10th Class - Formative Assessment Tips for AP and Telangana Students

Reading is one of the major inputs for language development. If we do not go for some kind of focused interventions to facilitate reading skills, students will
be reading their textbooks only. (Earlier, it so happened that students did not read even the text books, but depended upon question banks).There should be a mechanism
to ensure that students are reading materials other than textbook, develop their own perceptions on such materials and come out with their own reflections on the reading experience both orally and in writing. Since there is also a question of social auditing, we need to have evidences for the performance of the students in this regard. For the oral performance, what the teacher records in her diary / notebook
alone will provide the evidence. In the case of written work the evidence will be available in the notebooks of the students.

How to facilitate reading

The teacher is suggested to provide reading materials such as library books, magazines, articles, newspapers etc. to the learners twice in a formative period
(there are four formative periods in an academic year).

The learners should read the reading materials and write their reflections in their
notebook. (Student should maintain separate notebook to write reflection, project work
and discourses during classroom transaction)

They will also be asked to present their reading experience orally (without looking at
the notebook) before the class. (We may use indicators such as, stating the context, sequencing of ideas, well-formed sentences, proper articulation for assessing the oral performance)

The teacher should check the written notes of the children and award marks for individual writing based on the indicators included the academic standards. (We can go for a few manageable indicators such as: states the context, sequencing of ideas,
well-formed sentences, personal opinions, at least 100-120 words (10-12 sentences)

Both oral and written performance carry 5 marks each. The teacher should maintain a
cumulative record for recording the individual performance. All the oral targeted
discourses can also be considered while awarding 5 marks under oral responses.

The average marks of all performances should be consolidated to 5 marks under observation/ reflections. Don't discourage the learners if they commit some errors in their writing. However, positive feedback may be given.

10th Class Model Papers - New Syllabus for AP and Telangana 2014-15

The SCERT has released 10th Class / SSC Model question papers that have been prepared as per the new syllabus prescribed by the Governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Following is the structure and nature of the question pattern and model question paper.
The model question paper is prepared by the experts as per the guidelines given by SCERT and the Government authorities. Following is the brief description of model question paper for SSC / 10th Class / Tenth Class public examinations. This pattern will be implemented from the academic year 2014-15 and public exams in March / April 2015 in
both the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Total duration of the 10th class public examination is 2-45 minutes. Out of this, 15 minutes will be alloted for the reading and understanding of the question paper by the student. The students will be given answer sheets after the expiry of these 15 minutes only.

Questions: There will be three types of questions in descriptive part of the question paper. They are 1 mark questions, 2 mark questions and 4 marks questins. In the bits section, there will be objective type multiple choice questions.

Maths Question Papers: There are two papers as like in previous pattern, they are Paper 1 and Paper 2. Each is is for 40 marks that includes both descriptive and objective type questions. The remaining 20 marks will be for formative assessment in the form of internal evaluation by the class teacher concerned.

Osmania University OUCET -2014 Counseling Schedule

Osmania University, Hyderabad has announced notification for First Phase counseling for admissions into various PG Courses for the academic year 2014.

These courses are offered by the Osmania, Telangana, Mahatma Gandhi and Palamuru Universities at their campus, constituent and affiliated colleges.

Counseling will commence from 7th July, 2014 at the office of the Directorate of Admissions, Near PGRR CDE, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

For more information about counseling schedule see OU website : http://ouadmissions.com or http://www.osmania.ac.in.