APPSC Group 1 Main exam 2020 dates out
The APPSC Group 1 Main Exam 2020 dates have been released by Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. The Group 1 examination will be held from 2 November 2020 and will end on 13 November 2020. The official date sheet is available on the official site of APPSC at psc.ap.gov.in. The examination was originally scheduled by the Commission in March but was postponed due to the pandemic. Earlier the APPSC Group 1 Main examination was scheduled to be held from 12 December to 23 December 2019, which was postponed due to some administrative reasons. The Main examination for the recruitments of Jr. Lecturers, Polytechnic Lecturers, Forest Range Officers, Divisional Accounts Officers, Degree College Lecturers, and Non-Gazetted posts will be conducted. This is the third time in the row when APPSC Group 1 Main Exam 2019 was postponed. This recruitment drive is aiming to fill 169 posts of Deputy Collector, Welfare Officer, and others under Group 1 Services in the organisation.
Pearl Academy joins hands with UK university
Leading creative education institutions in India and the UK, Pearl Academy and University for the Creative Arts (UCA), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that enables Pearl Academy students to progress to the programs offered by UCA through seamless transfer of credits. At a time when Covid-19 has put students’ aspirations to study aboard in jeopardy, this academic tie-up enables them to fulfill that dream without wasting an academic year. Pearl Academy’s existing and future students those who will enroll for programmes in 2020 and onwards will benefit from this tie-up. They will be able to transfer their credits to UCA and study at one of the four campuses of UCA. Talking about the tie-up, Professor Nandita Abraham, president, Pearl Academy, said, “Students and their parents start planning for higher studies much in advance, but this pandemic has made travelling abroad to study almost impossible. Letting go of an academic year is their choice but not advisable for any student. Progression programmes such as the one between Pearl Academy and UCA create a win-win situation for them, wherein they get the best of education, global exposure and an international credit transfer.”
Tamil Nadu Central varsity cancels online exams
The Central University of Tamil Nadu, CUTN, Tiruvarur, has decided to cancel the end semester examinations for final year students. Previously, the university had decided to take the final year exams through online mode. Students of all programmes, except for those in M Phil and PhD, will be assessed based on their continuous assessment during the current semester. Further, students will be grades on the basis of cumulative grade point average, CGPA, earned till the previous semester. These norms will be considered for the subjects passed by the students. Semester exams were scheduled for the months of April and May, however, they were postponed due to Covid-19 outbreak. On 9 June, the university announced its decision to conduct the end semester exams in online mode for the final year students. However, this decision has been scrapped.
CGBSE results out, girls outshine boys
The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education, CGBSE, has declared the Class 10th and 12th result, which is available on the official website of the board i.e. cgbse.nic.in. This year the pass percentage for 10th stands at 73.62% and for 12th stands at 78.59%. This year Class 10th topper has scored a perfect 100. Pragya Kashyap from Mungeli district has scored 600 marks out of 600. While in class 12, the topper scored 97.80%. Tikesh Vaishnav emerged as the topper of class 12 with 489/500 score. Further, girls have outshined the boys in both 10th and 12th.