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Ten years of seeing, studying Punjab
The Tribune, Air-India announce awards result Learning English: accent on speech
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Ten years of seeing, studying Punjab Over
140 international scholars from over 58 universities and 10 countries have studied Punjab, its history, geography, culture, political economy and religious traditions, in a unique programme that marks its 10th year now. The University of California Summer Programme in Punjab Studies also teaches these students Punjabi, both at beginners and advanced level. Eminent scholars and experts present lectures and workshops to students during the six weeks that the programme runs here every year. Professor Gurinder Singh Mann, Professor of Sikh and Punjab Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and director of the programme, says while when he started in 1997, the future was not entirely clear, “over the years, there has been such an overwhelming response from students and scholars to participate that the demand has always exceeded the places available.” Asked about the attributes and attractions of the programme, Prof Mann says it provides scholars from North America and Europe with an important forum for interacting with Punjab-based scholars and experts. Rather then just reading about different communities and religious institutions of Punjab in textbooks, students, during their carefully organised travel tours, are actually able to see and experience Punjab’s living traditions and visit holy places. “It remains the only programme of its kind to promote Punjab studies in India or overseas,” he adds. What has the programme achieved? It has built and nurtured a scholarly community whose research activity have a strong Punjab focus, the impact of which will last for at least the next generation, says Prof Mann. Several graduates of this programme have completed their PhDs and now occupy faculty positions in major universities across North America and Europe. The Sikh and Punjab Studies programme at UCSB has emerged as the largest doctoral programme anywhere in the world. The Centre for Sikh and Punjab Studies at UCSB, established by Prof Mann remains the only university-based centre of its kind outside India. Journal of Punjab Studies, a diaspora-based multi-disciplinary magazine promoting scholarship on Punjab and Punjabis living overseas, is being sponsored by the centre. Its special issues provide important reference material on geography, culture and literature of Punjab. To teach Punjabi to foreign students, new teaching and learning material has been developed. A textbook on Punjabi language learning is almost complete; there is a large repository of audio-visual and textual material, says Prof Mann, full of plans for the future. |
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The Tribune, Air-India announce awards result Judging has now been concluded in all states and UTs, and the organisers will soon intimate to state award winners the venue where the national award selections will take place. Chandigarh RANK Awards:
Ruchi Sharma (state winner); Sana Arora (state runners-up); Aarshpreet Kaur (state runners-up). BOLT Awards:
Dr Arun Kumar Sharma (state winner); Dr Laxmi Narayan Sharma (state runners-up); Amit Kumar Bhattacharya (district winner); Pawan Walia (district runners-up). Punjab RANK Awards:
Akihil Razdan (state winner); Navindderjeet Singh Bawa (state runners-up); Rupinder Singh Dhiman (runners-up from Bathinda); Paramdeep Singh (runners-up from Faridkot); Akihil Razdan (winner from Jalandhar); S. Jaideep Singh Makkar (runners-up from Jalandhar); Jaswant Singh Rautela (winner from Ludhiana); Navneet Kaur (runners-up from Ludhiana); Navindderjeet Singh Bawa (winner from Patiala). BOLT Awards:
Chanderkanta Silhi (state winner); Dr Harmesh Lal Mittal (runners-up from Faridkot); Chanderkanta Silhi (district winner from Hoshiarpur); Satish Silhi Uppal runners-up from Hoshiarpur; Prof R. K. Garg (runners-up from Jalandhar). Haryana RANK Awards:
Raj Naryan Panghal (district winner from Bhiwani); Urvashi Chauhan (district winner from Kurkshetra); Ashish Chauhan (runners-up from Kurkshetra); Aaditi Sinha (district winner from Rewari); Aditya Sinha (runners-up from Rewari); Sonia Rana (runners-up from Sonipat). BOLT Awards:
Dr Sharad Bala Khare (state winner); Dr Rishi Pal Chauhan (state runners-up); Reena Panghal (district runners-up from Bhiwani); Prof Satya Vir Arya (runners-up from Hisar); Dr Rishi Pal Chauhan (district winner from Kurukshetra); Dr Sharad Bala Khare (district winner from Rewari); Dr Ram Tikaya Arora (runners-up from Rohtak). — TNS
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Learning English: accent on speech Evaluation
