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CBSE Class XII Results
Aakriti tops tricity with 98.2%
  Parul, Jayesh Jhunjhunwala joint second with 97.8% n Girls outshine boys 
Vivek Gupta
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
Panchkula girl Aakriti Goel, a student of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula, has topped the tricity by scoring 98.2 per cent marks in the non-medical stream of the CBSE Class XII examinations, the results of which were announced today.

Jayesh Jhunjhunwala
Joint tricity commerce topper
97.8%

Aim: To pursue an MBA
Success mantra: Consistency 
Parents’ Occupation: Father a businessman, mother a housewife
Stress buster: Music 

The tricity has a double delight in the commerce stream as the top honours have been shared by two students, Parul Laddha and Jayesh Jhunjhunwala, both students of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Chandigarh, by securing 97.8 per cent marks.

In the medical stream, Chandigarh girl Gurleen Kaur, a student of Bal Niketan, Sector 37, has topped the tricity with 96 per cent marks.

In the humanities stream, Preeti Yadav, a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, has topped the tricity by scoring 96.2 per cent marks.

Overall girls have outshone boys in the tricity. Besides securing top positions, they have also bagged a high pass percentage. Against 78.3 per cent boys, 88.1 per cent girls have cleared the CBSE Class XII examinations in the region. The Panchkula region, comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir, recorded an overall pass percentage of 82.48 per cent, better than the national figure of 82.10 per cent.

CBSE Regional Director RJ Khanderao said girls had outperformed boys at the national level and this region was no different. In this circle, 4,330 girls scored 90 per cent and above, of whom 664 girls scored above 95 per cent. In comparison, only 3,480 boys could score above 90 per cent and of them only 430 scored above 95 per cent.

Banita Arora, Principal of Bhawan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, said for the past many years, girls had been doing exceptionally well than boys. "Though we have not yet done a boys vs girls analysis, but girls seem to have secured better results," she said.

Principal of KV DAV, Sector 7, Madhu Behl said girls had secured the first three positions in her school. Niharika Mahajan topped the school with 97.20 per cent marks followed by Latika with 96.40 per cent and Astha Verma with 95.20 per cent. In the overall result, 19 girls of the 35 students secured 85 percent and above, she said.

In Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, too, a girl, Ustatleen Kaur, topped the school by securing 96.4 per cent in the non-medical stream. As many as 14 girls secured 90 per cent and above of the total 25 students.

The trend was no different in DAV School, Sector 15, where a girl, Abha Gupta, topped the school with 95.6 per cent marks in the medical stream. In DC Model Senior Secondary School in Panchkula, a girl, Manvi Jain, topped the school with 95.2 per cent marks in the commerce stream.

Elated by the outstanding results of the student, school Principal Rakesh Sachdeva said every year girls were proving their mettle and sending a clear signal to society that they were more capable in all spheres.

Girls have performed better than boys at the national level too. As many as 16,701 girls scored more than 90 per cent marks as compared to 15,961 boys at the national level.

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RESULTS AT A GLANCE

* Girls outshine boys in tricity

* Aakriti tops tricity with 98.2 per cent

* Topper from the non-medical stream; last year the topper was from the commerce stream

* Topper’s percentage up by 0.2 per cent as compared to last year

* Toppers' percentage has improved in the arts and medical streams

* Tricity topper from Panchkula; this year, ICSE topper was also from Panchkula

* Three students from Panchkula have scored 100 in maths and music

* Four students from Chandigarh and one from Panchkula have scored 90 per cent and above in the EWS category

* Mohali fares badly

* First five positions in Panchkula bagged by girls

* 21 students of the 45 in Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, have scored over 90 per cent

Shining stars of Chandigarh

* Parul Laddha and Jayesh Jhunjhunwala, both students of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Chandigarh, stood joint first in the commerce stream in the tricity by securing 97.8 per cent marks

* Ankita Puwar of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19,trailed behind with 97.60 marks in the non-medical stream

