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Gunman killed children and teacher at Texas School

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June 9, 2022
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Gunman killed children and teacher at Texas School

A teen gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing 19 students and a teacher.

A teen gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing 19 students and a teacher.

The killing in Uvalde, Texas, a small town about an hour from the Mexican border, is the latest in a string of violent shootings in the United States. Where outrage over the cycle of gun violence has failed to inspire action.

At a press conference, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the:- 18-year-old gunman shot his grandmother before ditching his vehicle and approaching the school with a handgun and maybe a rifle.

The suspect, Salvador Ramos, a resident, and a US citizen, was also slain, according to the governor, who added that “it is suspected that responding officers killed him.”

Abbott added, “He shot and killed brutally and incomprehensibly.”

President Joe Biden

President Joe Biden spoke from the White House less than an hour after returning from a five-day trip to Asia punctuated by deadly killings in the United States. After years of inaction, he begged for action to combat gun violence. Blaming gun manufacturers and their allies for delaying legislation in Washington.

“When in the name of God will we stand up to the gun lobby?” Biden expressed his feelings. “How come we’re willing to put up with this carnage?” Why do we continue to allow this to happen?”

The White House ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims. Whose deaths shocked a nation still reeling from the tragedy at Sandy Hook.

Three adults were also killed in the incident, according to Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez. However, it was unclear whether this included the shooter.

Small groups of children were seen weaving around parked cars as well as yellow buses, some holding hands. As they escaped the school, which teachers and students aged seven to ten years old, under police supervision.

Earlier Encounter

It was the bloodiest school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Connecticut, which murdered 20 children and six adults.

Parents have been advised not to pick up their children from Robb Elementary, which serves over 500 predominantly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged pupils in grades two through four.

The massacre in Texas comes after a string of mass shootings across the United States this month.

On May 14, an 18-year-old man opened fire in a Buffalo, New York grocery store, killing ten people.

The self-declared white nationalist, wearing full body armor and holding an AR-15 rifle, live-streamed his attack. Purportedly targeting the store because of the substantial African American population in the area.

The next day, a man barricaded the door of a church in Laguna Woods, California, and opened fire on the congregation’s Taiwanese-American members, killing one and injuring five others.

Statements

“Pupils must be accounted for before they are released to your care,” the school said on its website shortly after the incident. “You will be called to pick up students once all are accounted for.”

– “It happens nowhere else, “remarked Vice President Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the catastrophe”. Our hearts are always breaking.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a pro-gun rights Republican, said he and his wife were “raising in prayer the children and families in the tragic incident in Uvalde.”

Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, where the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy occurred. He made an emotional plea for decisive action to prevent further violence.

“This isn’t a foregone conclusion; these children were not unlucky. We are unique to this country and occur nowhere else. Nowhere else do tiny kids go to school fearful of being shot that day “On the Senate floor in Washington, Murphy stated.

“I’m here to plead, to physically get down on my hands and knees and ask my colleagues to find a way ahead. Work with us to pass legislation that makes this less likely.”

Conclusion

Despite repeated mass shootings, several attempts in Congress to modify gun laws have failed. Leaving the states as well as local governments to enhance or decrease their restrictions.

The National Rifle Association has been a vocal opponent of tougher gun legislation in the United States. Abbott and Cruz are scheduled to appear at a prominent lobbying conference in Houston, Texas later this week.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were 19,350 firearm homicides in the United States in 2020, up nearly 35% from 2019.

Written By: Sonali Singh

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March 11, 2022
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The New Pattern of Board Exams | CBSE

12th. The latest pattern is updated into two board exams or term-end exams, which is based on CBSE Internal Assessment.

Keywords:- Board exams, Pattern, CBSE, Covid – 19, Grading System

Author: Nidhi Yadav

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised the exam pattern of class 10^th also of class 12^th. The latest pattern is updated into two board exams or term-end exams, which is based on CBSE Internal Assessment. It will be effective for the academic year 2021-22. Following the revised pattern, each of the term exams will have 50% of the syllabus.

The revised syllabus will be divided systematically also will be based on the interconnectivity of concepts and topics. The exam pattern in Term I will be conducted in Nov or Dec. The exam will be conducted for 90 mins. In Term II, exams will be conducted in March or April based on the rationalised syllabus (only of Term II i.e., 50% of the entire syllabus). The total exam duration of the paper will be 2 hours.

QUESTION FORMAT

The question formats will be diversified like: – Caste-Based/Situation- Based, Open ended Short answer/long answer type.

Moreover the students will be assessed throughout the year irrespective of Term I and II and the decision taken to divide the two terms was taken so that students are not going to feel burdened in this situation of Covid 19.

The Exam pattern and marking scheme will be different for both terms. Term I exam will be fully objective in nature and will be conducted for 90 mins, whereas term 2 will be like regular exams consisting of both objective and subjective questions. The displacement of many students due to Covid-19 will now also allow students to choose an option to appear in the exam centre of their choice. It will allow only 350 students at an exam centre while maintaining a six feet distance.

CONCEPT & RESULT

The final result will be declared on the basis of marks obtained by students in the first, second terms as well as the practical exams. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Examination controller announced that the date sheet is for major subjects while minor subjects will be sent to schools separately.

The board had also said that plans to give a rational meaning to the syllabus for 2021-22 academic session is undertaken; also making the internal assessment and project work more “credible” and “valid”. “The syllabus for the academic session 2021-22 will be divided into two terms by following a systematic approach by looking into the interconnectivity of concepts and topics by the Subject Experts,” the CBSE had said.

REVISED CHANGES-

Internal Assessment for all subjects
Internal choice in the question paper
Objective Type Questions added to all subjects
2 level maths for class 10 only, also
Major changes in the total no. of questions in all the subjects.

SPECIAL PATTERN FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT-

The board released a special scheme for internal assessments for clarity, it will be known as project-based work as well as practicals.

Internal assessment will be carried out according to the existing scheme throughout the year except that this assessment will be done twice and both will contribute equally in overall assessment.
Further it is added; “The school should ensure that internal assessment is reliable, fair and also transparent for all students.
The Evaluation process followed by teachers for internal assessment/ practical also the project work needs to be analysed by the means of the students performance throughout the academic session.

Internal evaluation criteria remain the same. It will consist of the following activities:

Three periodic tests
Subject enrichment activities
Portfolio
Practical work (for selective subjects), as well as
Speaking listening activities (for language subjects)

STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Despite all the efforts, teachers and principals remain adamant about students’ performance in the new assessment pattern. As per the new scheme, the exams will be of only 90-minute duration having multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The year will bring changes in the syllabus that is bifurcated and the reading time in each exam has been increased to 20 minutes.

A-1	Top 1/8th of the passed candidates
A-2	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
B-1	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
B-2	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
C-1	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
C-2	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
D-1	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
D-2	Next 1/8th of the passed candidates
E*	(The word/ phrase for this will be informed shortly)

Students’ grading system is based on a 9-point scale in the CBSE Class 10 examination

Thus, the exam pattern has been changed to make it more “student-centric, transparent, technology-driven, and advance provision of alternatives for different future scenarios”, the CBSE had said.The CBSE is expected to direct the schools to take steps with aim at making the internal assessments and projects more credible and valid. The CBSE also wants to direct the schools to take steps aimed at making the internal assessments and projects more authentic. For classes 9 as well as 10, there will be three periodic tests, a student enrichment portfolio, practical work, and speaking listening activities. For classes 11 and 12, there will be unit tests at the end of every topic, exploratory activities, practicals, also projects.

The final results would be prepared by the CBSE on the basis of the internal assessment, practical, project work as well as theory marks of both the term exams.

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