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Only one teacher for 175 students in primary school
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Train showcasing biodiversity halts in Haridwar tomorrow
People sing National Anthem in chorus to create world record
Mayor Manoj Garg felicitated
Inter-house debate contest
Head constable killed in mishap
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Only one teacher for 175 students in primary school
Haridwar, May 6 The student-teacher ratio in the school is also surprising. There is only one teacher to teach a total of 175 students. She is also acting-Principal. Riyaz Fatima says to teach such a large number of students on a daily basis is a herculean task. She said one teacher retired last year and since then she had been managing the school. Fatima said: "I will also retire next year. Many a time, my health does not allow me to come to the school. But I cannot take leave as it's a matter of students' future. I have to make sure that at least the school opens on a daily basis. Despite writing to education officials several times, no new appointment has been made
so far." Social activist Tripta Sharma said as per government directives, schools should have at least 40:1 student-teacher ratio. However, in this school only one teacher was taking care of 175 students, which was not an easy task. Tripta said in this situation, it was very difficult to pay attention to every student. Fatima said the school rooftop had damaged in the rains two years ago. It had not been repaired so far. To add to the problems, there was no electricity in the school. Local people also tried to collect funds for the repair of the school building, but a sufficient amount could not be collected, as most of the students here belonged to poor families. Fatima said with an increase in the temperature, it had become difficult for the students to study in the open. They are being forced to take shelter under a huge tree on the school premises. Many students were also falling ill due to this, she added. She said the situation would worsen during the monsoon, which would also hamper the
academic activities. Mohsin Ali, a parent, said children were the future of the country, but it's quite ironical that lakhs were being spent on the security of ministers and the government had no time and funds to repair a
school building. Siksha Samiti, a parents' association, has also written to the Director, Uttarakhand Education Department, in this
regard and brought the matter to the notice of Jwalapur MLA Chandrasekhar Bhattewala. Primary education officer Krishna Uniyal said since the matter had been brought to her notice, she would look into it and take necessary
action.
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Train showcasing biodiversity halts in Haridwar tomorrow
Dehradun, May 6 The SEBS 2013 edition was flagged off from Delhi Safdarjung on April 9 to cover more locations in order to benefit a wider audience. During its journey till October 28, 2013, it will travel to 62 locations across India. The SEBS train will arrive at Haridwar railway station on May 8 and will be inaugurated by Dr Rakesh Shah, Chairman, Uttarakhand State Biodiversity Board,
at 10 am. The train will halt at Haridwar for the benefit of students, teachers and the community as a whole. The state-of-the-art exhibition aboard the SEBS aims to create an awareness on the biodiversity of India, climate change and similar issues among various sections of society, especially the students. The exhibition targets a wide range of audience, including school and college students and teachers. Of the 16 coaches of the SEBS, eight supported by MoEF, are solely dedicated to showcasing the myriad
biodiversity spread across the bio-geographical zones of India. These include the trans-Himalaya and the Himalayas, the Gangetic Plain, North-East India, the desert and semi-arid zone, the Western Ghats, the Deccan Peninsula, the coasts and islands. The exhibition also covers various other facets like marine, coastal, forest, microbial, agro-biodiversity and their linkage with livelihoods, besides the challenges of conservation. The eight coaches showcasing India’s rich biodiversity have been conceptualised and designed by the Centre for Environment Education (CEE). The Science Express is being looked at as an opportunity to mobilise and interact with teachers and students to have a feedback, motivate them to take up action projects in their schools, train teachers to guide their students in a better manner, and recognise some good work being done by such schools. At the halts, a number of other activities are also planned to ensure the active participation and involvement of the audience in the conservation of the country’s biodiversity. Some of these include testing of water samples brought by school students, training of teachers and science quiz. The Science Express will be open to
all from 10 am to 5 pm.
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People sing National Anthem in chorus to create world record
Mussoorie, May 6 Students from Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Mussoorie Public School and various public representatives of the town gathered at the Garhwal terrace and sung the National Anthem as part of the nationwide exercise of creating a new world record here. The organisers said similar events were organised in other part of the country with an objective to share the patriotic feeling and create a world record of the largest congregation singing the national anthem together at one time. Mussoorie Municipal Council president Manmohan Singh Mall, former Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh Gunsola and council ward members were also present on the occasion.
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Congress councillors protest removal of Oppn leader’s chamber on day 1 of DMC
Dehradun, May 6 Kumar expressed ignorance and sent for Executive Engineer Ravi Pandey, who said he had executed the orders of the “higher-ups” but hesitated to take any names. Kumar was displeased that he was not contacted in the matter and suggested Pandey to be sensitive towards political matters. The delegation of veteran Congress councillors, led by Jagdish Dhiman, Dr Vijender and Vinay Kohli, threatened to complain about the matter to the Chief Minister and resign if the matter was not resolved within two days. Kumar’s assertion that the structure would be erected again did not pacify them. They were also miffed that most of the chairs in the councillor’s room were missing and said instead of giving them a warm welcome, they were insulted on the first day at the corporation. Kumar said he would conduct an inquiry into the matter and punish the responsible officials for the lapse. He said he would not let anything disturb the atmosphere of DMC. Regarding building the chamber, he changed his stance, saying he would consult the people concerned and take the
final call on it. Mayor Vinod Chamoli said, “In the first DMC board, there was no room for the councillors. When this room was allotted, this separate chamber within the room was created without any permission. Hence there should not be unnecessary objections and noise over its removal. The structure was cleared to add more space
in the room”.
