Tag: Merit

  • UP govt to give jobs to poor wedded under CM’s mass marriage scheme

    By PTI

    BALLIA: UP’s Minister of State for Transport Dayashankar Singh has said that the state government will provide jobs and employment to newly married couples according to their merit.

    Dayashankar Singh on Wednesday addressed a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Social Welfare department under Chief Minister’s Mass Marriage Scheme at Bansdih PG College in the district.

    “The marriage of young men and women from poor families is being done under the Chief Minister’s Mass Marriage Scheme. After the mass marriage, the government will give jobs and employment to these newly married couples according to their merit,” Singh said.

    He said that the people are set on a path to progress benefitting from various schemes under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

    In the ceremony, 506 couples from different blocks of the district got married under Hindu rituals. Singh congratulated the newly married couples by giving them gifts.

    BALLIA: UP’s Minister of State for Transport Dayashankar Singh has said that the state government will provide jobs and employment to newly married couples according to their merit.

    Dayashankar Singh on Wednesday addressed a mass marriage ceremony organised by the Social Welfare department under Chief Minister’s Mass Marriage Scheme at Bansdih PG College in the district.

    “The marriage of young men and women from poor families is being done under the Chief Minister’s Mass Marriage Scheme. After the mass marriage, the government will give jobs and employment to these newly married couples according to their merit,” Singh said.

    He said that the people are set on a path to progress benefitting from various schemes under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

    In the ceremony, 506 couples from different blocks of the district got married under Hindu rituals. Singh congratulated the newly married couples by giving them gifts.

  • CUET-UG 2022 results declared| ‘Normalised’ score to decide admission, not percentile or raw marks: UGC chairman

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The much-awaited debut CUET-UG 2022 results were finally announced early Friday, with the UGC chairman Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar stressing that the admission to undergraduate courses in central universities in India would be through the ‘normalised’ marks and not percentile or raw marks.

    Speaking with this newspaper, Kumar said that students should not worry if they see the difference in their normalised marks and answer keys. 

    He also hoped that the 90 universities would come up with a merit list to start admission for undergraduate courses within ten days based on normalised marks. 

    His clarification came after the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced that 21,159 – 12,799 girls and 8360 boys – students scored 100 percentile. 

    Maximum students (8236) scored 100 percentile in English, followed by Political Science (2,065) and Business Studies (1,669). The other subjects that got substantial 100 percentile scores are – Biology/Biotechnology (1,319), and Economics/Business Eco. (1,187), Psychology (1,186), Sanskrit (1,166) History (893), Hindi (875) Sociology (261)

    The news of the high percentile led to panic among students and parents, who spent an anxious long night awaiting the result, which was announced at 4 am Friday instead of 10 pm Thursday, and started bombarding social media on whether the percentile would decide admissions into universities. Many complained that their scores have been downgraded in the name of ‘normalisation.’

    Most of them posted their scorecards which reflected the difference between their normalised scores and the raw marks they had received from the NTA, which had conducted the exam in six phases from July 15 to August 30. The NTA had earlier shared the answer key with the students.

    Clarifying the doubts, the University Grants Commission had told this newspaper, “The normalised marks will take into account the difference in the difficulty levels across the sessions.”

    He further explained that students in two different sessions might have the same percentile, but when the normalisation is done, the difficulty level of each session is considered. So, the normalised marks will be different from the percentiles. 

    “Some say they got 80 percentile, but in normalised marks, it has come down to 60. They have to understand that the normalised marks are different from the percentile. If one gets 82 percentile, 82 people get less than his marks. It is then converted into normalised marks, which are the real marks considering the difficulty level,” he said. 

    “Students need not worry if they see that their normalised marks are different from the percentiles. Without normalisation, the ranking list will be highly skewed because of the difficulty levels. We have used the scientific method of normalising the performance of the students who gave the exams in different sessions,” he said, adding that it was done to provide a level playing field to all students who took the debut exam on the same subject on different days or shifts.

    The performance of every candidate was evaluated using the equi-percentile method wherein normalised marks of each candidate were calculated using the percentiles of each group of students in a given session across multiple days for the same subject.

    The process was carried out by a committee headed by a senior professor from Indian Statistical Institution, Delhi and comprising senior professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and Delhi University, he said, adding that results have been shared with the universities.