* In the third spot are Nikhil Partap, a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, and Jigyasa Grover of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, with 97.40 per cent in the non-medical stream

* In the fourth spot are Niharika Mahajan of KBDAV, Sector 7, and Aranav Kansal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, with 97.20 per cent in the commerce and non-medical streams, respectively

* In the non-medical stream, Vishal Garg, a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra, has topped the tricity with 97 per cent marks and has got the fifth spot in the city

Shining stars of Panchkula

* Aakriti scores 98.2 per cent in the non-medical stream

* Pankhuri Goel second with 96.4 per cent in the commerce stream from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula

* Manvi bags the third slot with 95.2 per cent marks in the commerce stream from DC Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 7, Panchkula

* Priya Kataria scores 95 per cent in Commerce stream from Satluj Public School, Sector 4

* Deepali Jain has scored 94.8 per cent in the arts stream from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15

Shining stars of Mohali

* Shruti (non-medical) of St Soldier School, Phase VII, Mohali, has bagged 96 per cent marks

* Nishtha Nagar (medical), a student of Gian Jyoti Global School has got 95.2 per cent marks

* Navneet Kaur Sohanpal (commerce), a student of APJ Smart School at Mundi Kharar, has got 96 per cent marks

* Kiran (humanities), a student of Lawrence Public School, has got 91.6 per cent marks 

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Stayed away from social networking sites, says topper
Hina Rohtaki & Vivek Gupta
Tribune News Service

Panchkula/Chandigarh, May 27
It was like renouncing the world for Aakriti Goel, a student of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula, who has topped the tricity in the non-medical stream by scoring 98.2 per cent marks in the CBSE Class XII examinations.

A resident of Sector 2 , Panchkula, Aakriti preferred to stay away from social networking sites and her friends for two years so that she didn't get distracted. She had set a target of scoring 96 per cent marks and had pasted a paper mentioning the target in her room. She ended up scoring more than that.

Aakriti's mantra for success was regular studies for 10 to 12 hours a day. “I used to get up at 4 am and studied till 6.30 am as I found early morning studies very helpful. I used to take a break of half an hour and watch television to refresh myself,” said Aakriti.

Aakriti’s father RK Goel is a senior general manager of a pharmaceutical company in Una, while her mother Poonam Goel is a housewife.

“I feel social networking sites and phones are a distraction in your studies. I stayed away from these things. Before the board exams, I just focused on achieving my target,” said Aakriti.

RK Goel, who used to come home on weekends, said, “I never felt the need to tell Aakriti to study as I always knew she was serious about her studies.”

“I feel in today’s time parents cant contribute much to their children's studies as everything has become so complicated and tough. However, parents must try to motivate their children,” Poonam.

Principal of the school Shashi Banerjee said, “Despite the fact that after Class X, most students prefer Chandigarh schools due to the quota problem, we have proved that it is only hard work that matters.”

Pleasantly surprised, says commerce topper

A student of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Chandigarh, 17-year-old Parul, the joint topper from the tricity in the commerce stream with 97.8 per cent, feels that there is no shortcut to success. “I studied for six to seven hours regularly and put in a lot of hard work for my exams," she said. One of my strong areas, she said, was that she gave equal importance to all subjects. A lot of effort was involved in understanding and revising the concepts. “I did not set any goal in terms of percentage but was expecting around 95 per cent marks. Getting a better percentage was a pleasant surprise," she said. Talking about her aim, she said she wanted to pursue an MBA. 

Jayesh wants to pursue MBA

By securing 97.8 per cent marks in Class XII, Jayesh (17) has proved his mettle on the academic front. He was recently declared the best student of the school. Jayesh said this achievement would not have been possible without his parents' guidance. “Accountancy was my favourite subject. I was slightly weak in business studies, but I managed to score equally well in all subjects," he said. He said the road ahead was very tough, but this achievement would lead him in good stead. “I want to purse an MBA as it will help me expand my father’s business," he said.