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SpicMacay to come up with reality show
Dehradun, May 6 ''After reaching out to school and college students, now SpicMacay will venture into the world of realty show through 'Naad Bhed.' The viewers will be able to get a glimpse of Hindustani and classical music and know what sets them apart,'' said Padam Shri Kiran Seth, founder of SpicMacay at a press conference today. He said that though realty shows have become popular in the country and are part of all the television channels, SpicMacay’s effort would be to present the classical music in it’s purest form. ''The reach of Doordarshan is unparalleled in the country and by associating with Doordarshan, we would be able to strengthen our association with the young and the old alike,'' said Seth. He said that the show would attract participation by holding regional rounds at Doordarshan’s 20 regional kendras. Before the reality show, an international convention to be held between May 20 and 26 will be held at Kolkata IIM, which would be inaugurated by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. Expressing his satisfaction at the activities of the SpicMacay chapter in Dehradun, Seth said that there is heightened awareness about classical music in the small towns and SpicMacay, by holding regular programmes in schools and colleges, was playing an important role. “These places may not have good halls but the enthusiasm of the students and the people manages to impress the artistes, who, too, like to explore new frontiers,” said Seth. He also called upon the Dehradun students to become part of the SpicMacay movement and popularise it, ''as most of you know the artistes never charge us; it is the sheer dedication of these artistes that rubs on most of our volunteers who play host to them. By getting involved with SpicMacay, the youth get to see a world never seen before,” emphasised Seth.
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Provide platform to local artistes: Guv
Dehradun, May 6 As the chairperson and patron of SpicMacay, Uttarakhand chapter, the Governor said the concerts and meetings should be held in remote hill areas to create love for art and culture among the young generation. He said an annual calendar of events should be prepared and a corpus fund be established to help needy and talented artistes. Principals, heads and VCs of various educational institutions, who were also present, suggested that SpicMacay should extend its activities to the far-flung rural areas. They promised support for that. Dr Kiran Seth, founder chairperson, SpicMacay, threw light on the future plans of the organisation and said they expected the governmnet's support. Secretary to the Governor Arun Dhaundiyal, Garhwal Commissioner Suvardhan, VC of Forestry and Horticulture University Mathew Prasad, senior representatives from Sanskrit University, Doon University, Patanjali Yogpeeth, DSVV, UPES, ICFAI, IIT (Roorkee) and Culture Director Beena Bhatt were also present.
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Qureshi releases IPS officer’s book
Dehradun, May 6 He congratulated the author and said his work was beneficial to society. The Governor spoke about his favourite authors like Premchand, Krishan Chander, Manto and Quraitulain Haider. He said their stories had challenged the bad practises in society. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Anil Raturi and Sanskrit scholar Ram Vinay Singh presented a literary analysis of the stories. The author, an ADGP, said the stories had been inspired from real life incidents around him. Senior IPS officer Deepam Seth conducted the book release function. The author’s wife, Usha Shukla, thanked the guests. DGP Satyavrat Bansal, former DGP Alok B Lal and several officers and lovers of literature were present.
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Mayor Manoj Garg felicitated
Haridwar, May 6 Mayor Manoj Garg along with Ranipur legislator Aadesh Chauhan attended the function, in which a large number of local people were present. Mayor, legislator and councillors were brought on stage accompanied by a musical band, which was followed by showering of flower petals. In his address Manoj Garg assured the Jwalapur residents of looking into their local problems on priority. Garg alleged previous nagar palika's tenure was the worst, which ''choked the development wheels'' of the civic body in the city. Lashing out at the Congress-led Central and state governments, legislator Aadesh Chauhan said that ''anti- common man policies'' had made BJP as the people's choice, owing to its clean governance, and public will vote it to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections scheduled in 2014. Ward councillors Lalita Chauhan from 23 and Laxmi Dabodiya from ward no1 were also felicitated on the occasion. Both Lalita and Laxmi assured of looking into civic problems of Jwalapur such as water, power, roads, sewer, cleanliness, door-to-door garbage collection and other aspects. Anis Khan,Ghulam Sabir, Shahid Mukarram,Jamshed Khan,Sarfaraz, Khalid, Ikrar among others managed the proceedings of the function.
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Cultural programme marks college fest
Haridwar, May 6 He added that such occasions provided a platform to the students to exhibit their hidden talent and also generated good camaraderie among the students and teachers. Mamta Bisht, Himanshu, Nancy Chauhan, Anshu Saini, Bhawna, Venus, Sachin Chauhan, Neha,Krishan Kumar, Anil Saini, Seema Kalshi, Kumari Neha, Shanu Kumar, Neha, Kuldeep, Surya Vansh, Sheetal, Kishan Singh, Anil Kumar and Sonali Bhandari were awarded certificates in various streams. The girls and boys presented cultural programmes ranging from folk Garhwali, Kumaoni, Punjabi, kathak, bharatnatyam and fusion performances. A skit based on the life of Sarabjit, an Indian prisoner who was killed in Pakistan recently, was enacted by students as a tribute to the martyr which was widely applauded.
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Inter-house debate contest
Dehradun, May 6 Meghali Debnath stood first in the junior section while Aqsa Qureshi and Sonali Bisht stood second and third, respectively. In the senior section, Anil Singhjal was adjudged the best speaker while Aman Kumar and Akansha Saxena stood second and
third, respectively.
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Head constable killed in mishap
Dehradun, May 6 A police team rushed to the spot, extricated the injured policemen from the mangled remains of the jeep and admitted them to a hospital, where head constable Natthi Singh Rana succumbed to injuries. The condition of the three other policemen is stated to be critical. The truck driver has been arrested.
— PTI
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