    The need for normalisation arose because the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG were conducted in different shifts and as the question paper for each shift was different, it was not possible to maintain equivalence in various question papers, or to assess their difficulty level, as some students would have got a relatively difficult question as compared to others. So to keep parity, the need was felt for normalising the marks.

    Technical glitches, last-minute changes in exam centres, uninformed changes in exam dates and delay in issuing admit cards, some even mentioning past dates, were some of the many issues faced by students during the exam.

    With 14.9 lakh registrations, the CUET is now the second biggest entrance exam in the country, surpassing JEE-Main average registration of nine lakh. Sixty per cent attendance was recorded in the CUET-UG exam. NEET-UG is the most prominent entrance test in India, with an average of 18 lakh applicants.

    NEW DELHI: The much-awaited debut CUET-UG 2022 results were finally announced early Friday, with the UGC chairman Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar stressing that the admission to undergraduate courses in central universities in India would be through the ‘normalised’ marks and not percentile or raw marks.

    Speaking with this newspaper, Kumar said that students should not worry if they see the difference in their normalised marks and answer keys. 

    He also hoped that the 90 universities would come up with a merit list to start admission for undergraduate courses within ten days based on normalised marks. 

    His clarification came after the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced that 21,159 – 12,799 girls and 8360 boys – students scored 100 percentile. 

    Maximum students (8236) scored 100 percentile in English, followed by Political Science (2,065) and Business Studies (1,669). The other subjects that got substantial 100 percentile scores are – Biology/Biotechnology (1,319), and Economics/Business Eco. (1,187), Psychology (1,186), Sanskrit (1,166) History (893), Hindi (875) Sociology (261)

    The news of the high percentile led to panic among students and parents, who spent an anxious long night awaiting the result, which was announced at 4 am Friday instead of 10 pm Thursday, and started bombarding social media on whether the percentile would decide admissions into universities. Many complained that their scores have been downgraded in the name of ‘normalisation.’

    Most of them posted their scorecards which reflected the difference between their normalised scores and the raw marks they had received from the NTA, which had conducted the exam in six phases from July 15 to August 30. The NTA had earlier shared the answer key with the students.

    Clarifying the doubts, the University Grants Commission had told this newspaper, “The normalised marks will take into account the difference in the difficulty levels across the sessions.”

    He further explained that students in two different sessions might have the same percentile, but when the normalisation is done, the difficulty level of each session is considered. So, the normalised marks will be different from the percentiles. 

    “Some say they got 80 percentile, but in normalised marks, it has come down to 60. They have to understand that the normalised marks are different from the percentile. If one gets 82 percentile, 82 people get less than his marks. It is then converted into normalised marks, which are the real marks considering the difficulty level,” he said. 

    “Students need not worry if they see that their normalised marks are different from the percentiles. Without normalisation, the ranking list will be highly skewed because of the difficulty levels. We have used the scientific method of normalising the performance of the students who gave the exams in different sessions,” he said, adding that it was done to provide a level playing field to all students who took the debut exam on the same subject on different days or shifts.

    The performance of every candidate was evaluated using the equi-percentile method wherein normalised marks of each candidate were calculated using the percentiles of each group of students in a given session across multiple days for the same subject.

    The process was carried out by a committee headed by a senior professor from Indian Statistical Institution, Delhi and comprising senior professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and Delhi University, he said, adding that results have been shared with the universities.

    The need for normalisation arose because the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG were conducted in different shifts and as the question paper for each shift was different, it was not possible to maintain equivalence in various question papers, or to assess their difficulty level, as some students would have got a relatively difficult question as compared to others. So to keep parity, the need was felt for normalising the marks.

    Technical glitches, last-minute changes in exam centres, uninformed changes in exam dates and delay in issuing admit cards, some even mentioning past dates, were some of the many issues faced by students during the exam.

    With 14.9 lakh registrations, the CUET is now the second biggest entrance exam in the country, surpassing JEE-Main average registration of nine lakh. Sixty per cent attendance was recorded in the CUET-UG exam. NEET-UG is the most prominent entrance test in India, with an average of 18 lakh applicants.