Preeti sets sights on Civil Services

Daughter of a constable posted with the Chandigarh Police, Preeti Yadav was expecting to score above 90 per cent. She is feeling out of the world having secured the top position in the tricity in the humanities stream with 96.2 per cent marks. “I have no words to explain my excitement. It is the happiest day of my life,” said Preeti, a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16. With three other students having secured 96 per cent marks, there was a tough competition in this stream, but she managed to leave them behind. She said she remained regular in her studies and hardly missed any class. Preeti loves reading people's mind and wants to pursue her further studies in psychology. Her ultimate aim, she said, was to crack the Civil Services.

Medical topper attributes success to parents, teachers

"This was unexpected", was the first reaction of the medical topper from the tricity who secured 96 per cent marks.

A student of Bal Niketan, Sector 37, 18-year-old Gurleen said her achievement would not have been possible without the support of her parents and schoolteachers.

She said she had performed badly in Class X, but gained confidence after she joined the medical stream. "I ensured that I had full clarity about the concepts. I never allowed doubts to overpower me," she said.

She said she wanted to get admission to a good medical college for which she had already appeared in a number of entrance exams.

"I will soon appear for the AIIMS entrance exam and hope to perform well," she said. 

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beating odds
Vendor’s son tops St John’s School
  Secures 94.4% in commerce despite spending 7 hours daily selling garments
Vivek Gupta
Tribune News Service

Ravi Kumar, whose mother does a cleaning job in a bank; Vikas Jain (centre), whose father is a vendor; and Rajat Kumar, whose father makes sweets boxes, in a jubilant mood after scoring well in the Class XII exams.
Ravi Kumar, whose mother does a cleaning job in a bank; Vikas Jain (centre), whose father is a vendor; and Rajat Kumar, whose father makes sweets boxes, in a jubilant mood after scoring well in the Class XII exams. tribune photo: manoj mahajan

Chandigarh, May 27
Every evening Vikas Jain spends six or seven hours selling garments and other small items for children in front of a vegetable market at Mauli Jagran. This proved no deterrent for him to excel in his studies. Vikas, an EWS student, topped the first batch of class XII of St John's High School by securing 94.4 per cent marks in the commerce stream. “I was expecting good marks but securing the top position in the very first batch of the school is a real surprise for me," said an elated Vikas, who is 19 years old.

He has achieved this feat against all odds and despite the fact that his father has not been keeping well for the past six months and that has increased his responsibility to handle his roadside business. He said he was in the hospital where his father was operated upon hours before the accounts paper. “But, I kept my nerve and performed well in the accounts paper. I was happy to find that my father was recovering," he said.

Despite the fact that he had to spend about six hours daily to look after his father's business at Mauli Jagran, he made sure that he studied regularly and consistently and understood each and every concept.

"I really want to dedicate my achievement to my parents and my schools, who gave me all kind of support," he said.
Tanisha Gupta (arts, 92.2%) with her family in Panchkula.
Tanisha Gupta (arts, 92.2%) with her family in Panchkula.
Tribune photo: nitin mittal
Anirav Goyal (humanities, 92.2%) with his parents.
Anirav Goyal (humanities, 92.2%) with his parents.
Tribune photo: pradeep tewari
Iresh Gupta (commerce, 96.5%) in a jubilant mood at Mohali.
Iresh Gupta (commerce, 96.5%) in a jubilant mood at Mohali.
Tribune photo: vicky gharu

About his future plans, he said his friends were suggesting him to join a good college in Delhi but he had no plans to leave his family at a time when his father was bedridden. Moreover, he can’t afford to study in Delhi because of so much of expenses involved. He said he aimed at becoming a chartered accountant and for this he would appear for the common proficiency test scheduled for June 16. “I don't get affected by my poor economic background. For me hard work is the supreme virtue. I will continue to do well", he said.

