Orissa Matric Examination results declared

The High School Certificate Examination (HSC) or matric examination results were declared on Tuesday morning in Orissa. The matric examination results are also available the websits - http://www.bseorissa.in/ and http://orissaresults.nic.in/.

In the state around three lakh students had appeared the matric examination and 2,11, 846 students have passed the matric examination. The pass percentage in the state is 63.41 per cent.

As per the result declared by the BSE, 43,399 students have secured first division, 71,942 secured second division and 96,376 students passed in third division. In the state, Dhenkanal - has the highest pass percentage of 80.12 per cent, while the Kandhamal has recorded the lowest pass percentage of 43.51 per cent.

This time the BSE has published a list top 100 students of matric examination. As per the list, Bibek Bishal Mehena (574) of Saraswati Vidyamandir (Rourkela) and Sanket Dash (574) of Saraswati Shishu Bidya Mandir, Ramaharinagar have topped in the matric examination.

Top 20 Toppers of Matric Exam 2009

1. Bibek Bishal Mehena(574)- Saraswati Vidyamandir,Rourkela-02
2. Sanket Dash(574) - Saraswati Shishu Bidya Mandir,Ramaharinagar
3. Anshuman Tripathy(573) - Saraswati Vidya Mandir,Balangir
4. Subhashree Rout (573) - Kalinga Vidyapitha, Choudwar
5. Bidyasabitru Nayak (572) - Saraswati Vidyamandir,Lunahar
6. Satwik Routray (571) - Saraswati Vidyamandir,Lunahar
7. Anjan Kumar Tripathy (570) - Saraswati Vidya Mandir,Balangir
8. Swati Priyadarshini Panda (570) - Barunei Bidyapitha,Fakirapara
9. Aishwarya Mohapatra (570) - Debaraj Bidyapitha,Bomikhal, Bhubaneswar
10.Rosaline Sahoo (569) - Saraswati Vidyamandir,Nalco Nagar
11. Pragati Priyambada (569) - Barunei Bidyapitha,Fakirapara
12. Snehasis Pattanaik (569) - Biswambhar Bidyapitha,Chitrakar
13. Arya Prakash Padhi (569) - Saraswati Vidyamandir, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar
14. Soumya Dalabehera (568) - Gopabandhu High School,Rajgangpur
15. Bijayalaxmi Parida (568) - Saraswati Vidyamandir,Rourkela-02
16. Abhisek Dash (568) - Saraswati Vidyamandir,College Square
17. Sitam Suvam Jena (568) - Ratnakar Town High School,Baligohiri Rajnilgiri
18. Shritam Dishri (567) - Sri Aurobindo Inst.Of Int.Edu.&Resr.,Bargarh
19. Anmol Maharana (567) - Govt Girls High School, Berhampur
20. Surya Prasad Lenka (567) - Secondary Board High School, Cuttack

State Govt Approves Eight Bio Mass Power Projects

The state government has approved to set up eight bio mass power projects, in eight districts, according to media reports. The eight bio mass power projects would be set up in Dhenkanal, Puri, Ganjam, Khurda, Raygada and Nawarangpur districts.

This time the summer is a tough time for the government and people of the Orissa state. The power cuts in the state is inevitable, but the cuts have impact on the industrial production. Delay in the monsoon in the state has affected the hydro power generation in the state. The cost of power supply to industries is very less comparing to other states like in Gujarat. But the interruption the supply to industries will be a great challenge for the state government to dealt with.

The government of Orissa has been considering the shortage of power at the hydro power projects as matter of concerns for the state. It is believed that with the situation may leader to further worse if there delay in arrival of torrential rain in the state.

CM directs secretaries to prepare five-year perspective plan

The Cheif Minister Naveen Patnaik asked the secretaries of all the departments to prepare five-year perspective plan within 15 days in consultation with the Concerned department Minister. The state may see the five year plan model for the implementation of the government policies.

The finance minister of the state has presented the budget on Thursday and the government will give priority to the schemes like Rs 2 a kg rice scheme, Madhubabu Pension Yojana and Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana.

The CM directed the officials to extend their efforts in the grass root level, for the successful implementation of the state government policies. It is noteworthy, that the BJD sweep both municipal and assembly election and now the government plans for its work from the village level for the development.

10,035 students qualified in IIT-JEE for 2009

IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) results were announced on Monday, over ten thousand students have qualified for the year 2009. Nitin Jain of Delhi is the topper for 2009.

Many aspirants aim to crack the IIT-JEE top score in order get admission into 15 IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad. In the IIT-JEE 2009, 1,048 girls have also qualified out of total 10,035 qualified students.

This year the total seats in the IITs are 8,295 and the number of last year was 6332. Two new IIT s - Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh will start functioning this year. The counselling for admission will start from 9 June 2009. 2,831 students have qualified from alone Mumbai Zone, which is the highest result achieved by a single zone.

HC directs OPSC for fresh common OAS main examination

The High Court directed the Orissa Public Service Commission (OPSC) to conduct the common main examination of Orissa Administrative Services (OAS) for all the qualifying candidates again on Thursday. The Bench comprising Justices BP Ray and BP Das asked the commission to completed entire process of with in three months.

OPSC will have to conduct re-examination of all 4,560 students as per the court directive. The OAS (Main) examination held in 2008 and around 3,730 students had appeared. There was controversy over the number of qualifiers of preliminary examination. The preliminary list was published once again with the names of 830 students added to it.

ICSE and ISC exam results will out today

The examination results of 2009 CISCE and ISE will be declared on Wednesday at 10 am by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi. The students of class X and XII can get their result from the website of the CISCE.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exam results will be declared on Friday at around 11 am. CBSE results of the Class XII for Chennai, Ajmer and Panchkula regions will be announced today at 10 am. For the first time CISCE is hosting exam results on its website. Students can register and get the results.

Impact of Global Slowdown on Company Sponsoring Courses

The global slowdown has impacted high on the economy and companies. It is very hard time for the companies to survives, many of companies have been approaching for the cost cut measures. It is obvious that the impact of the global slowdown be there on company sponsoring courses for its employees.

Many employees those have been pursuing courses from the various education institution on the company sponsorship funds. But the global slowdown has also impacted on their education too.

Even, some companies have been cutting various allowances and paid leaves for employees. While adopting the cost cut measures, many companies have been withdrawing their expenses from sponsoring education courses to the employees.

Admits the global financial crisis, employees need to arrange their own expenses for education. Employees will have tough time, as they need to bear the cost for educational courses their own if the company refuses to pay of it. Earlier, companies used to bear expenditure to sharpen the skills of it human resources. But the scenario has been changed, companies are more inclined toward cost cut measures as the global slowdown weighing high on them.