Yahoo: 9 Brilliant Inventions Made by Mistake
Penicillin, post-its, plastic and much more…Inventions made accidentally! Yahoo
Education News
TOI: CBSE honours mentors and teachers for their contribution
15 mentors (school principals) and 32 teachers were honoured by CBSE for their contribution to education and for promoting CCE. TOI
TOI: CBSE to test students for oral proficiency in English
‘Assessment of Speaking and Listening Skills (ASL)’ will be conducted by CBSE, next academic session onwards, to test listening and speaking skills of Class IX & XI students. TOI
Daily Pioneer: Assamese freedom fighters to be in school syllabus
As per CBSE and NCERT, Assamese freedom fighters will soon be a part of the history curriculum in schools. DailyPioneer
Daily Bhaskar: IIT-JEE, AIEEE are passe; JEE to take over from 2013
From the next academic session in 2013, JEE will replace IIT-JEE and AIEEE. DailyBhaskar
AsianAge: One-book system in state primary education soon
West Bengal Government will be introducing one-book system for state schools, 2013 onwards. AsianAge
TOI: CBSE to conduct dope tests in school sports meet
CBSE in association with National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will be conducting dope tests for participants of inter-school sports events to be held in September. TOI
DeccanHerald: CBSE introduces course in geospatial technology
CBSE has introduced a vocational course in Geospatial Technology for higher secondary. DeccanHerald
ChicagoTimes: Standing desks: The classroom of the future?
Study shows standing desks can help reduce child obesity. ChicagoTimes
HT: Class 7 students better than 50% of India’s engineers: survey
Survey shows that Class 7 students are better than 50% of engineers when it comes to English and Maths skills. HT