2 more EWS students among school toppers

Besides him, there are two more EWS students of the same school who have secured excellent marks are among the toppers of the school. A resident of Rajiv Colony, Panchkula, Ravi Kumar secured 89% marks in the commerce stream despite all odds in his life. He lost his father a few years ago and is survived by his elder sister and mother. His mother does cleaning job in a bank. Ravi, who is 19 years old, said despite having problems at home, his mother did not pressurise him and always motivated him to do well in life. “My whole family is very happy with my performance, which has set a bar for my future endeavours," said Ravi, who aims to become a chartered accountant.

Another student Rajat Kumar, who helps his father in making sweet boxes, too, secured 87% marks in the commerce stream. “My family's support and teachers' guidance helped me score better," said Rajat, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, who mostly relied upon self-studies rather than private tuitions. He plans to pursue bachelors in commerce along with the company secretary course. Principal of the school Kavita Das said they were indeed the shining stars of their school in this result.

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They took disability, illness as challenge to do better
Vivek Gupta
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
Chronic illness and disability could not deter the spirit and grit of these three students. Braving all odds, Tanisha Gupta, who is orthopaedically impaired, scored 92.2 per cent in the arts stream. Tanisha, who has a medical problem in her left leg, said she did not let her physical disability overpower her rather took it as a challenge to do better.

"I am fully satisfied with my result. I studied four or five hours a day. My teachers were very supportive and that is the reason I have been able to get such a good percentage," said 17-year-old student of Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, who wants to crack the IAS exam.

"Revising what is taught in the school and being regular in studies was the key to success," said Tanisha, whose father Jitender Gupta is a businessman and mother is a housewife.

Anirav Goyal, who has very weak eyesight, has also performed well in the Class XII exam. A student of DPS, Sector 41, he was provided a writer by the board to help him in the exam. He has secured 92.2% in the humanities stream. Anirav said he was actually feeling proud that he could cross the 90 per cent mark. "I was expecting somewhere around 80 per cent. Getting above 92 per cent is like a dream come true," said Anirav. He said he couldn't read books properly. He has to prepare notes with double spaces big alphabets so that he can read them properly. He aims at doing his bachelors from a good college, he said

After struggling with his medical problems for months, 18-year-old Iresh Gupta, a student of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, has performed well in the exam. He has secured 96.5 per cent marks in the commerce stream despite the fact that he had remained unwell for the most part of the session.

He was down with dengue in September last year, due to which he could not attend the school for over two months. "After this problem, I got a spinal arthritis attack, which was a major setback," said Iresh, adding that he could not appear for the mid-December exam and further could not appear for the January pre-boards.

It was not the end of his ordeals. He had blood pressure problem in February and used to get blood pressure attacks. He was even admitted to the PGI before the exams. "I was very nervous but my parents and teachers guided me well," he said.

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Behlana govt school scores 100% result
Vivek Gupta
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
After a long wait of two years, a government school in Chandigarh has produced a 100 per cent result in the Class XII examination. Since 2011, none of the 22 Government Model Senior Secondary Schools and 15 non-model schools had got 100 per cent pass result. Surprisingly, this year, a non-model school, Government Senior Secondary, Behlana, broke the jinx for the UT Education Department by achieving a 100 per cent result.
Preeti Yadav of GMSSS-16 (arts, 96.2%) with Principal of the school Anujeet Kaur.
Preeti Yadav of GMSSS-16 (arts, 96.2%) with Principal of the school Anujeet Kaur. tribune photo: s chandan

According to the brief information provided to the media, the GMSSS, Mani Majra, secured 99.5 per cent result followed by GMSSS, 37-B, which scored 97.38 per cent result.

As many as six students of the government schools scored 97 per cent and above marks. Ankita Puwar, student of GMSSS-19, topped the government schools in the city by securing 97.60 per cent in the non-medical stream followed by Nikhil Partap, a student of GMSSS-16, who scored 97.40 in the non-medical stream. Jigyasa Grover of the GMSSS-35 shared the second spot with Nikhil by scoring similar 97.40 per cent marks. Another non-medical stream student, Aranav Goyal secured 97.20 per cent marks.

