Alicia Ashton

Friday, May 29, 2020

ICAI allowed candidates to change their exam center

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, or ICAI, has announced that it will open the application correction window for the upcoming CA exams thereby allowing candidates to change their exam center only. According to the latest notification, the correction window will open from 11 am on June 7 to 11:59 pm on June 9 and candidates will be allowed only to change their exam center. The decision has been taken in view of COVID-19 pandemic. “There will be no change accepted in the already applied group or medium, either in exam form or through previous correction windows, for appearing in the Chartered Accountants Examinations scheduled in the month of July 2020 The online window for seeking the change of center will be made available at https://icaiexam.icai.org,” the notification by ICAI said. “Candidates are advised to take note of the above carefully and take advantage of this reopening of online facility being made available appropriately and stay in touch with the website of the Institute, www.icai.org for the latest announcements or updates,” the notification by ICAI added. According to the latest notification, exams will be held from July 29 to August 16.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/icai-allowed-candidates-to-change-their-exam-center-10412

Andhra Pradesh board announced 2020 exams

Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education has announced that the exam for the second-year intermediate students will be held in June. Along with the announcement of the exam, the board also announced a set of precautionary measures against COVID-19 during the exams. The exams for Modern Language 2, and Geography 2 for second year intermediate students will be held on June 3. The notification says, “The exam will be conducted in the same examination centers with the same hall tickets from 9 am to 12 noon, following all COVID-19 protocols including maintaining physical distance and sanitization.” The hall tickets can be downloaded from bie.ap.gov.in. According to the instructions, students will be required to wear the face mask compulsorily and maintain social distance from other students. While sneezing and coughing, students are required to use the handkerchief. “Students can bring their own sanitizer and water bottle,” says the notification. Exam halls must be sanitized before and after the exam. The notification says, “Ensure all the precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and follow all the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.” The Board of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh (BSEAP) has announced the Class 10 or Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination will be held from July 10 to 17.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/andhra-pradesh-board-announced-2020-exams-10411

IND-SAT exam postponed

The Indian Scholastic Assessment or IND-SAT has been postponed. Earlier, the exam was scheduled for May 30 but will be held in July. Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ informed, in a tweet that the exam has been postponed and new dates for the exam will be announced in due time. HRD Minister tweeted, “Considering the current #covidcrisis in the world & upon receiving requests from many international students, we have decided to postpone the IND-SAT exam that was initially scheduled for 30 May'20 to July'20. The date of the examination will be announced soon.” IND-SAT exam is a standardized test for international students who wants to study in India on scholarship. It is conducted in English. The paper is objective and students are given 90 minutes to complete the exam. The question paper cover topics such as Verbal, Quantitative and Logical Reasoning. Verbal section has 40 questions and Quant and Logical section has 25 questions each. Each question will carry one mark and no negative marks are awarded for wrong or unattempted questions.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/ind-sat-exam-postponed-10410

Application deadline for Telangana CET extended until June 10

The last date to fill the application forms for all the common entrance tests (CETs) has been extended by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education, or TSCHE until June 10. These tests are conducted to shortlist the candidates for engineering, law and education. Various undergraduate and postgraduate tests are conducted by the TSCHE including Telangana State Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET); Telangana State Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS ECET); Telangana Physical Education Common Entrance Test (TS PECET); Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TS PGECET); Telangana State Education Common Entrance Test (TS EdCET); and the Telangana State Law Common Entrance Test (TS LAWCET). Candidates can pay the application fee and register themselves for Telangana CET exam on the official website. All application forms are available on the respective official website. TSCHE in the official website says, “The last date for payment of fee and submission of online application for ALL the CETS 2020 without late fee is extended upto 10-06-2020”. Revised dates for the Telangana CETs were announced and the exams will be conducted from July 1.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/application-deadline-for-telangana-cet-extended-until-june-10-10408

BITS announced exam dates for BITSAT 2020

BITS Pilani has announced the exam dates for the BITS SAT 2020 exam. According to the announcement, the exam will be held from August 6 to 10. Earlier, BITS was scheduled to held from May 16 to May 25 but the exam was postponed due to coronavirus breakout. The exam is conducted in online mode. More details about the exam such as slot booking and release of admit cards will be released later. The exam will be of 3-hour duration which tests students in subject areas of Physics, Chemistry, English Proficiency, Logical Reasoning, Mathematic and Biology. For more information regarding the exam, candidates can visit the official website of the exam. BITSAT is a national level exam conducted for admissions to undergraduate engineering courses including bachelor of engineering (BE), bachelor of pharmacy (B Pharma), Master of Science in various courses. These programs are offered at the three campuses of the BITS in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/bits-announced-exam-dates-for-bitsat-2020-10409

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Last date for the COMEDK UGET 2020 application extended

The exam date for the COMEDK UGET 2020 has been announced by the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK). The exam will be held on June 26 and the last date to apply for the COMEDK UGET exam has been extended until May 30, 2020. The exam will be held in two shifts on June 26. The first shift is from 9 am to 12 noon and the second shift is from 2 pm to 5 pm and the duration of exam is three hours. Earlier, the exam was scheduled to be held on May 10. The application correction facility for the COMEDK exam will be available from 12 noon on June 1 till 4 pm on June 3. The registered candidates will be allowed to update their test city preference, photo and academic details through this correction window. The website says, “In view of the health concerns due to Coronavirus, our helpline will remain closed. All queries will be answered by email only. Please address your queries to studenthelpdesk@comedk.org.” The exam is conducted for admissions to Bachelor of Technology (BTech) program for engineering and architecture courses offered by 153 engineering colleges of Karnataka.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/last-date-for-the-comedk-uget-2020-application-extended-10407

Last date for submission of June TEE application extended

The last date for the submission of application form for June 2020 term-end examinations has been increased by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Now students can submit their applications until June 15. The decision has been taken due to extension of lockdown. “Owing to the extension of the lock-down due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the last date for submission of Examination form online for all academic programs of IGNOU for TEE June 2020 has been extended till June 15,” read the varsity release. The last date for submission of online application from for the re-evaluation of answer scripts pertaining to TEE December 2019 has been also extended until June 15. The university has also extended the last date for assignment submission until June 15. Candidates can submit their assignments through e-mail. The June 2020 term end exams have also been postponed. The exams were scheduled to held from June 1 but will now be held only after taking cognizance of the situations due to coronavirus lockdown. The students can access guidelines and instructions for filling up the form through the link- exam.ignou.ac.in.

Source: https://www.brainbuxa.com/education-news/last-date-for-submission-of-june-tee-application-extended-10406