HRD Ministry is planning to introduce grade system in CBSE schools from the next academic year with no pass or fail category. "The current system (of marks and percentage) leads to an unhealthy competition among the students.

1,18, 576 students are appearing for the medical and engineering entrance exams which begins today. There are 276 centres in the state and three centres in Delhi and Dubai.

All arrangements for the exams are complete, said examination commissioner B S Maoji. He said they hope to publish the results by June 15. Exams for engineering will be held first. Timings will be from 10 am to 12 noon.

Bharath University, Chennai, has invited applications for admission to the MBBS Course at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, BDS at Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, B.Sc Nursing at Sree Balaji College of Nursing and BPT at Sree Balaji College of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Centre.

M.G.R. Govt. Film and Television Institute, C.I.T. Campus, Tharamani, Chennai-600113, has invited Applications for admission to the following 3 year Diploma Courses for 2009-10.

(i)Diploma in Film Technology and TV Production (Cinematography)
(ii)Diploma in Film Technology and TV Production(Film Processing)

Co-operative Academy of Professional Education (CAPE) (Kerala), 1st Floor, COBANK Towers, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram-695 033 has invited applications for admission to MBBS & B.Tech Course under NRI quota for 2009-’10.

The seat availability is as follows.

Co-operative Medical College, Kochi (CMC) [MBBS – 15]

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Road No. 46, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad-500033, in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals Educational & Research Foundation (AHERF), Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad-500033 is launching an MBA (Health Care Management) Programme for the academic year 2009-10. The course duration is 2 years, spread over 4 semesters of Theory & Practical.

Pondicherry Linguistic and Religious Minority Medical and Dental Colleges Welfare Association have notified the Common Entrance Test for Pondicherry Private Medical College (CETPPMC-2009). Eligibility is a pass in Higher Secondary or equivalent Examination with English, Biology, Physics & Chemistry with 50% marks in aggregate (40% for SC/OBC candidates).

Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) 2009 for professional courses results will be declared as on May 25.

Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education class 12 results will be declared May 27, a statement Saturday said. Students will also be able to access their results on mobile phones by sending an SMS - RESULTUP12ROLLNO - to 56263, the statement said.

The results will be uploaded onto the websites www.results.upeducation.net and www.examresults.net. at 12 p.m.

The Allotments to Participating Institutions, based on the merit in the AIEEE 2009, will be done ‘Online’, in a Centralized manner, this year. As per the tentative schedule announced by the Central Counselling Board, the Registration, filling up of choices for institutions and courses and Indicative allotment (Mock Counselling) will be carried out between June 20 and June 24, 2009.