Vishal Garg of GMSSS-Mani Mrjra topped the medical stream by scoring 97 per cent marks, followed by Sirat Khara of GMSSS-16, who scored 95 per cent marks. Abhishek Singhal of GMSSS-Mani Majra secured 94 per cent marks and is on the third position.

In the commerce stream, GMSSS-16 student Naveen Shreshtha topped the government schools with 97.20 per cent marks followed by Angana Katoch of the same school, who secured 96.80 per cent marks. Rahul Gautam of GHSSS-Mani Majra and Priyanka of GMSSS-16 secured the joint third position with 96.40% marks.

The tricity topper in humanities is from GMSSS-16 who secured 96.20 per cent, followed by Chesta Jain of GMSSS- 35 who scored 94 per cent marks and Mannat Chugh of the same school who scored 93.80 per cent. 

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Tricity topper again from Panchkula
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 27
Panchkula has done it again. The topper in the CBSE Class XII results is also from the town. In the ICSE Class X results, Rajat Bir Singh Bajwa from Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, Panchkula, had emerged the topper in the tricity, securing 96.8 per cent marks.

"Our district has been facing the quota problem when it comes to seeking admissions to the Chandigarh colleges. Even if we have brilliant students, they wish to gain admissions to the Chandigarh schools so that they may easily get admission to the Chandigarh colleges," said Jaya Bhardwaj, Principal of Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula.

Students from Panchkula come under the outsiders' quota as far as admission to a Chandigarh college is concerned. Students doing their Class XII from the Chandigarh schools have 85 per cent reservation in the Chandigarh colleges. 

Quota problem

Owing to the quota problem, most of the schools have stopped offering the medical stream as fewer students of this stream would seek admissions to the Panchkula schools. Schools here like Hansraj Public School, Sector 6; DC Model School, Sector 7; and Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, don't offer the medical stream.

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Top positions elude Mohali town 
Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 27
Once again, no student from Mohali has figured on the list of the tricity toppers in the CBSE Class XII results. In comparison to Chandigarh and Panchkula, the students of the town have performed poorly as far as securing the highest marks in any of the four streams in the tricity is concerned.

In Mohali, V Shruti, a non-medical student of St Soldier School, Phase VII, secured 96 per cent marks while Nishtha Nagar of Gian Jyoti Global School, got 95.2 per cent marks, the highest in the medical stream. In commerce, Navneet Kaur Sohanpal of APJ Smart School at Mundi Kharar, got 96 per cent to remain on top in the district whereas in humanities, Kiran of Lawrence Public School secured 91.6 per cent marks.

Around 25 students got above 90 per cent marks in the medical stream in the town while the number of such students in the non-medical, commerce and humanities streams is seven, eight and one, respectively.

The town had fared poorly in the class XII results of Punjab School Education Board. Not even a single student could make it to the overall merit list, which has 366 students from the state.

Dr Balwinder Singh, noted academician, admitted that despite having top-class infrastructure, Mohali has been lagging behind in producing toppers.

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Navneet tops Mohali dist in commerce
Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service

Mohali, May 27
Today, the joy of Bhupinder Singh, an air-conditioner mechanic, knew no bounds when his daughter, Navneet Kaur Sohanpal, topped Mohali district with 95.8 per cent in the commerce stream of Class XII.
Navneet Kaur Sohanpal, who topped Mohali district with 95.8 per cent in the commerce stream of Class XII, with her family members on Monday
Navneet Kaur Sohanpal, who topped Mohali district with 95.8 per cent in the commerce stream of Class XII, with her family members on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

“We got the perfect result of our hard work. We are unable to define our happiness in words,” said Bhupinder Singh and his wife, Rupinder Kaur, while celebrating the success of their daughter.

Navneet Kaur, who studied at APJ Smart School, Mundi Kharar, said she was quite sure about her good result.

“My secret behind the success is my hard work throughout the year,” said Navneet Kaur, adding that she used to study for four-five hours daily after her school.

Navneet, who is well aware that how her father works hard to earn money, never went for tuition classes.

