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ISB declares Anil Ambani & Kamath its icons

Dec 11, 2004: The Prestigious Indian School of Business declared Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries Mr Anil Ambani & ICICI Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Mr K V Kamath as its icons for the year.

The ISB Leadership Business new industry leaders in panel discussions on the theme ‘World Class India’, the vision of late Soumitra Ghoshal,ISB’s founding Dean

Pramik Sinha, Principal, Mckinsey & Co, spoke of Mr Ghoshal’sleadership qualities, his passion & energy to raise people’s aspirations & make them aim high in life.

New method for entering SSC marks

Mar 31, 2004: Hyderabad: The SSC Public Examinations ended on March 29th, with the exception of Oriental Language paper II and Vocational course examinations to be held on March 31st and April 1st. Though the number of cases of malpractices booked state-wide this year (675) is higher when compared to last year (around 450), the authorities say that the exams were conducted smoothly. Arrangements for answer sheet correction are in full swing. The spot valuations are scheduled to commence from April 3rd in all the districts, where thousands of teachers will assemble to correct the over 10 lakh answer sheets. For the first time this year, the Optional Mark Reader (OMR) technology will be used to enter the marks in computers instead of the conventional marks strips, where the evaluator had to enter the marks on to a strip, and then the computer operators had to type the marks into the data-base.

As many as 3,000 candidates apply for re-counting every year. The authorities are hoping that the due to OMR technology this number will reduce to a few hundreds. Even before the commencement of the examinations, the Intelligence Character Recognition (ICR) technology was introduced to effectively scan the data entry of candidates and ensure that there is no mistake in the personal details furnished by the candidate as these will appear in the final certificate.

Govt schools show 50% drop-out rate in state

Dec 12, 2003: Hyderabad: The dropout rate in government schools in the city and its neighbourhood is close to 50%, inspite of the government’s Chaduvula Panduga programme. Figures furnished by the school education department reveal that around 50% of the students admitted to the government schools in Class 1 leave by the time they reach Class 10. Alarmed by the figure, the education department officials are looking to other means of keeping boys and girls back in the classrooms. Of the 1,07,270 students who joined Class 1 in Hyderabad district schools, only 51,808 continued till Class 10 in 2003, a retention %age of 48.02. The situation in Rangareddy district is no better. Of the 1,24,467 students who enrolled in Class 1, only 44,366 remained in Class 10. Here the retention %age was only 35.6%.

Further, students from both districts fared poorly in the class 10 exams held in March 2003. The pass %age in Hyderabad district was the lowest, while Rangareddy stood 15th among 23 districts. Outlining the reasons for this poor performance of government schools in the two districts, a senior education department official said most students in the government schools were either from poor or lower middle class families. Their parents were in position to keep their wards in school till Class 10 because of poverty. Most of these parents send their wards to work hoping that the children would supplement their income. The teachers said many of their students were not able to attend classes because they had to work as well, either in eateries and teashops or as domestic helps.