Dehradun May 28
The Class X CBSE results was one more feather in the cap that matched up with Class XII students in the Doon Valley. Rejoicing students and smiling faces symbolised the successful initiative of the Certificate Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today, when Class X results were declared. The new grading pattern under the norms of for Class X board examination, have given respite to several average students that were quite apprehensive with the good results in the examinations, earlier. The students have done exceptionally well and have brought laurels to their credit.

The scores, which were earlier considered in the terms of percentage, have converted into points up to 10 and grading in terms of A1, B1 and so on.

Jayjit Guha, student of Scholars’ Home has scored 9.6 points in his Class X boards. “I was focused to do well in the examination without the peer pressure of scoring more than 95 per cent. Even my parents and teachers relieved us from following the rat race. I was determined and have made my mind to excel in my endeavours. Though, I am happy with my results but somewhere I am not satisfied with the grading system due to which none of us can decipher who has scored how much, said Jayjit, who now wants to opt for science with PCM (Physics-Chemistry-Maths) stream.

“With a vision to decrease the increasing level of stress as well fear due to board exams, the CBSE on a consensus basis has come with a reliable system of school-based evaluation. The evaluation pertains to a holistic assessment of a leaner, which also includes co-scholastic area of life skills, attitudes and values, sports and games as well as co-curricular activities, ” said SK Tripathi, senior teacher at the Kendriya Vidhyalaya 1.

The students of Doon International School, Jaswant Modern School, DAV Public School, Doon Global School, Kendriya Vidhyalaya, Children’s Academy, Scholars Home, Welham Boys and many other CBSE affiliated schools have scored exceptionally well in class X examination.

Surbhi Pathak and Divyang Singhal of Children’s Academy secured 10 points while Romi Adarsh, Siddhant Uniyal, Sakshi Kamboj and Malvee Singla from Scholars Home School have secured 10 points in their Class X CBSE examination.

”The grading system for the students of Class X are been determined with the vision of students becoming self-critical where they can analyse things in a much better perspective. The dropout rates are reduced and a holistic development in terms of a true sense is achieved. Earlier, where students used to focus on studies in the last days, had now concentrated on the qualitative studies without fearing of scoring 90 per cent or above. The new pattern has reduced the pressure on the students while maintaining the continuity in academics as well in co-scholastic areas for productive results,” said Chhaya Khanna, Principal of Scholars Home School.

More results of other schools: Scholars Home- Sughanda Gupta 9.8, Vaibhav Bisht 9.8, Shubham Khokar 9.8, Aditi Kumar 9.8, Gaurika Bubber 9.8 and Himanshu Sharma 9.8 Doon Global School- Raushan Kumar 9.2, Mona Kukreti 9.2, Siddhartha Bansal 9, Richa Dogra 8.8, Astha Manwal 8.8 and Swati Kukriyal 8.8 Kendriya Vidhyalaya 1- Manjeet 9.6, Chetna 9.6 and Balwant 9.2 Doon International School- Ashutosh 9.8, Anuradha 9.8 and Shivam 9.8 Children’s Academy- Shubham Goyal 9.6, Siddharth Rawat 9.4, Sumit Kantwal 9.2 and Gopu Abhinaya Priyanka 9.2 Jaswant Modern-Sneha Joshi 8.8, Fareed 8.8, Imran Khan 8.8, Parul Pal 8.8, Karan 8.6, Pankaj Rawat 8.6, Sukanya 8.6 and Astha Singhal 8.4 

Haridwar May 287
With the Central Board of Secondary Examination grading system known as Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) being imposed for the first time, instead of the traditional marking system, mixed reactions have been registered from students, teachers and parents over the over all system.

While some have appreciated the new form of students’ performance test criteria many seemed to be opposing this format.

The Tribune has talked to some of the students, teachers and parents about their view about this new system.

Principal of DAV School PC Purohit welcomed the grading system but also put up the negative concerns it may have on the students’ psychology. He pointed that with new grading system coming into effect the cut-throat competition of number game, parental pressure added with society pressure of comparing performances by percentage and numbers will now ease off, letting students take the examination in a normal way.

But simultaneously Purohit added that it has a negative effect too as motivation level of enhancing one’s performance will be missing from many students.

Countering this Shiv Dale School Principal Kiran Sharma terms the grading system as a landmark in Indian education history and a right step in making change the mindset of parents and society towards students.