“I used to study attentively in the class. Whenever I had any doubts, I went to my teachers to clear them. So, I never felt like going for tuitions,” said Navneet, who wanted to be a chartered accountant.

Navneet said: “I hardly watch television. I love my studies”.

Gurvinder gets 93% in commerce

The success story of Gurvinder Singh, who also belongs to a modest family, is not different.

Gurvinder, son of a milkman, made his family proud by getting 93 per cent in the commerce stream.

Gurvinder, a student of The APJ Smart School, said he never went for tuition classes. “Neither my family could afford it (tuition), nor I ever felt like joining tuition classes,” said Gurvinder.

“I used to study for over five hours daily. Unlike other boys, I am least interested in watching movies and cricket matches. Instead, I used to spend most of my time studying,” said Gurvinder, who gave the credit to his family and teachers for their support.

Gurvinder, whose parents are just matriculate, wants to be a civil servant.

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Gurleen tops in medical stream
Tribune News Service

Gurleen Kaur, who secured 96 per cent in the medical stream, with her family on Monday.
Gurleen Kaur, who secured 96 per cent in the medical stream, with her family on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Mohali, May 27
Gurleen Kaur, a student of International Public School, Kurali, bagged top slot in Mohali district by scoring 96 per cent marks in the medical stream. Gurleen said it was her hard work and support of parents and teachers that enabled her to touch the heights of success.

“I used to study for at least seven hours daily. I never went for tuition classes," said Gurleen.

She said her maternal grandfather inspired her to study.

Gurleen wants to do her MBBS first and then go for civil services examination. “My dream is to become a civil servant, but before that I want to do MBBS,” said Gurleen

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EWS students defy odds

Chandigarh, May 27
Ten economically weaker section (EWS) children of Theatre Age, Chandigarh, have cleared the Class XII board exam in different streams. As many as eight students scored between 50 per cent and 60 per cent marks in the non-medical stream. Vicky, a resident of Sector 24, secured 60 per cent followed by Rajat who scored around 55 per cent marks. Among other students, Rahul scored 59 per cent, Manish 53 per cent, Raju 50 per cent, Arvind 58 per cent and Imran Khan scored 56 per cent marks.

In the medical stream, Bindu and Savita scored 56 per cent and 54 per cent marks, respectively. Rahul, who sells vegetable to help his father in his business, said he was satisfied with his result. "I am very happy that I could score 83 per cent marks in English. I am planning to pursue humanities, he said.

Manish, whose farther is an auto-rickshaw driver, said he was expecting more marks. Zulfikar Khan, president of the NGO, said all these students cleared the exam despite having a lot of problem in their lives. — TNS

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Patil pulls up UT officials
 Inaugurates Government High School in Sector 54
Aarti Kapur
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil today pulled up officials of the UT Administration for ‘short-sightedness’ in chalking out the policy for upgrading schools and its infrastructure in the city. During the inauguration of the newly constructed Government High School in Sector 54, he asked as to why the Education Department had not introduced 100 per cent smart class rooms to overcome shortage of teachers in the schools till date.

Patil was surprised at the UT administration’s delay in introducing smart class rooms in the city when the Government of India was funding it. He questioned why the budget allocated for education was lapsing and why the budget was not being utilised within the stipulated time frame?

He directed the Education Department officials to purchase cameras and install them in three directions of the main auditorium to deliver recorded lectures of the best teachers of India and the world on the screen so that the knowledge of students could be widened.

Patil instructed the Education Department to install solar energy system in all the schools of the city to avoid burden on the grid and uninterrupted power supply. Earlier, Patil visited the classrooms and computer labs in the schools of Sector 53 and 54 and tasted the mid-day meal prepared for the students.

Patil talks tough Officer’s speech

While speaking at the function, UT Education Secretary VK Singh stated that there were 40 schools in the city where double shifts were being held but due to poor response from children in these shifts the Education Department was planning to shut down the double shifts in 10 schools. 

