The examination season in the country generally begins in the month of March, with the school and board examinations. It is followed by competitive examinations for professional and higher learning institutions. Other examinations, such as those for recruitment to jobs, take place as per individual schedules.
After the examinations come results, and then admissions. There was a time when students had to queue for hours or elbow their way to school and college notice boards to catch a glimpse of their much-awaited examination results. But with the Information, Technology and Communication (ICT) initiatives taken by the Government of India, students can now access their results with minimal effort and time. The availability of online forms, online gateways to pay admission fees and online counselling help students make effective use of time and resources.
A particular portal built for disseminating results has become extremely popular amongst students and parents who can check the results from the comfort of their homes or a nearby cybercafe. The portal - http://results.nic.in - is not only a single-point source for results of various examinations conducted in India, but it also facilitates access to other relevant websites and lots of useful information, besides helping download mark sheets and various admission forms.
Important announcements for students are posted on the portal both prior to the declaration of the result and after it is launched on the Net. The process of accessing the results is quite simple. The student simply needs to type his/her roll number at appropriate place and the result/mark sheet is displayed on the screen.
The results of mainly three types of examinations are made available on the Internet - academic examinations, entrance examinations and recruitment examinations.
Results of Board/academic examinations: These are results of Board Examinations that are conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)and various State Boards for students of Classes X and XII. Moreover, many universities also ask students to appear for tests before admission to various courses.
Results of examinations for recruitment: Vacancies for employment are keenly competed for, and to bring about a better matching between the demand and the supply of work opportunities, various agencies carry out recruitment to services and posts under the Union Government through a strict selection process with the help of competitive examinations and interviews. The Civil Services Examination , the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination and the Combined Defence Services Examination are some of the examples.
Not only results but other facilities like News Update, Results Statistics and Forms Download are also offered by the specialised results portal . Students can also register themselves with the portal so they can be informed via e-mail about the latest updates.
The three major sections on the portal are: Student Corner, School Corner and the Board Corner. The Student Corner provides access to a huge repository of information - important web resources, admission announcements, admit cards, mark sheets and online counselling, to keep the student community abreast of all relevant information, at any point of time.
The School Corner can be customised according to the requirements of the schools and academic institutions and also provides its visitors information on services like getting school/institution-wise consolidated results, electronic delivery of communications from the examination boards and alike.
The Board Corner displays announcements by examination boards, viz. call for applications, submission dates, on-line submission of application forms, delivery of admit cards, results declaration dates, etc.
Several universities also provide results online. You can access them here .
Admission Season
The month of May is the beginning of the admission season in India. During the season parents line up with their children outside colleges hoping to get their children admitted to the best colleges and institutes available. Merit that enables students with the highest grades to get preference on a first come first served basis is not the only criterion for admission. The provision of reservations is also taken into consideration. Reservations are an opportunity for students from the various underprivileged sections of the society to study in the best colleges.
The admission season is not only the busiest, but also the most difficult time of the year for colleges/ institutes/universities, and a trying time for students as well as their parents.
Online Counselling for Admission
While various Boards/Institutes/Universities make their application forms, brochures, dates, etc. available on their websites, parents are on tenterhooks - waiting to see their children's names on the college/institute/university notice boards, to find whether their daughters/sons would be able to get selected for the course of their choice.
Students are short-listed for various general/professional courses on the basis of their performance in the entrance tests. There are instances when one student is selected for several courses while another fails to make it to any of the shortlists. This is where online counselling plays a crucial role.
Counseling helps a student identify the right career path taking into account their aptitude and areas of interest. With various universities providing free online counselling to students on admission to various professional courses, namely B.E., B.Arch., B.Pharma., MBA, MCA, MBBS, BDS, B.Ed., etc., students are no longer left in a sate of confusion as regards the choice of career option. Counselling makes it lot more easier for the students to choose their study centre and course on the basis of their aptitude, the number of seats available, merit list etc.
The CCB - External website that opens in a new window counselling sessions are conducted with the help of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Informatics Centre (NIC) - and participating institutions like the National Institute of Technology (NITs), the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), deemed universities etc.
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