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India Class 12 Exams...can you pass this?
CBSE India ^ | March-14-2006 | me

Posted on 03/13/2006 8:40:36 PM PST by USMMA_83

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To: jazusamo

Calculators are big no no, at least in the k12 level. In India, I bet they don't even allow an extra sheet of paper to do calculation. "Do in your own head!" says Prof. Venkataraman.


121 posted on 03/14/2006 8:20:06 PM PST by sagar (Free death row inmates! Larry King thinks so. Shouldn't you?)
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To: ChristianDefender

"it's useless if they could not even get those stinking "holy cows" and their sh$@t out of the streets..."

You are confusing the poor(those who cannot even afford education, let alone take entrance exams) to the children of the elites who actually go to the schools and take these exams.


122 posted on 03/14/2006 8:24:00 PM PST by sagar (Free death row inmates! Larry King thinks so. Shouldn't you?)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Sigh. McKinsey is getting paid by at least one Indian governmental entity in order to create xyz number of new jobs in India.

And IIRC it was Business Week that explained in one article that only about 25% of the Indian workforce is up to snuff for international companies; and in another article that they are already themselves outsourcing to China because of a "labor shortage."

These items do not comport with the picture you posting gives...

I'm glad India has abandoned socialism to the extent that it has. But it still has a ways to go.

Cheers!

123 posted on 03/14/2006 8:24:01 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: sagar

I remember in the early 1990s Hong Kong when students started to get into topics like trigonometry, Pythagoras' theorem at Forms 2 or 3, tables must be used and no calculators were allowed. And even tables were rationed in the sense that about 20 tables were distributed in a class of 40 in a test: the teacher would come to you at the middle of the test, take it from you and give it to the other student. It meant you must be really very, very good in time management and maths (knowing which questions need trigonometric/square root/logarithm tables) or else bomb the test.

Of course when you got to Forms 4 or 5, calculators were allowed.

It is different in New Zealand, where calculators were allowed once trig and Pythagoras' theorem were taught (but before these topics were covered, no calculators as usual). At first year university level though, calculus-type courses don't allow calculators in final exams.


124 posted on 03/14/2006 8:32:28 PM PST by NZerFromHK (Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
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To: sagar

Thanks for your reply, I didn't think they would be allowed. I read your home page and it was a very interesting read. Your homeland is very beautiful.



125 posted on 03/14/2006 8:33:57 PM PST by jazusamo (:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
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To: All
The truth is in a capitalist society such as ours there's no need to know much more than basic math, how to write a good report, major historical trends etc etc. Stuff that we learn. The real indicator on how well you'll do in society is how quickly you learn. Most jobs aren't something you can learn in a class room. There's no reason for 95% of our country to know Calculus, or how a generator works. The 5% who do, must know how to apply what they learned well, and must know how to adjust to new information. Anyone can drill trig, and algebra. Plus you gotta remember most of people in these places get pushed out of school if its decided that they aren't college material. Something we might think about in America.
126 posted on 03/14/2006 8:51:28 PM PST by RHINO369
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To: jec41
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127 posted on 03/14/2006 9:02:50 PM PST by Irreverent
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To: Irreverent

I'm going to fail, because there's no way I'm going to slog through a solid block of text like the one in post 127.


128 posted on 03/14/2006 9:33:01 PM PST by Denver Ditdat (Melting solder since 1975)
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To: Denver Ditdat

Here goes..check these sites

http://www.123iitjee.com/jee_syllabus.htm
http://www.123iitjee.com/download_files/iitjee%202006%20syllabus.pdf


129 posted on 03/15/2006 3:26:38 AM PST by Irreverent
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To: jec41
In 2000, Asian universities accounted for almost 1.2 million of the world’s science and engineering degrees. European universities (including Russia and Eastern Europe) accounted for about 850,000 science and engineering degrees, while North American universities accounted for only about 500,000 degrees.

Between India and China alone, ignoring the rest of the continent of Asia, they account for about 2.3 Billion people. The population of North American (Canada & the US) is about 330 million. They outnumber us by a factor of 7.

It would seem to me that, adjusted for population, Asia would have to produce about 3.5 million science and engineering degrees to be considered on an educational par with North America.

