Analyze and Fix the roots of the Problem...

Listen to a story, “You and a friend are having a picnic on the bank of a river. And you've just laid down your picnic blankets, you're about to have your meal when you hear a shout from the direction of the river. You look back and there's a child thrashing around in the water, apparently drowning. So you both dive in, you fish the child out, you bring them to shore. Just as you're starting to calm down you hear another shout. You look back, there's a second child splashing around again, apparently drowning and so back in you go. You fish them out, then there are two more children who come along right behind and so begins this kind of revolving door of rescue, where you're in and out, and fishing kids out and it's exhausting work. And right about that time, you notice your friend is swimming to the shore, steps out, starts to walk away as though to leave you alone, and you cry out, "Hey, where are you going? I need your help. All these kids are drowning" and your friend says, "I'm going upstream to figure out who's throwing all these kids in the river."

And that is the problem with most organizations. We are too focused on our own work and trying to quickly solve any issues that come up in order to just keep moving forward - we reward busy work. The result is an endless cycle of putting out fires as they come, when instead we should be able to recognize recurrent problems so we can get to the root cause. If we can find out how to fix the systems that cause the problems in the first place, we would save so much time and energy. 

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Latest CBSE decisions amid Covid-19: Direct promotions to selective board exams

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) took the step of postponing all examinations from classes 1 to 8 as soon as the virus reached the country. In mid-March, the Board took the decision of postponing all the papers that were left in the Board Exam until further notice.

Below mentioned are some of the potential decisions taken by CBSE regarding the academic developments of school students amid the coronavirus outbreak:

One-time measures proposed by CBSE:

• ·        Students of classes 1 to 8 may be promoted to the higher grade without conducting exams. This decision will be taken after adequate consultation with NCERT.
• ·        Many schools have not yet conducted the annual examination for classes 9 and 11. These schools include all the Kendriya Vidyalayas, Naodaya Vidyalayas and some other government and provate schools. These schools are advised to promote the students of class 9 and 11 to the higher grade based on their performance in project work, periodic tests, term exams, etc. conducted so far.
• ·        When it comes to rescheduling the board examinations for classes 10 and 12, CBSE has not yet made the final decision of if and when the examinations will be conducted. The Board will be giving a minimum 10 day notice to all stakeholders before scheduling the examinations again.
• ·        As the Board was not able to conduct several board examinations for classes 10 and 12, they have decided to only conduct board examinations for main subjects that are required for promotion and admission into higher educational institutes.
• ·        For CBSE schools located outside India, it will be difficult to bring the answer booklets for class 10 and 12 students back to India for checking due to the current situation. So, the Board has decided not to hold any examinations for class 10 and 12 students studying in CBSE schools outside India.
• ·        Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the board has not been able to continue with the evaluation process of answer sheets as per schedule. Though the board has not reached a decision yet regarding the issue, they will notify all concerned parties 3 to 4 days before the evaluation process will be set to commence again.
• ·        To avoid being misled by rumours, all stakeholders are hereby informed to only trust the official announcements by the Board that are made on the Board’s website.
• ·        All schools are requested to ensure that this information is disseminated to all concerned students by their respective schools.

Amid the covid-19 pandemic, the Board has also requested all their stakeholders and concerned parties to be patient for further instructions. Though the situation might not seem in the favour of students currently studying in CBSE schools, the Board is trying to ensure that their academic future is secure.

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Odisha Govt Initiates Online Competition For Children Amid Lockdown - Mo Pratibha

UNICEF, Odisha government launch online competition to keep home-confined students busy.

In a novel initiative to keep young minds fresh and engage kids staying at home during the 21-day lockdown, the State government in collaboration with UNICEF has come up with an online competition.

Titled ‘Mo Pratibha’ or My Talent, children from ages 5 till 18 can take part in this competition in categories of painting, drawing, poster, slogan, short story and poetry. The entries should be on following two themes-

• Being at home during the lockdown
• My responsibility as a young citizen during COVID-19

The original entries will be judged accordingly in three age groups of (5-10, 11-15 and 16-18). The winners will be announced every Thursday and will get a certificate from Government of Odisha-UNICEF.

The entries with details, such as name, age, school and complete postal address, of the kid can be sent by WhatsApp to 7657039891 or by email to info@sportsodisha.gov.in

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The winners of the competition will be announced every Thursday and they will be presented with a certificate by the government of Odisha and UNICEF.

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Want to remember everything you read.. Here is a technique

There are only 675,450 hours in the average human life. Every hour that’s wasted is an hour you won’t get back. If you’re working hard every day but not getting measurable results, then you’re wasting your life—one hour at a time.

The solution is simple:

Stop randomly working on projects. Instead, create a plan for the important tasks and work on each with a completely focused mindset.  And the best tool for doing this is through the Pomodoro Technique.

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management technique where you break down all of your tasks into 25 minute focused blocks of time.

Between each time block, there is a five minute break.  And after completing four Pomodoros you take a longer break—usually 15 to 30 minutes.

In the late 1980's, Francesco Cirillo first came up with the Pomodoro System Cirillo came up with the name (which is an Italian word for “tomato”) because he utilized a tomato-shaped egg timer when managing his time.

In theory, this strategy works because you completely focus on one task (like writing) without shifting focus or multitasking.  When the clock is ticking, you ignore the urge to check email, hop on Facebook, answer text messages or do any other distracting activity.  You’re in the zone and completely focused.

If you decide to implement this system you’ll be able to:

• Eliminate the multi-tasking habit.
• Focus on the task at hand.
• Get more things done because you’ll have a sense of urgency.
• Avoid the perfectionist mindset by overly “fine-tuning” a project.
• Build higher levels of willpower and concentration.
• Decrease stress levels because you’re doing one thing at a time.

That just a taste of what your life could be like by using the Pomodoro technique.  Start from today...

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CBSE 2020 Expected Questions and Sample Sets

Now its the time for which you have been preparing and struggling since last ten years. Stressed out students and hopeful parents.. Its board exams time.

Registration has already started for sample and expected papers by all those who are believed to appear CBSE 10th Class exam in 2020. Have been designed by subject experts and available at www.clarefy.com


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Tamanna – Try And Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities

Under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi have developed Tamanna - an Aptitude Test for Senior School Students to enable stakeholders knowing the aptitude of students of classes IX and X. Details about use of aptitude test, dimensions measured in the test, construction and standardization of the test, administration and scoring and understanding the meaning of aptitude test scores are available in the test manual. As a collaborative work, piloting of the aptitude test was done by the CBSE with 17,500 students studying in classes IX and X through its affiliated schools across different parts of the country.

Students, teachers and parents must keep in mind that the aptitude test provides information related to the strengths of students and there is no pass or fail in this test. The test should be taken voluntarily by interested students and must not be used to impose any subject etc. on the students.

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