Failed students lock teachers inside school

Jhargram, West Bengal: Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, today allegedly locked up the 50-odd staff and secretary of the school after their meeting failed to yield any result. The students of the Nayabasan Janakalyan Vidyapeeth at Gopiballabhpur said they would not open the gate till they all were promoted to class XII, said Ashok Pattanaik, secretary of the school's managing committee............Read more....Failed Class XI students lock teachers inside school

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A School Where all Students Failed in Board Exams

Amid all the buzz over encouraging board exam results all over India, Jharkhand's Deoghar district has a school where all its 147 students have failed in their secondary board examination.

The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) announced the results of the secondary board examinations on Tuesday. A total of 69.31 per cent students passed in the examination.

However, the students of the Kothia High School were in for a rude shock as not one of them managed to pass the examination. Read More................A Jharkhand school where all students failed in board exams

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Over 8,000 Teachers Fail Class V Test

Patna: On which day does Raksha Bandhan fall? Which planet is closest to the Sun? Which metal is the bulb filament made of?
These are some of the questions — objective ones with four multiple choices without any negative marks, generally set for students below Class V — primary school teachers were asked in a competency test held in February.

The qualifying marks for the 100-mark paper that had questions on simple mathematics, science, English and Hindi is 30. Read More.......Over 8,000 Bihar teachers fail Class V test

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Failed candidates turn toppers

The social welfare department in Assam appointed assistant typists at a time when typewriters became history. But that isn't the reason why it has attracted the Gauhati High Court's rap. In 2005, the Social Welfare department had appointed four assistant typists in Assam's Nalbari district before realising it had only three vacancies. The fourth appointee, Bubul Sarma, approached the court last year after he was told to go. Read More................Selection goof-up: Failed candidates turn toppers

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