“Suicidal tendency for not scoring as per the expectations of the parents, relatives will be a thing of past with CGPA. Now, focus will be more on gaining complete knowledge than on the ways to score more,” stated Sharma.

Jaya Adlakha former Girls College Union president and now an IAS aspirant opines that grading system will be detrimental to the competition at grassroots level and exact standing of student will not be known and so how and where to improve remains a question of concern.

“In this era of intense competition every single mark can make or break your destiny and here at least the hidden marks difference is huge and unknown too,” said Jaya.

Finally, a take on from topper, Shaivya Rastogi, who topped Haridwar district from DPS Ranipur in Class XII with 95 pc said had CGPA been there may be she would have focused more on engineering entrance exams as now one doesn’t know exactly how much one has scored. “We jostled for each and every mark as we knew this could be the difference in rankings, the number system gave us motivation to perform harder but with grade system you are best among equals!” said.

Mussoorie, May 28
O4ak Grove School students after delivering excellent results in Class XII Board exams once again proved their mettle in the Class X Board exams today. Oak Grove School led the schools of the hill town with cent percent result. Waverly Convent and Manav Bharti International School followed.

The pass percentage of Kendriya Vidyalaya was 93 per cent, CST 92 per cent and Tibetan Homes Foundation 76.25 per cent.

Sushant Kumar and Rosy from Oak Grove School, Archita Ahuja and Anurit Kaur (Waverly Convent) topped in Mussoorie. Agam Kaderi, Kapil Tyagi and Smriti Kandari were CST toppers. Rinki Negi and Surina Thapa topped in KVS followed by Ridima Semwal and Arpita Mamgai. Sachit Goyal from Manav Bharti Sachool and Sapna Negi and Shiring Namgyang, Jamyang and Tashi were other students who excelled this year.

The Principal of Oak Grove School Anurag Tripathi said the result this year were better than earlier years. The notable fact was that the wards from humble backgrounds excelled this year too. Father of Surina Thapa earns his living by selling bread door to door. Speaking to the media he said he was taking immense pains on the study of his child and left no stone unturned. He further said the child’s success was his only dream in life.

Haridwar May 28
Maintaining its lead in the Haridwar district for the past few years in Class X and XII overall results, the Delhi Public School, Ranipur unit, again took lead in the CBSE Class X results with in the newly introduced Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) system.

Ten students of Delhi Public School scored a perfect 10 which comes out to be 95 per cent when converted into percentage. While closely following DPS were six students of DAV Centenary School, Jagjeetpur, bringing the school back into reckoning as top schools of Haridwar.

Those who scored perfect 10 from DPS are Himanshi Diwan, Drishti, Stuti, Rohan Luthra, Shailja Pandey, Ayush Bhatnagar, Sumit Arya, Dipanshi Seth, Sharan Gulati and Sopan Patra. DAV Centenary Public School students who matched the above mentioned toppers are Megha Jain, Raman Chandra Singhal, Latika Arora, Surbhi Kumar, Vasu Garg and Sakshi Joshi all scoring 10 points.

Adding to the above list was St Mary’s Trigya Saini who also scored a 10 followed by compatriots Abhishek Tiwari 9.8 and Shivangi Shrivastav with the same points.

While BHEL situated Kendriya Vidyalaya’s Divya Sadwani and Vaibhav Walia top scored for the school with a 9.8 CGPA score. Navodaya Vidyalaya’s Anuj Kumar had the highest scorer with a 9.6 followed by Harvir Kumar Devgaya scoring 9.2.

Nidhi Sharma with an 8.8 CGPA emerged numero uno in Shri Guru Ram Rai school situated in Jagjitpur. At Uddeshwar Public School Avichal Sharma (9.4), Urvashi Sharma (9.4) and Prachi Rana (9.2) were the top three students in the school tally. Bahadrabad situated Angels Academy students also brought laurels to the school with Shivani Chauhan and Mayank Chauhan both achieving 9.4 CGPA score. Vinay Yadav of Bal Bharti, BHEL, scored an 9.2.

Dehradun, May 28
There is an old and famous saying - “History repeats itself” and the cadets of Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) proved it once again. In the All-India NDA merit list for the term January 2010, which was announced yesterday, showed cadet JS Suman of RIMC topping the charts. This year, the competition was very tough and lakhs of students appeared for the examination. Cadet Captain Suman has been a bright scholar and eminent orator of the college and he was awarded College Blue, the second highest colour, in physical training and college Half Blue, in academics for his achievements. He is also a national-level quizzer and talented actor.