should be an enabling fact and not an impediment. It should be so devised to make a pupil learn a subject and not merely judge his learning skill, academicians of National Council of Education Research Training (NCERT), while interacting with the teachers of English across the nation, asserted. Reacting to queries put across by teachers during a technical training session of Edusat Interactive Network organized by the Central Institute of Education Technology, NCERT, in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation, the experts emphasised that teaching of English should stress on learning. The training was being imparted to make teachers aware of the changed syllabus of classes VI and IX. Technical sessions like these are being organised across 30 centres in the country. Teachers from various Kendriya Vidyalayas, JNVs and Army Public Schools had converged at the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), Solan, to attend such sessions. The experts also pondered over the idea that evaluation should not be linked with achievement. Experts, while discussing a proposal to promote “open book learning”, said emphasis should be laid on problem solving aptitude and application. Teachers from the JNVs put across a typical query regarding the situation where the students reaching class VI could not cope with the subject. “The fact that they came from the state-run government schools and had not received basic five-year English learning, it was really difficult for them to pick up the subject all of a sudden, since the class VI course was devised for students having studied at least five years of basic English. Being first-generation learners and hailing from rural background, most of the students perform rather poorely, ” pointed out Ms Jyoti Sharma, a JNV teacher from Bilaspur. Though English had been introduced as a subject from class I in government schools in Himachal Pradesh, in Punjab and Haryana, it was introduced as late as class V. “With no English speaking background, the students could only learn this foreign language while in school. This further acted as a deterrent for students to gain confidence in using the language,” pointed out Suresh Modgil, a KV teacher from Naduan in Himachal. For a teacher, it is difficult not only to ensure good results but also to make the pupils grasp the basics. Recommending at least 20 marks for spoken and practical application, Ms Sveen Puri, a KV teacher, said: “This would encourage a student to apply the language in the classroom and in the process learn it. It would also reduce the burden on securing pass marks in examinations. Since a class average score is as low as 40, the subject can be given some relaxation like given in social studies, mathematics and science, where a majority score less than 60 per cent.” With sudden transition to a higher level in class VI, English further becomes a burden for a student. “A bridge course designed for the below average students should be introduced. At least a month should be set aside for such courses. Even the teachers should be imparted a month’s training every year to upgrade their skills. The summer vacations can be used for this purpose,” opined Ms Darshana Attri from KV, Gurdaspur. “Since lower proficiency in a class had a bearing on the increments, the teachers are forced to adopt an examination-oriented approach, while transgressing from the much-required knowledge-based approach,” pointed out Mr Ravi Sharma, teacher in Army Public School, Dagshai. The delayed availability of books each time a syllabus is changed was also rued as constraining progressive learning of the language.
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GND University, Amritsar Cut red tape, says VC : Dr Jai Rup Singh, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, interacted with the every class of employees and teachers soon after taking over and urged all to use technology to raise the quality of university administration. The VC said employees were an important part of the university and they should evolve such a system that ensured quick disposal of files by overcoming the hindrances. Dr Jai Rup Singh said heads of various departments, instead of repeating the proposed note sent by the HoDs, should cite rules to get the file through in a minimum possible time by avoiding repetition.He said his agenda was to uplift the academic standard of the university. The university would provide students with education of global standards so that they are able to meet the international challenges. New Deans appointed: Dr T.D. Narang, a senior most professor of mathematics, has taken over as Dean, Academic Affairs, while Professor Sarup Singh, Head of the Guru Ram Das School of Planning, assumed the charge of Dean, Students Welfare of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU). Dr Narang (58), a Ph.D. from Delhi University, has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience. He has more than 113 research publications to his credit and also has so far supervised two Ph.Ds. and 15 M. Phil. dissertations. Vijay Rattan awardee Dr Narang had been nominated for the International Peace Prize and the World Medal of Honour by the United Cultural Convention of USA and the American Biographical Institute, North Carolina, USA, respectively. He was also appointed Advisor to the Director-General of International Biographical Centre (IBC), Cambridge (UK). Similarly, Dr Sarup Singh (59), one of the senior professors of the university, has a long teaching, research and administrative experience of more than 32 years. He has published two books, 60 technical papers and supervised 80 postgraduate theses in Town and Country Planning. Prof. Sarup Singh is the life member of INTACH, Fellow Member of the Institute of Town Planning of India and life member of the Punjab Geographers Association. — Contributed by Sanjay Bumbroo and P. K. Jaiswar
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