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Importance of November 19
International Men’s Day is annually held on November 19 to improve gender relations and promote unity.
November 18: Celebrating the Founding of the Soka Gakkai
November 18 is the anniversary of the establishment of the Soka Gakkai – "Value- Creation Society".
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (front row, center)
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, first president of the Soka Gakkai, and his disciple Josei Toda (second president) published the first in a series of writings outlining the system of soka, or value-creating pedagogy, on November 18, 1930, and this date marks the founding of the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai--the Society for Value-Creating Education. The word "soka," which was coined by Toda and Makiguchi, is a combination of Chinese characters meaning "create" and "value."
Smartindia stands for
S – Specific
M – Measurable
A – Attainable
R – Realistic
T - Time Bound
I - Idolized
N - Needful
D - Devoted
I - Intelligent
A - Aesthetic
CBSE Announced CTET 2014 Examination Date
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the examination date for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2014. The examination is going to be held next year on 16 February 2014, and will be conducted by CBSE across the country at different centers.
The candidates want to take the exam can apply online for CTET 2014 through its official website – www.ctet.nic.in, on or before 31 October 2013.
Candidates can also apply for CTET 2014 through CBSE website.
Once the procedure of application submission will over, the candidates would be able to download their admit cards from the same websites on and after 09 January 2014.
The CTET is an exam that is conducted by CBSE to determine the eligibility of a candidate for the appointment of school teacher for classes 1-8.
The exam comprises two papers – paper I & paper II. The first paper will be for candidates intending to teach classes 1-5 while the second paper will be for candidates who would like to teach students from classes 6-8.
Important Dates for CTET 2014
Online Submission of application begins: 11 October 2013
Online Submission of application ends: 31 October 2013
Date of examination: 16 February 2014
CBSE has extended deadline for PSA
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
has extended the deadline forproblem solving assessment (PSA) scores for
students to get one more chance at improving their . The schools can
now submit details of the students online till November 15. Several CBSE
schools in the state that had missed the deadline had approached the
board in this regard.
Confirming this Confederation of Kerala Sahodaya Complexes president
Unnikrishnan K said, "Several schools in Kerala reported that they
couldn’t ensure that the students got to improvetheir PSAscorein
standardX.Asthelastdatefor the samewasover,theCBSE’s regional office in
Chennai refused to accept the application. We had to then approach the
CBSE chairman."
Now, students who haven’t fared well in class IX will have the option of
improving their PSA score in Class X. They can sit for the test with
Class IX students of session 2013-14 in January 2014. The best scores
will be reflected in the final certificatein caseof those applying for
improvement.
The test focuses on three specific areas -- quantitative reasoning,
qualitative reasoning, and language conventions. Quantitative reasoning
includes mathematics and science. Qualitative reasoning includes
reasoning seen in humanities, arts and social sciences subjects.
Language conventions includes different aspects of written communication (grammar, vocabulary, etc).
Most importantly, the PSA will be counted towards formative assessment-4
(FA-4) which is 10% of total assessments of Class IX. This assessment
will also be carried forward towards the FA-4 in Class X. This score
will be reflected in one language (English or Hindi), mathematics,
science, and social science with effect from session 2012-13 for Class
IX and 2013-14 for Class X. The same score will be reflectedin FA-4for
classIX and Class X.
Meanwhile, confusion also prevails over the marking pattern in PSA. "We
don’t have clear instructions on the manner in which marking should be
done in PSA. While some are taking the total sum of the marks scored in
the three areas, others are giving individual marks. This can lead to a
difference in scores," said Delta Study school, Fort Kochi, principal
Saroja Muralikrishnan.
CBSE to implement open book exams, has told Schools for the same
Starting a new system of examinations, the
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has told schools across the
country to implement open book examinations from March 2014 and has also
released study material for the same.
The Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) will first begin for classes IX
and XI from the academic session 2013-14. For Class IX, study material
has been released for all main subjects including English, Hindi,
mathematics, science and social science, and for class XI, the material
is for geography, economics and biology. OTBA will be applicable only to
these subjects in the next session .
However, open book examination doesn’t mean that students will be
allowed to carry textbooks inside the examination hall. CBSE’s version
of open book implies that students will be informed four months in
advance about the study material on which the exam would be conducted.
The main reason behind implementing this new system is to strengthen
students’ analytical and theoretical skills by moving away from the
trend of rote learning.
The Board has also reworked the marks distribution to accommodate OTBA
scores in the main subject marks. The question papers in main subjects
under Summative Assessment (SA)-II will be of 90 marks (70 marks for
English and 20 marks for assessment of speaking and listening skills)
based on prescribed syllabus and question paper design. The question
paper in each main subject will have a separate section (10 marks) for
OTBA.