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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI ➤Physics formulae and ➤Hear it out from your ➤ IPL Match Preview: STUDENT EDITION concepts made easier for you... teachers/peers on what they Confident KKR eager to set TODAY’S exclusively prepared by your have to say about their role the record straight against TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 Newspaper in EDITION teacher model Mumbai Indians Education PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 CRISTIANOElection RONALDO Amid rise in Covid cases, #cancelboardexams2021 trends on Twitter BECOMESCommissioner FOOTBALL'S HIGHEST-GOALSushil Chandra SCORER set The situation in India is getting worse day by day. When there were "It is downright irresponsible of Boards like the CBSE to force to be next CEC only a few cases in the country, they cancelled the remaining Board students to sit for exams under the prevailing circumstances. 1 exams last year, and now when the cases are at a peak they are 2 The Board exams should either be cancelled, rescheduled or planning to open schools. We urge the education minister to look into this arranged in a manner that does not require the physical presence of matter, and cancel all the examinations to be held this year, as students are children at the crowded exam centres," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, already under a lot of stress, a petition on Change.org said general secretary, Congress, posted on Twitter SHOULD BOARD EXAMS lection Commissioner Sushil Chandra is set to E become the next chief election commissioner(CEC), sources said on Sunday. Going by the convention of appointing the senior-most election commissioner BE CANCELLED? as the CEC, the government is learnt to have cleared his name for the top EVALUATE US ON OUR INTERNALS: I POSTPONING EXAMS, NOT A CONDUCT EXAMS WITH SAFETY post at the Nirvachan Sadan. don’t understand, when we have studied BAD IDEA: Conducting the NORMS: Though we are in the online throughout the year, why are we Board exams in a situation midst of tough times, it can’t be Chandra will assume charge expected to give our paper offline? Like where Covid cases are ignored that many students have on April 13, a day after incum- last year, the Board surging every single day, would utilised this Covid time to give bent Sunil Arora demits office should evaluate us on be a highly-unwise decision. their best. So, denying them a the basis of the inter- Keeping students' health and life chance to sit for the Boards Chandra was appointed as nal exams, for I feel, as a top priority, the education will be unfair. Exams test our an election commissioner on even if precautions are ministry should, therefore, consider either cancellation, aptitude and preparation. So, it shouldn’t be cancelled February 14, 2019, ahead of taken, there is crowd postponement, or conducting the exams remotely. at any cost. the Lok Sabha elections outside schools, which AMAN PATHAK, class XII, DAV Model School, Sec 15, KASHI S NAIR, class X, Gregorian Public School, Ernakulam He would demit office on can be very risky. As Chandigarh May 14, 2022 far as postponing is concerned, I think it will be unfair for students, who want to CANCELLATION, NOT A GOOD IDEA: The Board exams shouldn’t be cancelled. Our teachers have worked hard for the whole year and have made sure that learning is up STUDENTS REACT STUDENTS apply for foreign universities. So, the Board should at least make it online like to the mark. I am sure the CBSE/CISCE will follow all the necessary precautions, other class exams. while conducting exams. SNIGDHAA PATHAK, class XII, Venkateshwar V V RAMARATHINAM IYER, class X , Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School, International school, Sector-10, Dwarka Jubilee HIlls, Hyderabad debate IPL QUIZ exam. So, exams should be conducted with the same" CHALLENGES SOPs in place, understanding the fact that WHAT THE The CBSE Board had Which player has I don’t think it would be right to cancel the assessments are a tool to evaluate the improve- BOARD SAYS earlier announced that if Board examinations. Students will be disappoint- ment in learning than a mere certification. any student fails to appear hit the most- ed, as they have worked hard throughout the Surender Sachdeva, principal, DPS, Ahmedabad Both the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for the ongoing practical number of sixes in year. It would make admissions to colleges even exams after the student or The Board exams play a key role in a and the Council for the IPL history? more difficult. In the absence of accurate any of his/her family mem- student’s life. Cancelling them is not a Indian School Certificate results, some admission-related malprac- ber tests positive, the tices may also take place good idea. They can be conducted in