He was also awarded Silver Badge in computers and is the recipient of IAYP Silver Medal. Other than co-curricular activities, he has also excelled in PT and is an active member of the college gymnastic team. His other passions include basketball, hockey, athletics and cross country. Cadet Captain Suman has also been awarded Merit Card in obstacle training. He aspires to join the Indian Air Force. He was also the participant of exercise on board INS Airavat, 2010.

Cadet Aman Thakur stood third in the All-India merit list. He is a great scholar and a national-level quizzer. Apart from this, he is a very eloquent debater. He has been awarded Merit Card in boxing. He is also an excellent dramatist and has been awarded Bronze Badge for the same. He is also the recipient of IAYP Silver Medal. He aspires to join the Indian Army. He was also the participant of exercise on board INS Airavat, 2010.

Cadet Anshul Bansal stood fourth in the merit list. He has participated in the 53rd National State Shooting Championship at Jalandhar, Punjab, in the pistol event (junior men). He is also an excellent shooter who won many medals in All-India championships, state championships and inter-school competitions. He holds College Blue in shooting. Besides being an excellent scholar, Cadet Anshul Bansal also holds College Colours in X-Country. He aspires to join the Indian Army. He was also the participant of exercise on board INS Airavat, 2010.

Other cadets in the top order include cadets Sudhir Sindhu, Devi Prasad, Haopu, Anshul Gupta, Varun, Suvendu, Abhinav, Astitva, Ashish Tiwari, Mrugank, Ravi Yadav, Prashant Verma, M Sai Surya and Mukesh Kumar. A total of 17 cadets joining NDA this term, have found their place in the top 100. Showing his pleasure on cadet Captain JS Suman’s success, Col H Dharmarajan, Commandant, spoke to the cadets and said the junior cadets had been encouraged by this achievement and were sure to continue the tradition in future. Col Pankaj Kumaria, Commandant designate, also congratulated the cadets on their grand success.

In the past, many cadets namely, cadet Abindu Dhar, cadet Anshu Kumar, cadet Rohit Sekhar, cadet Siddharth Mohan Sharma, etc. have topped the NDA merit list.

Dehradun, May 28
Setting an example, four visually challenged students of Model Senior Secondary School at National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH) have secured A grade in the Class X CBSE results that were announced today.

Viresh Pratap Yadav, a resident of Kanpur with 9.4 point emerged at the top followed by Ankita Singh (9.2 points) of Allahabad, Sanchit Katiyar (9 points) of Saharanpur and Suarabh Pant (9 points) of Nainital.

The students have scored A and B grades in five subjects comprising Hindi, English, Sanskrit, music and social science While Sanya Zehra (8.8) secured B plus grade, Gaurav Bisht secured Bplus grade. .

Unmatched in determination and hard work, all children have dreams to excel in their respective fields. “They are bright and hardworking and want to excel in whatever they do. A total of eight students have secured B plus grades and two students B grades and one C grade. Most of these students with varying degree of blindness hail from different parts of the country,” said Dr Geetika, in charge of the school.

Dehradun, May 28
New Looks, a model maker event management firm, has announced to organise Uttarakhand Super Model contest in July.

Ankur Verma of New Looks said the registrations are open and they have already received 30 entries of young models so far. The auditions of the models would be on May 30 at the Destination Club, Bristol Lounge, where only 20 girls would be selected for the finals.

Also present at the event were Khushboo Singh and Nalanda, winners of 2009 super model contest, Ravi Rawat, choreographer, Dipika Narang, new looks.

Dehradun, May 28
The ABVP today sought a Central law to check commercialisation of education in the country even while expressing concern over education institutions turning into more of business-like concerns.

Addressing mediapersons on the sidelines of the National Executive Council at Col Brown School in Dehradun, ABVP national secretary Ravi Kumar said the meet has sought a strong check on commercialisation of education in the country.

He said the education was turning into more of a business. “There was a big parity in terms of fee charged at various colleges across the state”, he said, adding that all these were money motivated.

Ravi Kumar also called for constitution of overseeing committees to check fee and seat allotment processes. He said such committees at national level were necessary to monitor irregularities committed by these institutions.

Payal Mango, national vice-president of the ABVP, criticised the Central government of taking out minority institutions from purview of National Tribunal.

