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  2. Samvatsara - Wikipedia

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    Samvatsara (संवत्सर) is a Sanskrit term for a "year" in Vedic literature such as the Rigveda and other ancient texts. [1] In the medieval era literature, a samvatsara refers to the "Jovian year", that is a year based on the relative position of the planet Jupiter, while the solar year is called varsha.

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top grade, A, is given here for performance that exceeds the mean by more than 1.5 standard deviations, a B for performance between 0.5 and 1.5 standard deviations above the mean, and so on. [17] Regardless of the absolute performance of the students, the best score in the group receives a top grade and the worst score receives a failing grade.

  4. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    2nd Standard: 7 years; 3rd Standard: 8 years ... Grade/Year 7: 12 to 13 years old (SA) ... Education is mandatory from 6 years old to 16 years old. Free public and ...

  5. National Standards for United States History - Wikipedia

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    These debates over state-school history curricula in the United States in the mid-1990s were influenced by the culture wars, in which education reform skeptics, including prominent public figures as Lynne Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, and American Enterprise Institute fellows responded to the "Standards" in numerous publications and interviews, starting in October 1994, before its official publication.

  6. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Other higher education institutions give grades on a scale from 0–100 or a few universities apply letter grades. While for years an "A" grade range was from 80 to 100 points, some schools (for example, at Kurume University) have started to give the 90 to 100 point range a special grade to indicate excellence. [8]

  7. Standard Grade - Wikipedia

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    Standard Grade courses were taken over a student's third and fourth year in secondary education. Exams were taken at the end of the 4th Year (around May), with preliminary examinations taken several months earlier in November. (However, certain subjects may have been "fast tracked" at some schools (for example Dalziel High school, which was the ...

  8. Forced free trial - Wikipedia

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    However, a free trial in exchange for credit card details can not be stated as a free trial, as there is a component of expenditure. While forced free trials can be an effective marketing technique, there are ethical concerns when companies require customers to provide credit card information for a supposedly "free" trial.

  9. Jovian (emperor) - Wikipedia

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    By September 363, Jovian restored the labarum ("Chi-Rho") as the army's standard [28] and revoked the edicts of Julian against Christians, but did not close any pagan temples. [ 35 ] [ i ] He issued an edict of toleration, to the effect that his subjects could enjoy full liberty of conscience, [ 35 ] but he banned magic and divination. [ 37 ]