SAV’s supremacy in Bihar board results ends, only 3 out of 41 in top 10 - education

The class 10 board results of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has brought bad news for state’s premiere school, Simultala Awasiya Vidyalay (SAV), which held sway in the top 10 in the last five years.

This year, it has no student in the top 5, while there are just three students among the 41 students in the top 10 – a steep fall for the institution set up in 2010 to fill the void of Netarhat Vidyalay that went to Jharkhand after Bihar’s bifurcation.

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In its debut class 10 board exams in 2015, 19 students of the Simultala Awasiya Vidyalay (SAV) had secured more than 96% – a record since the inception of the Bihar board in 1952 – while 70 students got 90% to 96%. Since then, it hardly left any space for other schools in the top 10, until its near wipeout this year.

A dream project of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, its students had captured the top 108 positions in 2016, while the turn of other schools came only after that. In 2019, its 16 students were in the top 10, which had a total of 18 students. This year, the SAV students ranked 7th, 8th and 10th.

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The institution had struggled due to a host of issues and also had to skip two sessions 2013-14 & 2014-15. In 2017, it conducted test for class 7 and 8, along with entrance level class 6, after chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed his displeasure over its functioning.

Later a six-member committee was formed at the directive of the then chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh. The committee submitted its report, but nothing changed. So far, four committees have been formed for improving the school functioning. The report also highlighted migration of students from SAV after Class 10.

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SAV principal Rajiv Ranjan said the results were shocking and very difficult to digest. “We were never expecting such results in class 10 board. Nothing has changed in the school, but the results have taken a sudden dip this year,” he added.

Ranjan said there would be thorough review of performance and the students would certainly like to apply for scrutiny, as nobody was ready to believe it. “The shock is big and it will take time to absorb. We know the students. In Class 12, there could be variation as many students study outside at different places, but in class 10, it is difficult,” he added.

Even after a decade of its establishment, the school still does not have its own campus, though the government has a big budget for this school. It also has to manage with ad hoc teachers.

Later, the Bihar board issued a communiqué, saying that all the 115 students of SAV had secured first division marks, with the minimum being 73.20% and the highest being 94.80%.

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Chhattisgarh CGBSE 10th, 12th Results 2020 soon, evaluation complete: Official - education

Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) will soon declare the results of class 10 and 12 board examinations 2020.

Chhattisgarh’s Prinicipal Secretary, Education, Alok Shukla told Hindustan Times on Tuesday that the evaluation process for class 10th and 12th board exams has been completed and the re-evaluation process is underway. He further said that the board will declare the results of the exams soon.

Chhattisgarh board had scheduled the class 10 and 12 board exams in March, but due to the coronavirus lockdown, the exams were postponed to May. But later, as the lockdown extended, the board decided not to conduct the remaining class 10 and 12th board exams.

As the remaining class 10 and 12th board exams were not happening. the board decided to conduct an internal assessment of students and accordingly the marks were to be awarded to them in the remaining subjects.

Students who have appeared in the Chhattisgarh Board Class 10 and Class 12 exams can check their results online at cgbse.nic.in or results.cg.nic.in after they are declared.

In 2019, more than 6 lakh students have appeared in the CGBSE Class 10 and Class 12 examination. Around 3.88 lakh students appeared in the Class 10 examination and 2.66 lakh in Class 12 examinations.

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Bihar Board 10th Result 2020: Watch video as BSEB chairman Anand Kishor, education minister give details - education

Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has declared the Bihar Board class 10th result 2020 on Tuesday. A total of 80.53% students passed the examination. This year, BSEB could not conduct a press conference in order to maintain social distancing. BSEB chairman Anand Kishor, education minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma and additional chief secretary of education department were present on the occasion.

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HIGHLIGHTS from Conference:

BSEB matric exam was conducted from February 17 to 24

Bihar Board 10th Result can be checked at our HT Result portal or at onlinebseb.in and bihar oardonline.com.