What UT Administrator said:

Critical of the proposal made by the Education Secretary, the UT Administrator stated that he would not allow discontinuing of the double shifts in the schools as the officers were themselves clamouring that there was shortage of around 20 schools and teachers in the city. 

KK Sharma, UT adviser to the Administrator, stated that the administration was implementing the Right to Education properly in the city by giving admission to students belonging to the weaker sections of the society. He said that during the admission, first preference was being given to students residing within 1 to 3 km radius of the school and if seats were vacant, then any student of the city could take admission. 

Criticising the format followed by the administration, the UT Administrator said why the authorities were not open to give admission under the RTE to the students of the tricity as the government was committed to giving education to all.

V K Singh, UT Education Secretary, said that the department was constructing 200 rooms in the schools after reviewing the requirements of all government schools. 

The UT administrator directed the Chief Architect to construct the classrooms keeping in view the requirements for the next 15 to 20 years rather than the present. 

- V K Singh, UT Education Secretary said nine more smart schools were being set up in the city after monitoring the requirement. 

The Administrator instructed the Chief Architect in his address that from now onwards, the classrooms designed for the new schools should have the capacity to accommodate 100 students with the projector rather than the traditional structure for 40 students.

School to be inaugurated by Friday

After Chandigarh Tribune reported ‘Patil to inaugurate smart school sans facilities today’ in which it was mentioned that the new building of the Government High School, Hallo Majra, was complete and awaiting inauguration for over two weeks, SK Chaddha, Chief Engineer, said that by Friday, the school would be inaugurated. 

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Constable training course Notice to Haryana DGP
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) today issued a notice to Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) after the authorities at the Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban, Karnal, in an ongoing petition expressed their helplessness to incorporate 11 UT police female constables for a training course, despite CAT directions.

During the resumed hearing on the application of 11 UT police constables, the counsel for the UT police submitted that Madhuban authorities conveyed their helplessness in taking the decision whether they could allow these 11 UT police female constables to join a training course at Madhuban.

The authorities in a communication to the UT police said that the decision in this regard could only be taken by the Haryana DGP.

In the order dated July 31, 2012, a Division Bench of CAT had ordered that the constables be sent for a lower school training course at Madhuban. But since the orders were not followed, the constables filed a contempt petition, which was later turned by the tribunal into an execution petition.

The contempt petition vide order dated April 5, 2013, stateed that the police department had deputed 313 constables to undergo lower school course at the Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban, but the female constables were not sent despite tribunal orders. There were 12 vacancies available for the purpose, the petitioners stated.The case will now come up for hearing on May 28. 

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Dismissed constables seek reinstatement 
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
Two UT police constables who were dismissed from service after they turned hostile in court in the ASI paper leak scam, have sought their reinstatement into the police after the accused in the case were acquitted by the court last month.

The UT police took stern action against their two constables who had turned hostile in the court in the infamous ASI paper leak scam that broke in 2008. Senior police officials had dismissed the two constables in 2011, who were the key witnesses in the scam, but failed to support their statements before the court and deposed against the department thus weakening the police case. Their statements have led to the acquittal of the accused in the scam.

Constables Jai Bhagwan and Ashok Kumar were dismissed as they failed to identify the two prime accused in the recruitment scam in the court who were Joginder Dahiya and Sanjiv Rana before the court. Both have now written to UT IGP RP Upadhyaya to reinstate them since the accused in the scam were acquitted on April 2.

The two constables, who were prime witnesses in the scam, had turned hostile before deposing in the court of the District and Sessions Judge in January 2010 and were dismissed the next year.

When the statements of both these constables were recorded under 164 CrPC at the time of the scam coming to light in 2008, they had told the Magistrate that the two accused had offered them the question papers in return for huge sum of money. However, during the trial, they took a U turn and told the court that they could not recognise the two accused.

The written exam was conducted on the morning of January 27, 2008, in Chandigarh.

