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A sudden but lucky visit was made by an elephant to the Army Public School in the Satgaon area of Guwahati, surprising personnel momentarily before it left the school peacefully without causing any harm to anyone and without causing any accident or damage.

The school, being in an army camp and in the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary, is not used to such visits. However, the visitation has made front-page headlines due to the amicable manner with which the affair had been handled by school authorities. A cell phone clip posted on social networking websites captures one of the school employees entreating the elephant to withdraw gracefully, saying "Maharaj, jaayeae" (Maharaj, get away), softly and calmly. The elephant, otherwise quite distressed, then halted and retreated back away from the complex by itself. Although an on-campus sighting of a wild elephant would otherwise get everyone's goat, the staff response as well as that of the animal itself was quite laid back. There was no harm or injury inflicted, and no response on the part of forest authorities was taken since the animal disappeared in the nearby forest cover moments later.

The locals were not surprised since they clarified that periodic elephant appearances are normal in the area, particularly at the peripheries of the forests. The Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary at the city peripheries is a known spot where elephants typically migrate from in quest of water or food every now and then.

This episode once again showed the thin line of separation between urbanization and ecosystems. Conservationists have been pointing to the widening belt of overlap between human habitation and wildlife corridors as an increasingly growing problem in Assam and elsewhere in northeast India.

Even with the risks, this peaceful moment is now the symbol of life—and proof of the magic still available among human beings and nature when perceived in reservation and sensitivity.

In a big shock to the education system of Uttar Pradesh, the Uttar Pradesh government announced a stunning increase in school fee for class 9 to class 12. The step, which would cover both government schools and government-aided schools, will hit crores of students and their parents from next session 2025–26.

The school charge has been increased by 180% to 200%, thereby making second-level education very expensive compared to the past years. The order had been previously issued after state governor sanction, and an appropriate notification has been issued in the public arena.

This is a step in a larger direction towards revamping the state's secondary school system, from reforms already in progress in the face of criticism to evaluation processes, and administrative transparency in general.

Fee Increase at Glance

The new fee structure impacts students taking government schools classes 9-12 as well as benefited institutions. This is the biggest fee increase the Uttar Pradesh Board has experienced in recent history.

Even while the government has defended the change as a step towards making the education system resource-rich and self-sufficient, there is a hint here too that parents will now have to pay a very heavy economic price for the educational upbringing of wards.

The move is also likely to raise questions about accessibility of quality of education to the economically weaker class students.

Process of Scrutiny Now Subject to Surveillance

Apart from the fee hike, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP)—or the UP Board, for that matter—has gone ahead with more regulated and open board exam copy checking procedure.

From now on, High School (Class 10) and Intermediate (Class 12) answer papers verification will be done in the presence of CCTV cameras. The decision is to put an end to malpractices and ensure bona fide test practice.

The bigger regional centers of Prayagraj, Meerut, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, and Bareilly have been designated as scrutiny centers. Subject matter experts will carry out the scrutiny in these centers so that process purity is maintained.

UP Board Secretary Bhagwati Singh has claimed that new results for scrutiny application will be available on June 10, 2025.

Scrutiny application deadline: May 19, 2025

The UP Board announced the result of Class 10 and 12 on April 25, 2025. Students dissatisfied with the results have been given a chance to apply for scrutiny online.

The application can be submitted on or before May 19, 2025. The application can be done on the official UP Board website. The step further increases the efforts of the board towards digitization and student-based services.

Government Rationale and Public Response

The government indicated the increase in fee and new policy for assessment are part of a vision to develop an independent, responsible, and contemporary education system. The officials believe higher fees will enable better infrastructure, better quality teachers, and a well-managed administration in state schools.

But already the shift is causing mixed reactions. Education reformers have welcomed the call for greater regulation and infrastructure, but parents and students are concerned about expense, especially to low-income or rural families.

There is also fear that the sudden hike in fees will fuel higher drop-out or push more students into below-standard private schools or shadow education.

The government of Uttar Pradesh's new policies both present opportunities and challenges. There is that aspect of push to modernization and transparency, which is welcome. But this unprecedented increase in the quantum of fees is not welcome, and that has implications towards inclusiveness and access to education.

As the start of the new school year approaches, all eyes will be on how the shake-up is implemented—and how families statewide react to the new model.

The Directorate of Education (DoE) has released a guideline for the government school students registration to seek admission to Class 10 through National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for the academic session of 2025-26.

The step is under the NIOS project to prevent dropouts among students, who have failed repeatedly in regular school examinations and give them an opportunity to complete formal education through open schooling, according to a circular.

The students of government schools under the aegis of DoE, declared 'fail' or compartment in Class 9 or Class 10 at least two times until the previous session (2024-25) are entitled to register themselves in the NIOS Class 10 programme, as per the circular.

