Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is inviting applications for presenting them ‘Honours of Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership’ for 2020-21.

Teachers and principals can send their application online before June 28.

This is done to motivate the teachers and principals to continue their good work.

The honours
Each of the honours for teachers and principals comprises a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a merit certificate.

Who can apply
Teachers
All teachers presently working with the private schools affiliated to CBSE who have completed at least 10 years of regular service as a teacher in either CBSE or any other recognised board of school education affiliated schools by 31 March 2021 can apply.

Principals
All Principals of the private schools affiliated to CBSE who have completed 10 years of regular service as a teacher and 5 years as a principal in CBSE affiliated school(s) by 31 March 2021 can apply.

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Also
Teachers or principals who retired on 31 March or after may also apply if they fulfill all other conditions.

Point to remember
There is an important point with regards to these honours for teachers and principals.

Principals cannot apply in the category of teachers. An applicant can apply under only one category.

Selection criteria
The applicants for honours for teachers and principals will be shortlisted based on the criteria – experience in related field, age, higher qualification and percentage in educational qualification.

The shortlisted candidates in connection with honours for teachers and principals have to upload the required documents.

National level scrutiny committee will check the documents uploaded by shortlisted candidates.

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National level screening committee also will interact online with the shortlisted applicants for honours for teachers and principals.

Selection of final recipients by the Committee and announcement of honours will be made
online on the CBSE portal.

Point to remember
The names of top six scorers will be forwarded to Ministry of Education of Government of India for National Teachers Award.

How to apply
The procedure to apply for honours to teachers and principals is online.

The applicants have to visit anyone of the websites to apply for the honours for teachers and principals – ‘http://www.cbse.nic.in/’ or ‘http://cbseacademic.nic.in/’

Candidates can click anyone of the above url and wait for the webpage to download.

Soon after the webpage downloads, they can see a button with regards to registering for honours for teachers and principals.

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Applicants have to click them and commence registration and obtain username and password.

Individuals have to login using the username and password and start submitting applications for honours for teachers and principals.

Teachers and prinicpals have to provide the required information, upload the required documents and submit the application form.

Documents to be submitted
Applicants for honours for teachers and principals have to provide the following along with the application:

@ Undertaking to the effect that all the particulars submitted are correct and copies
of documents uploaded are genuine.

If anything is found incorrect or forged at any
stage, candidature will be liable for rejection and honour may be summarily withdrawn, if conferred.

This can even lead to punishment as per the rule

@ Birth certificate

@ Vigilance Clearance Certificate furnished by the Chairman/Manager of the School

@ Certificate of Continuous and Regular Service furnished by the Chairman/Manager of school after verifying that there is no break in the service of the applicant during the last 10 years (in case of teachers) and 15 years (in case of Principals)

@ Certificates/degrees and mark statements of Class 10/11/12/Equivalent Graduation, Post Graduation and NTT/ETE/B.El.Ed./B.Ed./Others

@ Class Result in Board/School

@ Recommendation Letters

Point to remember

The applications for honours for teachers and principals have to be submitted online. No other mode of submission will be accepted. All applicants shall apply directly by filling the application form online on or before 28 June 2021.

More information about the honours is available on the link ‘http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Circulars/2021/42_Circular_2021.pdf’

JEE Advanced 2025 registration for foreign national candidates and OCI/PIO (F) candidates will open on 7 April 2025 by 10 AM and close on by 11:59 PM on 2 May 2025.

The exam will be conducted on 18 May 2025.  This is for those keen on admission into IITs situated in various states of India.

The entrance exam for IIT admission will be conducted by IIT Kanpur for 2025.

This means, a candidates can now attempt JEE Advanced for two times in two consecutive years, there is more to it than meets the eye as far as JEE Advanced 2025 registration is concerned.

Age Limit

Students trying to take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration must have been born on or after October 1, 2000. Five years age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995.

Admission process

Candidates have to take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration online. Those who have submitted applications will appear for JEE Advanced 2025 conducted by IIT Kanpur.

Individuals have to pass the entrance test with required qualifying marks to be eligible for further procedure which includes counselling.

Counselling is the process where the students can choose the course of their choice and the institution where they desire to study it.

Selection will be done based on performance in the qualifying exam, written test, choice of the course by candidate and availability of seats there.

Who can take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration?

The eligibility required to take up JEE Advanced 2024 registration is a pass in plus two from a recognized educational institution located anywhere in India.

They must have passed plus two from science stream with subjects as maths/biology physics and chemistry.

Those keen on pure engineering can pass plus two with maths, physics and chemistry as core subjects.

And, candidates focusing on biology or biotechnology oriented engineering courses should have passed plus two with biology, physics and chemistry as subjects.

Applicants must also have passed JEE Mains with a rank among the top 2.5 lakhs on a national level. Candidates who fulfill all these conditions can take up JEE Advanced 2025 registration.

The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser of the computer and the website has to be allowed to download.

Process differs here as applicants are divided into two categories – Indian citizens and foreign nationals and the process to register is different for both these categories.

Foreign applicants

Once the web page is available in the browser, candidates must click the registration link.

Post clicking the link, candidates can provide details like their name, date of birth, and email id and create an account comprising a username and password.

Once the account is ready, candidates can log in and start filling out the application form for JEE Advanced 2023.

The form has to be filled and the registration fee has to be paid and submitted.

Post submission, applicants have to wait for the message indicating successful submission, once it is obtained, it can be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken and preserved for future use.

Indian applicants

Eligibility for Indian applicants is a pass in plus-two and also in JEE Mains. They can visit the official website mentioned above and click the registration link.

Post clicking the registration link, they can enter their JEE Mains roll number, date of birth and other information and log in and begin JEE Advanced 2025 registration.

JEE Advanced 2025 registration fee is to be paid and the form has to be submitted.

Website for JEE Advanced 2025 registration can be accessed here

1. Type the URL mentioned above and submit it to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, click the link for downloading the hall ticket.

3. Enter application number, date of birth and other details to view the admit card.

4. Download the admit card and take a printout of it.

After JEE Advanced 2025 registration

Candidates have to attend the exam on the date which would be mentioned at the appropriate time.

Those who have passed the exam with required qualifying marks and are keen on studying BTech in IITs can go for the counselling conducted by JoSAA.

Students who have a desire to study BArch in IITs can appear for AAT (Architecture Aptitude Test) which will open for registration after result declaration for JEE Advanced 2025.

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