with an unlimited, error-free access to users across the world. Point to notice this is at no extra expenses ‘the most important aspect’ . So what this means for E-learning industry? Internet is the primary driver for the e-learning industry. Although the trivia is when it will be commercially available and above all when India will have share of it?

They are done with initial testing of the technology showed it was possible to achieve Internet speeds 60 times faster than the current Telstra network. But if developed further, the circuit could reach speeds 100 times faster, said Lead researcher Ben Eggleton.


How does this technology works?
• Small scratch on a piece of glass' is a critical building block for the new technology
• Scratched glass is actually a photonic integrated Circuit. This circuit uses the 'scratch' as a guide or a switching path for information – In layman terms its more like train moving from one track to another – but the difference is that the switch takes only one picosecond to change tracks
• In one second the switch is turning on and off about one million times. Photonic technology that has terabit per second capacity

In this tech-savvy future there's demand for instant Web gratification. Photonic technology delivers the need of the hour.

Entrepreneurship: Riding growth in India and China

Article from INSEAD Knowledge:

With the rest of the world beating a path to India and China to cash in on the rapid economic growth in those countries and tap low-cost manufacturing (China) and services (India), countless business opportunities have opened up.

As INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise Patrick Turner explains, this has attracted two groups of entrepreneurs: local residents who are eager to launch companies of their own; and entrepreneurs from overseas, often from the US, who see new opportunities emerging back home. The latter comprises the returning diaspora – people who left their native country to study abroad and seek greater opportunities elsewhere, but who are now interested in returning home, bringing with them the education, experience and, often, personal wealth they have acquired overseas. The combination of these two groups represents a potentially powerful teaming up of ideas, experience and funding that is already resulting in success stories.

Different paths

In this respect, the situation in both China and India is very similar, although Turner says the pattern of entrepreneurship development in the two countries is very different. “Historically, both countries have had a very strong entrepreneurial record. Wherever the Indians have tended to go – in the UK or, earlier than that, in East Africa – they have tended to start their own businesses. And as far as the Chinese are concerned there are a lot businesses in the SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) fabric in today’s Malaysia or today’s Singapore for instance, which were formed by the immigrant Chinese when they first came here (to Singapore) a couple of generations ago.”

“But there’s been a difference in the development of both countries which has been absolutely crucial in the development of entrepreneurship, and that has been the Communist era in China in which, among a lot of other things, the development of personal capital, private initiative and private enterprise was essentially frowned upon and that epoch never happened in India,” he says.

Although both countries have traditionally produced entrepreneurs, the political campaigns initiated by the Chinese Communist Party, especially in the 50s and 60s, with its shunning of personal wealth creation and private enterprise, disrupted the flow of entrepreneurs. It is only since the introduction of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms in the early 80s, that China has gradually developed a private sector.

Consequently, Turner adds: “In China they have been reinventing a capitalist, entrepreneurial venture system over the past 20-25 years, whereas in India they have just gone sailing forward on the crest of the wave formed by the opportunities from business process outsourcing and the IT boom.”

Entrepreneurial activity

Even in the early part of this decade, the degree of entrepreneurship activity – as measured by the number of people engaged in new and early stage ventures – did not progress nearly as quickly in China as in India. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s report for 2003 – the most recent statistics available for India – 12.5 per cent of the total Indian working population was involved in opportunity-based ventures, whereas in China the figure was about half that at 5.5 per cent. Furthermore, while on trips to India, Turner says the young Indians he has met there seem to have “some grasp, if very incomplete, of what is involved in launching a new venture, whereas the young Chinese aspiring entrepreneurs I come into contact with seem to be much further back in this respect.”

This may, in large part, be because of the entrepreneurship environment in the two countries, Turner says: “You are more likely to become an entrepreneur if someone in your environment is, or has been one – your father for instance, or some other family member.” However beyond the family, a strong entrepreneurial community – such as the home town or cluster of towns in the home area – might also encourage some to turn to entrepreneurship. “It’s a matter of entrepreneurship appearing to you in those you see around you as a perfectly normal and widely practiced way of pursuing a career,” Turner explains.

Icons and networks

It also helps if your country has ‘icon’ entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates in the US or Sir Richard Branson in the UK. India certainly has some, of whom the best known is Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys.

In China, however, there are no ‘icon’

entrepreneurs or role models, although entrepreneurs have been gaining greater prominence through Forbes magazine’s list of the country’s 50 richest entrepreneurs.

India has an additional advantage over China in terms of entrepreneurship-oriented bodies such as the TiE network (The Indus Entrepreneurs) or Wadhwani Foundation, which seek to promote entrepreneurship by, among other things, organising workshops and seminars nationally. Founded by entrepreneur Romesh Wadhwani, the foundation funds various entrepreneurship education-related projects like the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), which brings together prestigious Indian higher education institutions and entrepreneurs.

Turner says nothing even remotely like this exists in China. However, that said, he expects India to lose this edge in the coming decade. With the emergence of companies such as Alibaba.com, which was founded by entrepreneur Jack Ma in 1999 – and in which Yahoo! took a 40 per cent stake for one billion usd in 2005 – China is already to starting produce its own iconic role models. It will then be just a short step to creating entrepreneurship support organisations, possibly financed by successful entrepreneurs of the new generation. Consequently both phenomena are likely to speed up entrepreneurship development in China and erase the advantage India currently enjoys.