New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will organize the National Progressive School Conference on October 15-16, 2008.

Science teachers from more than 300 schools across the country will assemble at the Bal Bharti Public School here for the conference.

The teachers will discuss the Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS)-based questions for the Class X Science subject.

Meanwhile, the Board has also announced the next phase of its JENESYS programme. It is scheduled between December, 2008 and June, 2009.

A group of about 70 students from CBSE-affiliated schools from all over India had the opportunity of visiting Japan between December, 2007 and July, 2008 as part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for students and Youth Programme (JENESYS).

The objective of the JENESYS Programme is to deepen mutual understanding among young people who will assume important roles in the next generation in the respective countries.

100 students (50 boys & 50 girls) will be nominated for the III phase of the programme.