Examination (CISCE) have . EDUCATORS schools will conduct re- SOBHA NAIR, sr Supervisor, Guardian batches with all the safety measures. said that adequate safety SPEAK es X, XII examinations 2021 tests for them at an appro- High School & Jr College, Mumbai How far we use our present education is arrangements are being secondary but to what extent our made for students, and all will be conducted as per the priate time CHRIS GAYLE students have acquired knowledge can be the Covid-19 guidelines will latest schedule, and it will The Board has, however, Last year, due to Covid, few papers were can- Punjab Kings’ opener holds the assessed only through exams. We have already be followed during the start from May 4, 2021 not clarified whether the celled and average marks were allotted. This has record on his name. The 41-year-old seen a huge learning gap among all the age exams Similarly, the CISCE has same relaxation will be already put a question mark on the need for an has smashed 349 sixes in 131 IPL groups. Cancelling the Board exams will only give said that the schedule for given to students in theory annual assessment. In the absence of any other In fact, the CBSE Board innings. Further, he has scored 3,630 students an escape route. exams "will remain the exams as well internal mechanism in the Covid year, it has has reiterated that the class- runs in boundaries in the IPL. Gayle become important for the Boards to assess the S V LAVANYA, director, Mount Litera Zee School, also holds the record of scoring the learning and teaching process through the final Bengaluru Q: What's your take? Share your views at [email protected] most-number of IPL centuries BAFTA 2021 FACTOIDFACTOID Mobile-based banking now 'Nomadland' bags four awards threatened by sophisticated malware Gig-economy Western 'Nomadland' won four prizes, including the best picture on Sunday at the ybercriminals 1.7 MILLION British Academy Film Awards, which were handed out during a pandemic-curbed ceremony that are now using recognised a diverse array of screen talent... new and YEARS C advanced hat's when modern human brain NOMADLAND... ALL OTHERS techniques to attack structures developed in the African mobile-based banking, and THE WAY Emerald Fennell's revenge comedy Homo population, and after they had the geography of attacks T 'Nomadland' filmmaker Chloe 'Promising Young Woman' was named as has become more diversi- already begun walking on two feet, and had the best British film, while the best Zhao became only the second fied and extensive, espe- even started spreading out of Africa, actor trophy went to 83-year-old woman, and the first woman of cially from a mobile finan- according to a study. Anthony Hopkins for playing a man colour, to win the BAFTA for the cial malware perspective, a best director grappling with dementia in 'The Father' new report said. According to global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, Frances McDormand was named Bakray, 19, won the Rising Star the financial threat landscape experienced a game-changing The first the best actress award, whose previous winners include pandemic year. It was found that while the overall volume of threats ancestors from the 'Nomadland' also took the Kaluuya, Kristin Stewart, Tom Hardy via PCs or mobiles decreased during this period, the team noticed genus Homo Entertainment cinematography prize and John Boyega emerged in Africa cybercriminals using new and advanced propagation techniques. about 2.5 million years ago and walked upright, but BRAZIL BUILDING NEW GIANT CHRIST In 2020, the global situation changed, and all the targeted countries switched places on the list of countries with the had primitive ape- STATUE, TALLER THAN CHRIST, THE REDEEMER like brains, only 1 highest percentage of users that encountered Android about half the size of the present-day banking malware in 2019 humans, according to researchers Brazil is building a new statue of Jesus Christ in Russia, a long-time leader in this Besides the size, the team also found Encantado, which is set to be higher than the iconic category, moved down to the seventh place that their location and organisation of 2 in 2020. At the same time, Japan and Taiwan, individual brain regions differed Christ, the Redeemer, in Rio de Janeiro. The budget for absent from the list of the affected countries in from the modern human brain the monument is about two million Brazil reals, and has 2019, rose rapidly to occupy the top two spots been funded entirely through donations To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are. FOCUS. LEARN. MASTER -Roy T Bennett 02 TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 LIGHTLIGHT ONON MIRRORSMIRRORS AS THE BOARD EXAMS ARE APPROACHING, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEFINITIONS UNDERTAKE THOROUGH REVISIONS.

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