On April 2, SK Aggarwal, District and Sessions Judge, Chandigarh, had acquitted all the accused in the ASI recruitment scam. Seven persons, including four constables of the UT Police, were booked for cheating and criminal conspiracy in 2008. The UT police had unearthed an alleged scam involving leakage of question papers by some constables of the UT police to clear an entrance examination for the post of Assistant Sub-Inspector. Two of the main accused, Joginder Dhaiya and Sanjiv Rana, were arrested. They were previously booked by the Delhi Police in similar cases. 

Had turned hostile

The UT police took stern action against their two constables who had turned hostile in the court in the infamous ASI paper leak scam that broke in 2008.

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Sector 21 RWA to hold poll on June 9

Chandigarh, May 27
High drama was witnessed during the annual general meeting of the Residents’ Welfare Association of Sector 21, when some members of the association opposed the move of the present committee to continue their term for another two years.

Sunita Nirankari, a member of the association, said the agenda of the meeting was to extend the tenure of the present committee for another two years but during the meeting, many members opposed the move as many members wanted to contest the elections. “Later, it was decided that the elections will be held on June 9,” she said. In the meeting it was decided that a three-member committee of RC Nayyar, Charanjiv Singh and Promila Dass, would be formed to hold elections on June 9. — TNS

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smooth functioning of mc meeting
Mayor seeks legal opinion
Rajinder Nagarkoti
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
In an attempt to maintain the dignity of the General House of the municipal corporation, which has lowered over the years, Subhash Chawla, city Mayor, has sought legal opinion of the MC Law Officer on what rules and regulations can be imposed for the smooth functioning of the MC house meetings.

The Mayor said that he had sought an opinion from the Law Officer on what rules and regulations under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act were there, which could help in smooth functioning of the MC house meetings.

He further added that he would also seek suggestions from all councillors, officials, so that there would be no problem in conducting the house proceedings. He said that the councillors should understand that they should focus on the development of the city and the smooth functioning of the house would ultimately help in the development of the city.

In the recent house meeting on May 24, a ruckus was created when the opposition demanded the resignation of former Union Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in connection with the railgate scam.

Sources said that the MC was also mulling to fix the responsibility of the ‘watch and ward’ staff of the corporation to keep a check on every visitor before entering the MC House on the day of monthly house meeting. The sources added that the staff hardly checked the visitors before entering the house. 

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Retired judge’s son seeks anticipatory bail in dowry case
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 27
In the dock in a dowry harassment case, a retired judge’s son applied for anticipatory bail plea in the court today. Accused Pradeep Bhadhari today moved the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Shalini Nagpal seeking an anticipatory bail.

Pradeep’s wife, Anu Bhandari of Phagwara had filed a complaint with the Women and Child Protection Unit of the Chandigarh police on April 8 this year. She alleged that the UT police finally lodged an FIR on May 2 after much dilly dallying.

The complainant’s husband Pradip Bhandari, a lawyer and a resident of Sector 18, has been booked under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 498 A (subjecting wife to cruelty) of the IPC. His wife had alleged slow police inaction in the case. She also alleged that the police was shielding the accused since her father-in-law was a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The bail plea has been adjourned for hearing in the case tomorrow.

In his application, Pradeep Bhandari has stated that he is ready to return all the dowry articles and no sort of any cruelty was ever inflicted on his wife. “I have extended full cooperation to the officials of the Women Cell of Sector 17 and was ready to do the same to the Mediation Centre in Punjab and Haryana High Court, by providing concrete material to show that the allegations were false, but to no avail”, mentioned the petitioner in his anticipatory bail plea.

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10% fee hike mooted in all courses

Chandigarh, May 27
The committee formed by Panjab University to review the fee structure of courses in the university has recommended a 10 per cent fee hike in all courses. The recommendation made by the committee will be tabled before the Syndicate for the final approval.

Sources said the revised fee structure, if approved, would apply to the new batch of students taking admission to different courses.

"The students already studying in the university will not be affected by the fee hike," the sources said.

One of the committee members said hike in laboratory fee charged from the students had also been recommended by the committee. — TNS

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