130 posted on 03/15/2006 5:04:00 AM PST by Crusher138 (Could the times be a little less interesting, please?!)
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To: Crusher138

While what you say is true, there is no need for a population to be served by a proportionate number of scientists.

One new cure by one good scentist can serve one, ten, hundred, million or even billions of people.

That is to say, in science, there can't really be a distinct strength in numbers. Quality trumps quantity.


131 posted on 03/15/2006 5:11:26 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Crusher138
It would seem to me that, adjusted for population, Asia would have to produce about 3.5 million science and engineering degrees to be considered on an educational par with North America.

By 2010 90% of all engineers will be in Asia according the senate hearing. While China is so vast only 300 million of their population is considered Middle Class by our standards but that 300 million is larger than the entire US population. I don't see a problem as to the numbers and I think it will benefit the world. The more knowledge the better.

What I see as more of a problem is more and more of the US has began to attack science and math as not of necessity. However there are only three methods of acquiring knowledge known to man. Philosophy, science and math. Philosophy is argument for faith and belief of things unknown and has produced little or no new knowledge in a thousand years. Science is the explanation of a material fact and math determines absolutes. Science and math has provided all new knowledge since the middle ages when they were first accepted as methods of knowledge. Of primary concern is that lack of those proficient in math and science will lead to stagnation of progress in our society. We have shared our philosophies and helped few, we have shared our knowledge and helped many.

132 posted on 03/15/2006 5:56:39 AM PST by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
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To: Irreverent

Much better. Thanks!


133 posted on 03/15/2006 6:26:38 AM PST by Denver Ditdat (Melting solder since 1975)
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To: USMMA_83

Yeah but where's their self esteem and can they schedule things via cell phone?


134 posted on 03/15/2006 6:30:34 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: USMMA_83

Hey!!

This is America, buddy!!!!!


Give me a copy of this test in Spanish!


135 posted on 03/15/2006 6:40:52 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball; CarrotAndStick

Most of the Asian exams are memorization based, not application of the actual formula. That's why all of them comes to the US for post graduate study, if they can.

India may have the world's largest number of PhD's and Engineers but it still lags way way way behind US and lags behind China by 1/2. Why? If the world was built on memorization of formulas, then Indians will rule them all. But it's not. Memorization is important but it's far less than application of such theories.

As far as the answers to the exam - I can probably do any of the math questions WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL in kansas - i took Calculus, linear algebra in my junior/senior year. Again, the US has a such a flexible education system that most people don't realize it - you can either go for a diploma to be a car mechanic or go to engineering school. Choice is up to you.


136 posted on 03/15/2006 8:09:59 AM PST by pganini
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To: USMMA_83
fellas also note...there is not one multiple choice question. All are essay types...fun fun fun...

I prefer essay type questions. They make it very clear whether you know what you're doing or not. Plus, even if you get the wrong answer, the teacher can give you partial credit if it's clear that you know the subject matter but made a simple error.

Multiple-choice tests are for lazy teachers or computer scoring.

137 posted on 03/15/2006 8:17:05 AM PST by TChris ("Wake up, America. This is serious." - Ben Stein)
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To: Irreverent
"India Institute of Tech syllabus"

What's the point in posting all that gobbledygoo? Yes India Tech produces some fine graduates, but thats a bare 0.0000000001% of their population. The rest are no different than anyone else.

138 posted on 03/15/2006 12:41:34 PM PST by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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To: U S Army EOD
My home educated daughter reached matrices in her college math course; my son will be taking Physics and Calculus next year, his senior year. No need to outsource, unless one wants to cut down on wages.

Americans have always known how to do math and science and how to excel in them; do not believe everything that is in the news.

139 posted on 03/22/2006 11:47:43 AM PST by Constitution1st (Never, never, never quit - Winston Churchill)
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Oh I do, but the education system does not believe it. They continue to pour more money in for the ones that can't than the ones that do. Each year they lower the standards and make more excuses.

I once had a sticker on the back of my work truck that went such as this, "If all the zebras are required to reduce their speed and keep pace with the slowest one in the herd, sooner or later, the lions will eat all of them".
140 posted on 03/22/2006 1:40:49 PM PST by U S Army EOD (LINCOLN COUNTY RED DEVILS STATE CHAMPIONS)
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