14.9 lakh students appeared for the exam including 7.2 boys and 7.6 girls.

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12.04 lakh students passed the exam including 6.1 lakh boys and 5.9 lakh girls.

The pass percentage this year is 80.59

Himanshu Raj of Janta High School, Rohtas bagged the first rank with 96.2% i.e., 481 out of 500.

Durgesh Kumar of SK High School, Samastipur scored 480/500 to secure 2nd rank

Shubham Kumar, Rajveer and Juli Kumari have bagged third rank by scoring 478/500.

This year the answer sheets had the photographs of candidates printed on them and the OMR sheets were bar-coded

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Presidency University students to raise funds for cyclone-hit booksellers - education

Students of Presidency University on Tuesday pledged to stand by the cyclone-ravaged booksellers of College Street — the city’s one-stop destination for bibliophiles — and help them get back on their feet.

The students’ council of the varsity has joined hands with the institute’s publication society to reconstruct the ‘boi para’ (book mart) by raising funds for the cause.

College Street, a 2-km stretch in central Kolkata, houses hundreds of book stalls.

Cyclone ‘Amphan’, which tore through Bengal on May 20, flattened many such stalls, with books left floating in the waterlogged lane — the images of which have gone viral on social media.

“We were moved to tears after seeing images of books floating on the flooded street, as the stall owners watched helplessly. Nothing could be damaging than a calamity striking in the midst of a lockdown. After deliberations, the members of the council decided to approach classmates and other well- wishers for monetary help.

“The university’s publication society also came on board,” one of the students said.

The apex body of publishers and booksellers in the state has said that the losses incurred by the booksellers due to Amphan could run into crores. It has decided to request the state and central governments and different consulates in the city to come to the aid of the booksellers.

“We have named the initiative Boi Parar Pase Presidency- Pase thakun apnio (Presidency stands by the book hub of College Street — Need your support, too).

“College Street has always been the first choice of students when it came to book-hunting. So many of us have borrowed reference books from these stall owners by paying a nominal amount when we ran out of money. It’s time to do our bit,” another student said.

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TSCHE EAMCET 2020: Application deadline extended further, check details - education

Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has further postponed the deadline to apply for all the Common Entrance Tests (CET) that were scheduled to be conducted this year. The decision has been taken because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“The last date for submission of Online Applications without late Fee is extended up to June 10 in view of the Covid- 19 lockdown.” reads the latest notice issued on the TSCHE website. Earlier, the last date was extended till May 15.

“All Common Entrance Tests (CETs) of Telangana State have been postponed and revised schedule for conduct of Tests will be announced in due course of time,” the notice further reads.

TS EAMCET was scheduled to be held on May 4,5,7,9 and 11 for which the admit cards were to be released on May 1. However, due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the exam stands postponed.

TSCHE conducts several entrance exams including ECET, PGECET, ICET, PECET, LAWCET, PGLCET, and Ed CET.

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Bihar Board class 10th toppers’ interview: Son of vegetable vendor tops, wants to become software engineer - education

Himanshu Raj, son of a vegetable vendor, has topped the Bihar Board matric (Class 10) examination 2020, the results for which were declared on Tuesday. Himanshu wants to become a software engineer. He has scored 96.20% by obtaining 498 marks out of 500. Himanshu is a student of Janta High School, Tenuaj in Rohtas district.

Himanshu, who was on cloud nine after seeing his result said, “Though I was expecting to bag a place in top 5, getting the top position was a surprise. I feel like I have conquered the world.”

Himanshu’s father Subhash Singh is a vegetable seller while his mother is a homemaker.

Himanshu attributed his success to hard work. “I studied for more than 10 hours regularly. My parents and my siblings always motivated me to study hard. They sacrificed their comforts to provide me best of the resources available so that I could concentrate on my studies,” he said.