“Even the students studying in these minority institutions have grievances that can be solved through these tribunals,” Payal Mango pointed out.

Earlier, at the deliberations in the conclave today, the speakers criticised the UPA government minority appeasement policy.

They said the Congress was trying to appease minorities even in case of education.

Dehradun, May 28
Lt-Gen VK Ahluwalia, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command, called on Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and asked him to lower the VAT on purchase of two/four wheelers through CSD which the CM said they were considering. Army Commander also requested state help to give clearance to the road projects undertaken by Proejct Shivalik in remote areas.

The CM also on his part urged the Army Commander to make Army play an important role in Harit Pradesh and Sparsh Ganga projects. He offered Army to select an area which would be allotted to it by the state to be converted into a green belt.

While conversing, Nishank conveyed his concern on developments across the border in Tibet, increase of Maoist influence on either side of border and activities of ISI taking place in Nepal. He asked Army to devise a mechanism to check influx of Nepalese in Uttrakhand. The General informed CM of readiness of the army but said that the border along Nepal was being managed by SSB and Army has little role to play in this area during peace time.

Army commander complained of acute water shortage in Lansdowne area. He requested the CM for state help in developing dwelling units for serving and retired soldiers of the state by providing a low cost land at Dehradun, Haldwani, Rishikesh and Haridwar.

Nainital, May 28
The 108th mobile ambulance of the 108 EMRI emergency health service was flagged off for the Lal Kuan region of Nainital here today.

This is the ninth vehicle to be pressed into service in the district. Out of these two vehicles dedicated to the Okhalkanda and Bhawali are the latest state of the art vehicles.

The vehicle was flagged off by the minister of the state for health Gobind Singh Bisht who claimed that the 108 ambulance service is a great achievement of the present government in the state.

It was disclosed that the 108 EMRI service establishment has entered into an understanding with the State Women Commission and women facing atrocities or abuse can get their complaints registered by dialing the number 108. These complaints would then be brought to the notice of the police and the commission.

In future the service is also expected to be expanded towards controlling forest fires. Since its inception in the district, the service has received 25,550 calls out of which 5,470 were related to delivery cases, 4,381 to injuries, 2,868 to road accidents and 1,513 to other accidents.

In terms of patients transported to health centres 437 patients had heart ailments, 1,240 had stomach related ailments, 664 had respiratory disorders and 4,617 had other ailments. 

Mussoorie, May 28
The Christian community of Mussoorie gathered at Central Methodist Church near Kulri Bazar to celebrate its 125th foundation day today. The community prayers were held under the auspices of Rev. Chaman Comfort. The chief guest on the occasion, MLA Jot Singh Gunsola, inaugurated the celebrations by releasing a pair of pigeons as a symbol of love and peace.

It was followed by release of colourful balloons which covered the sky to the amazements of tourists and the devotees. Addressing the gathering, Rev Chaman Comfort talked in detail about the glorious history of the church and the journey to the present day. Hymns and songs in paradise of Jesus were the major attraction of the day.

A splendid display of folk dance by local artists from Jaunpur mesmerised the audience. The three day-regional conference of the Bishops from Agra diocese also began at the church premises today. According to Historian Gopal Bhardwaj, the church was established in 1885. Baden Powell, the founder of the Scouts movement in the world, was one of the five founder members of the church. 

Dehradun, May 28
The Vijay Cantt football club and Garhwal Sporting today reached the finals of the Narendra Singh Kharola Memorial Football tournament by defeating their respective rival teams in the semifinals played here today.

In the first semi-final match, Vijay Cantt defeated Doon Star Club 6-5 in a tie breaker. In the hard fought match, both the teams considered to be good teams in Dehradun were locked goalless in the stipulated period. Later in the tie-breaker, Balwinder of Doon Star Club missed his penalty shot while Rajinder Singh Rawat, Thundop, Nitin Saini, Lobsong and Rajesh converted their penalties into the goals.

For Vijay Cantt, Nitin Gurung, Ashwani, Saroj, Bhuvan, Anil and Siddarath were all on bang to score goals.

In the second semifinal match, Grahwal Sporting beat 2/3 Gorkha Rifles 2-1. Shashank of Garhwal sportings gave a lead to his team by scoring in the 12th minute. Army men fought hard and equlised through a brilliant goal by CB Thapa in the 31st minute. However, in the second half of the match, Shivam scored a goal in the 45th minute to give a lead to his team. Gorkha Army men tried hard but their efforts went in vain due to the solid defence of Garhwal Sporting team.

