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Vacant posts of teacher belie govt claim
Our Correspondent
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RTI Power
- SDPI chief files RTI, DEO provides information
govt sr secondary schools
- Out of 86 posts of economics lecturer, 56 are lying vacant
- Out of 57 posts of commerce lecturer, 51 are lying vacant
Govt high schools
- Out of 721 science teachers, 80 are vacant
- Out of 524 Punjabi teachers 150 are vacant
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Hoshiarpur, June 2
Tall claims of the SAD-BJP government regarding appointment of thousands of teachers and filling almost all posts of teaching staff in government schools have proved hollow after going through the information recently given by the District Education Officer (Senior Secondary), Hoshiarpur, to Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) president Jai Gopal Dhiman under the Right to Information Act.
According to the information, out of the sanctioned 104 posts of English lecturer in government senior secondary schools in the district, 18 are lying vacant, of 106 posts of Punjabi lecturer 21, of 32 posts of chemistry lecturer 13, of 29 posts of biology lecturer three, of seven posts of geography lecturer three, of 71 posts of math lecturer 26, of 32 posts of physics six, of 86 posts of economics lecturer 56, of 57 posts of commerce lecturer 51, of two posts of music lecturer one, of 96 posts of political science lecturer 43, of 72 posts of history lecturer 27 and of 32 posts of physical education lecturer 10 are vacant. The sanctioned 22 posts of Hindi and one of Sanskrit are also lying vacant. Similar is the position in high schools. Information revealed that of 515 math teacher posts 69 are vacant, of 721 science teachers 80, of 524 Punjabi teachers 150, of 197 DPIs 31, of 473 Hindi teachers 30, of 100 vocational teachers 26, of eight agriculture teachers three, of three each home science and fine arts teachers one each, of 15 Sanskrit teachers seven and of
eight music teachers three are lying vacant. Besides; as many as 159 posts of social study teachers, 69 of ACT, 42 of PTI, two of home science, five of domestic science, 13 of JBT, one of work experience teacher, three of vocational teachers, seven of sewing teachers, three of tabla players and one of agriculture teacher are also lying vacant in the district. In a press release here today, Jai Gopal Dhiman said according to the information provided by the District Education Officer, it had been revealed that there were 140 private schools affiliated with the Punjab School Education Board and 38 affiliated with the CBSE and the ICSE in the district, of which all have water arrangements for their students. But the DEO had not confirmed that the water available is
weather potable or not.
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Few takers for paddy transplanters
Just 3 applicants in 4 districts
Amaninder Pal/TNS
Jalandhar, June 2
Propagated as the much-needed alternative to compensate the rapidly decreasing availability of labour during the paddy season in the state, newly-introduced paddy transplanters have invited a cold response form farmers across the Doaba region, which is usually considered a region which is receptive to experimentation for newly-introduced agricultural techniques and concepts.
All the four districts of the Doaba Region were assigned the task to give a total of 100 paddy transplanters (25 to each district) to farmers and cooperative societies for the coming paddy season this year. However, the district agricultural authorities, across all the four districts, found only three farmers interested in the purchase of the implement. As per the information gathered by The Tribune, not even a single farmer of the cooperative society id ready to purchase tranplanters in the districts Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur. Only one and two farmers are interested to purchase the implement in Jalandhar and Kapurthala, respectively. The state government has announced subsidies on the purchase of the paddy transplanter and orders have been given to manufacturers through the agricultural authorities concerned. Ironically, the state government has reduced the subsidy amount to Rs 75,000 this year from Rs 1.5 lakh last year. Decrease in the subsidy amount is considered as a major reason for the cold response. In fact, reacting to the decrease in subsidy, agricultural technocrats had already expressed their apprehension of such a cold response, a few months back. Against this year’s response, last year seems smooth sailing. As many as 25 and 22 tranplantors were purchased by farmers in Nawanshahr and Jalandhar districts, respectively, last year. Similarly, farmers in Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur purchased eight and nine implements last year. Besides decrease in subsidies, experts cite the technique sensitivity component, involved in its use, as a major reason behind its compromised success. “To grow mat-type nursery is a pre-requisite for the use of a transplanter which involves delicate work and unfortunately farmers of Punjab are not ready to adopt the technique, which obviously involves risk, at this juncture”, said a Chief Agricultural Officer of the district. Chances of more applications are too low as paddy transplantation is about to start in coming nine days, he added.
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Khaira to Cong workers
Oppose SAD candidates in SGPC poll
Tribune News Service
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Voter registration
Our Correspondent
Phagwara, June 2
The process of voter registration for the SGPC elections started in Phagwara today. It which would continue till July 15 in the sub-division, said Phagwara SDM Amarjit Pal. He said the preliminary voting lists would be published on August 6 and claims and objections could be filed between August 6 and August 31.
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Kapurthala, June 2
Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira today called upon the Sikh Congress workers and supporters to enroll as many voters as possible to oppose
the SAD-sponsored candidates in the SGPC elections.
Khaira was addressing a rally of Congress workers after inaugurating the new office of the District Congress Committee here. Khaira, who is also the president of the Kapurthala District Congress Committee, said although the Congress was a secular party and could not put candidates to fight the SGPC elections, it is their duty to save the Sikh institutions like SGPC and Akal Takht from the Badal family. He alleged that the Badal family had destroyed and politicised the SGPC for their personal and political ends. District Youth Congress President Jagjit Singh Bittu, former DCC
chief Navtej Singh Cheema were present in the function. Meanwhile, factionalism in the Congress in the district came to fore as no party leader from former MP Rana Gurjit Singh’s group was present there.
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DAV College Principal Row
DAV Colleges committee members demand Tewari’s dismissal
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, June 2
The members of the DAV Colleges Coordination Committee (CMC) under the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) today held a dharna at Burlton Park demanding dismissal of DAV College Principal Dr V.K. Tewari.
District president of PCCTU, Dr. Tajinder Virli said the anti-employees and anti-college management activities of Dr Tewari had forced them to stage dharnas. “Dr Tewari seems to be least bothered about the decisions of the DAV CMC. The delay in implementing the orders of the DAV CMC is leading to problems for the smooth functioning of the college,” he added. Madan Lal Khullar, General Secretary of the Non-teaching Union, said those people who were trying to save Dr Tewari had nothing to do with the management of the college. “All purchases made during the tenure of Dr Tewari should be made public,” he added. The union members also said the demand made by the principal’s association to abolish the post of director from the DAV CMC as per Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, orders is not in the interest of the colleges. “In the absence of a director heading a college, the principal’s position becomes supreme and it can lead to adverse effects on the institution concerned,” the members maintained. The union members also said they would be forced to conduct statewide protests in the coming days if Tewari is not removed from the post of principal. “The union would hold state wide dharnas in the coming days”, the members added.
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Propagated as the much-needed alternative to compensate the rapidly decreasing availability of labour during the paddy season in the state, newly-introduced paddy transplanters have invited a cold response form farmers across the Doaba region, which is usually considered a region which is receptive to experimentation for newly-introduced agricultural techniques and concepts.