  • Bhupesh Baghel honored 159 talented students

    Bhupesh Baghel, in the virtual program of Pratibha Samman ceremony held at his residence office here today, 159 meritorious students and special backward tribes, who have been ranked in the merit list in the 10th and 12th board exams of the Secondary Education Board in the year 2019 and the year 2020. Honored by awarding medal and citation to Swami Atmanand Meritorious Student Promotion Scheme to talented students of the school. He congratulated and congratulated all the talented students including their parents and teachers. Under Swami Atmanand Meritorious Student Incentive Scheme, an amount of Rs. 1.50 lakh is given to the students who get a place in the merit list.
    Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that this moment of Pratibha Samman ceremony is very proud. He said that life goals can be achieved only through education. This gives positive direction to life. The Chief Minister said that all of you are the future of the country and the state. He called upon talented students to establish new dimensions of development in all fields including knowledge-science, art, culture, administration. The Chief Minister also took information from all the students about their family background and their life goals one by one.
    The Chief Minister said that the State Government is providing all possible help to talented students for better and higher education and this help will continue further. The Chief Minister appealed to them to study diligently and to brighten the name of parents and Chhattisgarh by achieving success. He said that he was happy to talk to all of you. He taught the children to study as well as satsang with good people and adopt the best ethics.
    School Education Minister Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam congratulated and congratulated the talented students who have secured a place in the merit list. He hoped that talented students will contribute to the development and social upliftment of the state. The Education Minister said that 28 students of special backward tribes of the state who have earned the highest marks in the board examination in the special backward tribe category are also being honored under the Swami Atmanand Meritorious Student Incentive Scheme. Secretary of the Board of Secondary Education Prof. Whey K. Goyal told that under the year 2019 and the year 2020, the merit list of high school and higher secondary, totaling 125 meritorious students, 15 students who have secured first place in the faculty-wise state and 28 in the special backward tribe category have got the highest marks. 159 meritorious students have been awarded medals and citations under the scheme. Additional Chief Secretary Subrata Sahu, Principal Secretary School Education Dr. Alok Shukla, Director Public Education, Jitendra Shukla were present on the occasion. All the District Collectors, Education Board members, District Education Officers and students who have secured merit in the merit list participated in the program through video conferencing.

  • Trump presents Legion of Merit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    US President Donald Trump on Monday merged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in enhancing the strategic partnership of both the prestigious army and for India’s rise as a global power.
    India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu accepted the award on behalf of the Prime Minister from US National Security Advisor Robert O. Bryan at the White House.
    O’Brien said in a tweet, “President Trump” presented the Legion of Merit to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in enhancing the US-India strategic partnership. “
    Modi was presented with the highest degree Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit which is given only to the head of state or the government.
    He was given the award in recognition of his steadfast leadership and vision that has accelerated India’s emergence as a global power and enhanced strategic partnership between the United States and India to address global challenges.
    O’Brien said in another tweet that Trump also presented a Merit of Legion to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. The awards were received by their respective ambassadors in Washington DC.
    President Trump said, “Honored the lease of merit to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his leadership and vision for an independent and open Indo-Pacific.”
    Trump awarded the Legion of Merit to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his leadership in addressing global challenges and promoting collective security.
    The United States is the latest country to award its highest award to the Indian Prime Minister.
    Other awards include the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud in Saudi Arabia 2016, Ghazi’s State Order of Amir Amanullah Khan (2016), Grand Caller of Palestine Award of the Kingdom (201 (), Order of Zayed Award (2019) by the United Arab Emirates ), Order of St. Andrew by Russia (2019), Order of District Rule of Nishaman Izzuddin by Maldives (2019).

  • Increase in deadline for pre-matriculation and merit cum means scholarship for minority community

    Portal for Pre-matric, Po-matric and Merit cum Means Minority Scholarship has been started by Assistant Commissioner of Tribal Development Surajpur Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India for 2020-21. For the renewal under Minority Scholarship Scheme, exemption has been given in respect of minimum 50 per cent marks in the previous year’s examination. Minority communities (Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Muslims, with annual income of Rs. 2 lakhs and parents under Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme and annual income up to Rs. 2 lakh 50 thousand under merit cum means scholarship scheme Online applications have been invited from talented students of Parsi) for Pre-Matric, Po-matric and Merit cum Means Minority Scholarship Year 2020-21 in the website of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. The deadline for various procedures has been increased for these schemes. In which the last date for online application for Pre-Matric Scholarship, Post-Matric Scholarship, Merit cum Means Scholarship is 31 December 2020 and the last date for verification by the institution has been fixed 15 January 2021.