The final will be played between Vijay Cantt and Garhwal Sporting at ONGC Ambedkar grounds at 3 pm.

Nainital, May 28
A tee off by Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva at the Raj Bhawan Golf Course here today marked the formal inauguration of the Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament-2010.

Speaking at the inaugural function of the three-day prestigious tournament, the Governor said golf could play a major role in the development of tourism in the state along with various other sports activities. She said efforts were being made to bestow a more attractive and impressive profile to it. In the newly created state which is blessed with natural beauty, there are immense possibilities for the development of adventure tourism, sports, religious tourism and nature therapy-related tourism, she added.

She impressed upon the need for a large-scale publicity and promotion of these facilities for the state’s development. The Governor also underlined the need to augment the basic amenities for the development of tourism in the state.

In this tournament, more than 150 players from across the country are participating. Because of the number of participants being more compared to last year, the participants have been divided into two groups. A separate category has been created for women and children below the age of 18 years. Every group will have to play 18 holes on the first day. On the second day, the selected players will have to play the remaining nine holes. The victorious golfers will be awarded prizes by the Governor on May 30. 

Dehradun, May 28
Gujral Cricket Academy, Haldwani, NCC, Sonipat, BCA, New Delhi, and United Cricket Academy, Dehradun, won their respective matches in the All-India DSL Aleovera under-16 T-20 Cricket tournament here today.

In the first match, Gujral Cricket Academy, Haldwani, defeated Arman Cricket Academy, Lucknow by 57 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, the Haldwami team piled up 159 runs at the loss of seven wickets in their allotted overs. Prabhnoor Gujal with 30 and Jaspreet Singh with 34 (not out) were the main contributor for the team. Avneet Singh took three wickets for 25 runs in his allotted four overs for the Lucknow team. In reply, the Lucknow team was out for 102 runs in 17.5 overs. Except Gaurav, who scored 18 and Prakhayat Mehta with 19 runs, none could reach double figure mark. Sandeep Kumar and Anil Sharma were the chief destroyers for the Haldwani team by taking three wickets each.

In the second match of the day, NCC, Sonipat, defeated Haldwani Colts by eight runs in a closely fought match.

NCC, Sonipat, who batted first after winning the toss made 126 runs for eight wickets in their allotted overs. Nakul Nain with a knock of 49 runs in 40 balls and Amit Dahiya with 27 from 17 balls were the main contributors for the Haryana team. Pankaj Dhami took two wickets for 25 runs for Haldwani Colts.

Haldwani Colts started in a great enthusiasm with openers Abhinav with 34 runs and Chirag Verma with 44 giving the team a solid start. The first wicket fell at 83 but later the entire batting line collapsed at 118 in 19.4 overs as the Sonipat team won by eight runs. Mohit Saroha took three wickets for 11 runs and Rohit Bhardwaj took two wickets for 13 runs to wreck the chances of the Haldwani team.

In the third match, BCA New Delhi defeated CCA, Gopeshwar by five wickets. The Gopeshwar team won the toss and elected to bat first but could muster only 127 runs in their allotted 20 over. Eklavya Dobhal with 31 runs, Amit Kamboj with 22 runs and Rahul Gupta with 23 runs were the main scorers while Harsh Singh, Sanjeev Gupta and Sunil Maurya took two wickets each for the Delhi team.

Chasing the total, the Delhi team achieved the target losing five wickets. Opener Alok Verma scored 44 while Sunil Maurya scored 33 runs for the Delhi team. Rahul Gupta took three wickets for 17 runs for the Gopeshwar team.

In the last match, UCA, Dehradun defeated Eram Cricket Club, Delhi, by 19 runs. Batting first UCA, Dehradun, scored 152 runs for nine wickets. Kuldeep Singh scored 52 in 43 balls and Himanshu Verma scored 24 for the Dehradun team. Durgesh Singh and Abhishek Mishra took three wickets each. In reply, Eram Cricket Club could score only 133 and lost by 19 runs. Ashutosh Mathur scored 51 runs in 35 balls but most of their other batsmen except Durgesh Singh with 25 failed to do much in the run chase.

Girish Raturi took two wickets for 17 runs for the Dehradun team.