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Education Dept amends transfer policy Chandigarh, July 16 Amending the earlier policy in which a principal, headmaster and headmistress had a stay period of five years in a particular school while a lecturer, master, mistress and JBT teacher had a stay of seven years the department had now extended it to eight and 10 years, respectively. The new policy proposes annual review to identify surplus posts in schools. Teachers on these posts would be transferred to teacher-deficient schools under the rationalisation plan. While mutual transfers and those on compassionate grounds will be entertained, teachers who fail to produce satisfactory results may be transferred irrespective of the period of stay in a particular school. Complaints by heads of government schools coupled with their poor performance in examinations could also make the teachers liable to be transferred under the new scheme. The existing policy was modified by the department keeping in view the large-scale transfers which would have been undertaken in accordance with the earlier policy. Of the faculty strength of 3,900 over 1,200 were due for transfers. With the latest amendment, the number of teachers likely to be transferred has gone down to about 200. The list of teachers to be transferred would be declared tomorrow. “Transfers under the earlier policy would have disrupted the academic schedule in all schools. To avoid this the amendments were made. Under the new policy one or at the most two teachers would be transferred from a school,” the DPI (Schools), Mr D.S.Mangat, said. Meanwhile, the other provisions in the existing policy still stand good. This includes transfer of heads and teachers on administrative grounds, sending those teachers to rural areas who have not served there, though the department would invite options of schools preferred from teachers due for transfer.
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Lengthy PU probes yield ‘nothing’ Chandigarh, July 16 The decision on certain issues that ‘rocked’ the campus revealed that either the cases were very poorly drafted or the matter had been blown out of all proportion. The ‘Fossil fraud’ or ‘Himalayan blunder’ had put the university on the international map of discussions. This involved a senior geology teacher using ‘fake’ fossil records in his study on the Himalayas. The issue rocked the university for a couple of years till the authorities thought it was fit to punish the teacher only by stopping his promotion. This was followed by the ‘cement scandal’ in early 90s involving 25 cement bags. The bags were being smuggled out of the campus. Following years of probe and fiery House debates, it is learnt that the university had filed the case. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof
K.N. Pathak, confirmed that the case had been filed during the tenure of the last VC. Mr Ashok Goyal, a Fellow, had remarked that the bags had not cost as much the university had spent on the probe over ‘nothing’. This was followed by another major scandal in the Sports Department. In this scandal the then Finance and Development Officer was accused of misappropriating lakhs. At least four probes were conducted, but nothing significant was found. Another scandal pertained to a case where the marks of a candidate were increased from zero to 42 after re-evaluation. The candidate wrote Radha Soami on
answersheets. The punishment for the teacher under probe was ‘only’ stoppage of his increments. In an interesting development on the front of sagging probes comes a recent recommendation by a committee where the university will put a time bar on the duration of all probes, both academic and professional. This has been done with an aim to streamline the work procedure involved. The recommendation has been made in response to a resolution of Mr Satya Pal Dang, a Fellow. He had pointed out that a lot of effort was wasted in probes. A senior Fellow pointed out that the fate of several probes was a telling comment over the division in the university governing body on the basis of group inclinations. In majority of the cases which gathered too much of heat there emerged equally strong voices in defence. A research fellow said the entire issue needed a fair re-look and self-assessment and the university would have to take bold decisions to set good examples. |
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ABVP activists hold dharna Chandigarh, July 16 Saurabh Joshi, secretary, said the university was charging uniform rates for electricity and room rent even from students who were sharing the accommodation. This was unfair. Ms Joshi said, “not only is the university charging room rent but also electricity charges even if two-three persons share a room”. It was pointed out that students applying for hostels, especially girls, were facing problems due to inadequate rooms. Moreover, the seats allotted for students of different departments were disproportionate to the number of students applying for hostels in a particular department. |
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School heads chargesheeted Chandigarh, July 16 These replies may have a fallout on the teachers in these schools. The department is likely to take action against teachers who failed to deliver the goods based on the replies filed by the principals. The heads of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, GMHS-29, GSSS-Maloya, GSSS-15, GSSS-45, GMSSS-37 and GMSSS-23 have been Chargesheeted. The heads of schools, which showed a fall in pass percentage in examinations of two of the three classes, have been chargesheeted, while heads of eight other schools were let off with warnings. Those warned for poor performances include GMSSS-33, GMSSS-Karsan, GMSSS-19, GMSSS-33, GMHS-26, GMHS-34, GMHS-36, GMHS-44 and GSSS-20-D. |
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US varsities to hold
seminars Chandigarh, July 16 The tour programme comprises seminars and interviews, according to a press note. Students will have the opportunity to apply for admission to Spring/Fall 2004 terms for popular courses such as computer science, engineering (electrical/computer/ mechanical/chemical/civil), Telecommunications, MBA, MIS, hospitality management, environmental science, pharmacy, public health, LLM, psychology, mass communications and pilot training. |
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City lawyer is member Income Tax
Tribunal Chandigarh, July 16 “He is the only income tax lawyer from the Income Tax, Sales Tax Bar Association of the city to have been ever selected by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice for the post equivalent to an Additional Secretary of the Government of India,” sources said. The selection has been done by a high-powered committee comprising a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, the Union Law and Justice Secretary and the President of the Income Tax Tribunal. Mr Mahavir Singh hails from Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. After passing middle class examination from a village school, he shifted to the city for further education. He has been practising as an income tax lawyer for the past 12 years. |
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Riding a crest, 33 hit the MTV road Chandigarh, July 16 The destination is, however, still too far to be reached, even for those who have been shortlisted after a proper psychoanalysis by experts in attendance at the hotel. Once the applications forms had been filled in, the prospective candidates were supposed to sit for brainstorming session of group discussions. Groups of 10 were made to talk about issues as controversial as — should marriage within the same sex be allowed, who would you take a traditional or a modern woman to meet your mother, women in skimpy dresses invite trouble, and so on... MTV’s own people supervised group discussion rounds which had been structured to test the reasoning skill of candidates. It was also meant to test how rigid a certain applicant was. Such a schedule had been structured to examine prospective candidates for their power to handle situations of varied hues. Interestingly, unlike the V popstar hunt that caused a great deal of heartburning among youngsters who were not auditioned due to paucity of time, the situation today did not get out of control. Right from the time the gates were opened at 9 am till the evening when the winning candidates celebrated, MTV ensured that no one had the time to indulge in anything violent. Meanwhile, the shortlisted candidates have been called for personal interviews tomorrow. They will be grilled by a panel comprising five experts. The names of finalists will be declared once MTV completes its scheduled auditions in all the cities.
To engage those waiting in the queue, special games had been put up all over the banquet hall area by
sponsors. Castrol had a video game, featuring bike games where youngsters who completed a certain length got a chance to jump the queue and enter the group discussion round straight. There was another dart game called the Bull’s eye, put up for enthusiasts, who could win marvellous spot prizes by hitting at the targets. Nokia had special stall where they extensively used their photo phones. Those in attendance were asked to make the whackiest of faces and win prizes. |
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