But those who have failed or have been given a compartment for the first time during the 2024-25 session are not eligible under this scheme and should remain in their current schools, it added.

Only students possessing valid School Leaving Certificates (SLCs) from the concerned school are eligible, the circular said.

School heads will be tasked with identifying, reaching out and registering eligible students. They will also have to get entries updated in the MIS module prior to registration, it said.

The circular also details how registration will be done and that classes will be held in approximately 75 selected study centres in Delhi.

They may choose two languages, Social Science as a core subject and two other subjects with practicals. The languages offered are Hindi, English and Sanskrit, the circular stated.

Other subjects they can choose include Home Science, Painting and Science and Technology, it added.

They will also be entitled to a uniform allowance under the Direct Benefit Transfer of the DoE, the circular stated.

The deadline for receipt of online application and fee is July 31, it further added.

CGHSS, M H Road, a Perambur corporation school, was one among the top-performing govt schools in the city when the results of Class XII board exams were declared on Thursday.

Out of 560 corporation school students who wrote the exams, 533 had passed with a 95% pass rate. What is even more significant, however, is that the top three scorers from corporation school students in Chennai were from the school.

V Mamata, P Pooja, and K Roshini, who were classmates and classmates from the same school, scored 588, 583, and 583 marks respectively out of a total of 600. Mamata, whose father is a taxi driver, was the topper of the school and second among the corporation school students in the city. "My father is the only earning member, and my twin brother is a special child. Our situation inspired me to do my best," said Mamata, aspiring to become a graphic designer.

Roshini, who also scored 583, said she kept it simple by waking up early instead of studying late at night. She plans to study engineering in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science.

The school headmistress, Selva Kumari, credited the success to regular motivational classes, smart class support, and diligent teachers. "We conduct motivational programs on a monthly basis. Our teachers even work till 9 pm to support the students. These steps have fructified," she added

The Himachal Pradesh education ministry stands at the juncture, with the dismal student enrolment downtrend hand-in-hand marching parallel side by side the need for multi-faceted reforms in the governance and examination process. State also dons the dual cap of reversing admissions dip and reconsidering the mass board exam system as per new education goals. Remedy to these ills lies in a robust overview of the present governance mechanisms as well as a wholesome master plan towards fruitful reforms. Decrease in the admissions by the students, especially to the government schools, is impossible.

The 2023-24 UDISE+ report indicates that the government schools in the primary stage, i.e., with 80% of all schools, have just 54% of the state students enrolled with them up till now. This is a sharp decline from 89% of students in the year 2003-04. This is also witnessed at upper primary, secondary, and senior secondary levels with a trend towards attendance at private schools as being of better quality. Enabling factors would be increasing numbers of persons of school-going age, out-migration of government to private schools, and socio-economic change. The state's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) decreased from 1.9 in 2008 to 1.7 in 2021 and that is equivalent to fewer school children. Besides this, there is a need for private schools because of the perceived quality of education that they offer, placing pressure on government school intake.

Declining enrollments are a governance concern. Inefficient use of resources is the most serious concern. More than half of the schools are running below capacity. The inefficiency leads to the rise in cost per pupil without a corresponding rise in learning achievement. Even at the low pupil-teacher ratio (PTR)--11.70 government and 14.33 private--learning outcome has improved by a narrow margin. School building maintenance is another problem. Small schools lack resources to fund school building maintenance.

The policy is coming when the state cannot match education problems it already faces, as suggested by the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) released recently.

The statistics also reveal huge disparity in student enrollments in schools, pupil-teacher ratios, and student enrollments rates among districts. Government primary schools, for example, are disproportionately small, with some having fewer than 10 children. Apart from that, government schools and private schools also vary greatly in the ways that they can access, particularly in rural and backward areas. The government attempts to create institutions of quality education that will achieve new heights of learning and teaching by creating Schools of Excellence. These schools will focus on providing quality education by better pedagogy, better teachers, and a curriculum with strong focus on problem-solving skills, creativity, and critical thinking.

As a part of a record-breaking mission to improve the educational quality in Himachal Pradesh, the state government has presented proposals to set up Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools and Schools of Excellence in the state. The action is to create a sustainable and integrated education system to touch every section of students, especially rural and rural-fringe-based students.

Concrete proposals for establishing these new schools were put on the backburner following extensive consultation and planning meetings, a clear indication of the government's resolve to enhance learning. The schools would be enhanced schools in an academic sense, where healthy learning in the form of scholarly education and also co-curricular activities, games, and vocational training would be provided.

The Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools will provide an integrated school life in which the children would have longer school hours. The model would be a middle way between the rural school and urban school by providing equal opportunities to the students. The boarding schools will be adequately provided with infrastructure, advanced laboratories, library halls, and sports facilities such that the students get complete education.

"Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu once again reiterated the government's resolve towards ensuring quality and equal education to all children of the state. All such reforms like Schools of Excellence, Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools, and cluster scheme are steps in a vision of grand design to place the education system in the modern age and enhance the learning outcomes."

In addition to governance change, Himachal Pradesh needs its board examination system priority re-designed along with. Beyond the type of rote-memorize and learn examination system adopted today, nothing can ever be beneficial to shape emerging educational requirements of students. Instead of blocks of writing, the rigidity of the system is bound to suppress innovative abilities as well as thinking powers and lead to boredom as well as student alienation.

Its revamp is central to making education aspirational and relevant. Adjustments can include:

Shift from traditional tests to competence tests that measure students' knowledge, application of their knowledge, and thinking critically. The framework promotes more learning and better prepares students to deal with real issues.

By Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation throughout the whole academic year, lowering board exam stress year by year. It would evaluate the student against different sets of abilities like academics, co-curricular, and behavior towards others.

Application of technology during tests to facilitate adaptive testing that responds to varying learning rates and learning styles. This can subsequently customize an interactive learning session and determine what areas require more support for students.

Board exam reform would involve the mass training of teachers in a manner that teachers are adequately prepared to employ novel examination methods optimally. Teachers should be trained in a manner that students would be encouraged to think innovatively and logically.

Himachal Pradesh's emphasis on quality education is not on constructing new schools; it's reengineering the whole school system. The state emphasis in making school excellent and inclusive also shows up in its policy to enhance the proportion of the children going for secondary and senior secondary schooling. The government agenda is massive investment in teacher training, class-room technology, and physical infrastructure.

Its funds are at a price as most of the education budget is used in the salaries, training, and adding schools of the teachers. For that to take precedence when it comes to management of resources translates to the fact that the schools will be in a position to stand on their own and provide quality education in the long term.

Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools and Schools of Excellence, in their own right, herald a new dawn in the face of education in Himachal Pradesh. This action can be anticipated to not only usher in a change for better standards of education but also socio-economic development of the state. Himachal Pradesh, through these actions, is poised to be the pace-setter of educational reform and model for other Indian states to emulate.

As such schools dig deeper roots, the government will also keep an eye on it so that it's ensuring that it's keeping a check on the pace and making necessary changes to provide the children of Himachal Pradesh with quality education that they deserve. The fate of the state literally depends on its ability to change the life of thousands of students and create a better tomorrow for generations to come.

CBSE Board Result 2025 will be announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The results will be announced on official websites results.cbse.nic.in and cbse.gov.in once students are informed in the announcement. But the latest Indian aggression against Pakistan can prove to be a party spoiler to the scheduled plan.

As Indo-Pak tensions would be at peak on such an event, in the meantime the world would be stretching its collective neck for CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 result declarations to which Indian students would eagerly await. Rumors about whether deadlock would spoil study calendar kept teachers and parents waiting anxiously on tenterhooks. Such uncertainty at present also kept crores in fear of knowing their result. Till now, there has not been any public statement or to this extent from the CBSE regarding delay or postponement of result announcement. 

No public statement or to this extent has been issued by the officials of CBSE Board or Controller of Examinations. 

According to previous records, CBSE 10th Result and CBSE 12th Result always used to declare in the month of May and most of the times the same date too. Both the results of 2024 already announced on the day of 13th of May, thus same may happen again this time also. In order to see your CBSE board result, one has to type in his/her Roll Number, School Number, Admit Card ID (found on your admit card), Date Of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY), and Security Pin.

Students are asked not to keep any false or unsubticated news. Download news updates only from the official CBSE website. Up to now, no announcement has been issued regarding the date of announcement of the declaration of the result on the official website of CBSE. Keep yourself informed with no false news and download official updates from CBSE alone.

Go Official CBSE Website: Open the internet browser and go to the official CBSE website at www.cbse.nic.in or www.cbseresults.nic.in

Go to Results Section: Go to the home page of CBSE website, and search the "Results" section. Search for 'Secondary School Examination(Class X) Results 2025 or Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII) Results 2025.'.

Compulsory Details to enter in CBSE 10th class results are seen after filling up details on CBSE 10th class result page. Enter your School No, admit card ID, date of birth, security pin, and CBSE Roll Number.

Submit and View Results: On entering all of them accurately, click on the "Submit" or "Get Results" link. Your results for CBSE 2025 will be visible before you.

Save or Print Your Results: Save and print your results to use later after you have verified your results. You may use the print button or browser print feature in an attempt to acquire a printed copy of your result.