In his bid to pursue his dreams, Himanshu has decided to opt for science stream in intermediate. “Then I will try to get admission in reputed college for pursuing BTech,” he said.

Durgesh Kumar, a student of S K High School, Jitwarpur, Samastipur has secured the second rank by scoring 96%. Born in a farmer’s family, Durgesh has made his not-so educated parents proud. He is the youngest among four siblings.

Durgesh said that he was expecting above 80% marks but getting the second rank was no less than dream coming true. He wants to prepare for IIT entrance exam and become an engineer.

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“Thanks to the changed question pattern, which eliminated chances of losing marks, I was able to fetch good marks without investing much time during exam,” Durgesh said. Elated over son’s success, Jay Kishor Singh said “I am feeling no less that any celebrity. My son has raised my status by proving his mettle.”

Singh said he will cooperate with his son and allow him to do whatever he would like to study in future. He said, “I have opted farming which was my father’s occupation to earn livelihood. But I want that my son gets higher education and join a good office.”

Among girls’, Juli Kumari is the first among 10 girls who have made it to the toppers’ list. She has scored 95.60% and jointly shares third rank with Shubham Kumar and Rajveer.

Juli is one among the four siblings, three sisters and one brother. She thanked her parents for extending all support during studies and encouragement to feel free and study. “My eldest sister is married but she is still continuing her studies,” said added.

She wants to relocate to the capital city Patna for completing her higher studies. “I wish to get admission in any good college of Patna and complete my intermediate and graduation from there,” she added.

She said typically girls in my village opt for arts stream but she would opt for Science. She too wants to become Computer Engineer.

Altogether 41 students have managed to get a place in top 10 in the results announced by the BSEB.

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IIT, North Texas varsity ‘develop’ magnesium alloy which can replace steel, aluminium in automobiles - education

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, the University of North Texas and the US Army Research Laboratory have developed an engineered magnesium alloy which can replace steel and aluminium alloys in the automobile industry making vehicles more fuel efficient.

The researchers say the current industrial application of wrought magnesium alloys in structural components is very limited due to their poor strength, poor ductility, yield strength asymmetry and lack of high strain rate superplasticity despite their density being two-third of aluminium and one-quarter of steel.

According to Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi, Associate Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, the new engineered alloy is strong, highly ductile and its superplasticity is achieved at higher strain-rates which reduces overall manufacturing time, effort and costs. “In addition to this, it is also lightweight, which helps lower the carbon footprint of vehicles. Lightweight vehicles need lesser fuel to run and are therefore more fuel efficient. In view of the compelling needs for economical usage of scarce energy resources and ever-stricter control over emissions to lower environmental impact, automotive and aerospace industries are searching for alternative advanced light-weight structural materials to existing conventional materials.

“Being one of the lightest and energy-efficient structural materials, magnesium alloys are potential candidates to replace steel and aluminium alloys in automotive and aerospace components since their density is two-thirds of aluminium and one-quarter of steel,” Panigrahi said.

The research has also been published in the reputed peer-reviewed journal Material Research Letters.

For the research, the scientists used a magnesium alloy containing rare earth elements like Gadolinium (Gd), Yttrium (Y) and Zirconium (Zr). The alloy was subjected to a thermo-mechanical processing technique (severe plastic deformation and ageing treatment) to obtain an ultrafine-grained version of this magnesium alloy.

Thereafter, the team engineered the nano-precipitates and thermally stable ultrafine intermetallic compounds in the ultra-fine-grained magnesium alloy. According to the team, through this technique, the group was able to achieve the highest combination of strength-ductility and highest high strain rate superplasticity among all the existing magnesium alloys reported in the literature to date.

“We are also trying to increase the load-bearing capacity of metals and alloys through microstructural engineering and processing of metals. After this feat, the team is all set to apply the same strategy of processing to other known magnesium alloys and metallic alloys with the intention of obtaining highly efficient stronger materials with superior performance,” Panigrahi said.

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