Monthly Archives: February 2012

Strategies to solve the paper – II: Follow the order or prioritise?

ONE DILEMMA that students often face when writing a paper at the exams is the sequence in which to answer the questions – should they just take up the questions one by one in the order that they appear, or … Continue reading

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CBSE revises counsellor list for students abroad

The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a revised list of student helpline numbers for students outside India. A total of 12 counselors are addressing the problems of these students. The pre-exam counselling started on February 1 and … Continue reading

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Strategies to solve the paper – I: Be neat and tidy

SO HERE YOU ARE at the exams, with paper in hand, and wondering how to go about solving it. You studied hard all the year round, made sacrifices, and burned a lot of midnight oil for this precise moment – … Continue reading

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Taking the exams? Take care of this!

The exam fever is here. Various exams for Classes X and XII are starting over the next few weeks. In this space, we have already discussed how to deal with exam stress, especially as the actual exams approach, and what … Continue reading

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Testing Times: Strategies to Tryst with Triumph

Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. – Sivananda Swami As the real countdown to CBSE exams starting on March1, begins, the anxiety levels are rising high. All students, am … Continue reading

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The Last Minute Preparations

The countdown to board exams has already begun. Practical exams are going on for CBSE students and for ISC, the clock is already ticking as they face D-day on February 13. The stress levels are at an all-time high not … Continue reading

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Beating the Exam Stress

“If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counsellor, caution your elder brothers, and hope your guardian genius.” Joseph Addison With the board exams barely a month away, the pressures are mounting high not … Continue reading

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Take charge of your time

“Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can’t buy more hours. Scientists can’t invent new minutes. And you can’t save time to spend it on … Continue reading

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