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Monitoring of students made the difference CHANDIGARH, June 24 — Many government schools in the city have shown better results this year as compared to a last couple of years. The sector 23 GMSSS has shown a pass percentage of 97.2, much higher than 74.4 of last year in the matriculation examination. In class XII the pass percentage is 88.5 as against 72.3 last year. Similarly, the Sector 10 GMSSS has a pass percentage of 96.6 to its credit in the matriculation examination this year. Last year it was 91.6
per cent and there has been a rise of 5 per cent this year. In class XII the school has shown a rise of 2.3 as the pass percentage. Last year it was 86.2 per cent and this year 88.5 per cent. The pass percentage of the Sector 33 GMSSS in matric was 96.5 as compared to 92.5 last year. In class XII also there has been an increase of 5.1 in the pass percentage than last year. The credit for this improvement goes to the monitoring of the students started by the Education Department last year. The toppers of many government schools, including the GMSSS , sectors 33, 35, 23, 16, 10, 19, 12, and 8 were monitored by the teachers and principals of respective schools. The shortlisted students were asked to chalk out a time table for themselves and to keep a copy of the same with themselves and another copy with the principal. The monitoring was started August and went on till the final examinations. The monitoring was started at 2 p.m. daily and continued till the next morning before the school hours. The principals were given guidelines about the procedure and they were told to guide the students. The students were asked to prepare their most difficult subjects in the morning hours and they were told to watch selected channels on TV sets that too during fixed hours. Afterwards the parents were called for the meeting. The DPI himself went on taking meetings of the parents. "The parents were encouraged their wards. They had made study corners at their places and stopped watching the TV programmes themselves. The most encouraging part was the feedback we received," told the DPI, Mr D.S. Saroya. "The results of the sector 23 GMSSS have been the most astonishing. The principal himself took charge of five students and a group of five students was monitored by each teacher. They used to call them up every hour to make sure that they were going by their time table. The parents were also provided with counselling," said Mr Saroya. The DPI proposes to start such a programme in every school in the new session. He says that it is just an experiment and he is feeling happy as it worked well. According to him, as many as 3,283 students appeared in the class XII examination this year and 66.5 per cent
got first division. As many as 1,077 students secured 70 per cent and above marks. Those who got marks between 80 and 90 per cent numbered 271 and 14 students obtained 90 per cent and above marks.
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ICDEOL question
paper ‘not
from
syllabus’ CHANDIGARH,
June 24— The students of M.A./M.Sc( second semester) who appeared for Differential Equations, paper VII , of the International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning have complained that 80 per cent of the question paper was out of syllabus. The students have demanded re -examination ,based on Fresh New Syllabus of the ICDEOL. Students appearing for the examination here today, have said that question paper on Differential Equations -II was Instead based on New Syllabus. A copy of the question paper clearly had ' New Syllabus' printed on it. Dr H. Kanwar who runs the Oriental Institute of Mathematics for the ICDEOL students says that a major mistake has been made by the examiners. "In 1995 the syllabus was changed. Since then, every time there are always two question papers. One is based on the Fresh New Syllabus and the other on New Syllabus. This year instead of two separate question papers, one for the regular and the other for those enrolled before 1995, there was only one. This question paper was based on the syllabus prescribed for those enrolled before 1995." Students appearing for the examination in a centre in D.A.V. College have demanded fresh examinations. " Otherwise, thousands of students will be affected" Students have also said that they do not want grace marks." After all, how many grace marks can they give us. Out of a maximum of 75 marks, eight questions totalling 60 marks were out of syllabus. We could attempt questions worth just 15 marks," they
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Roll numbers not
issued, candidates anxious CHANDIGARH, The college authorities have claimed the roll numbers are denied since as per rules only those “ candidates are issued roll numbers only when they furnish the certificates of their having passed the class XII examination and that too, only 15 days prior to the entrance test’’. The students who had appeared for
CBSE,Punjab Education Board and Haryana Education Board exams were denied the roll numbers due to the delay of the applications. Today, parents as well as the candidates were
desperate to get the roll numbers. They could be seen rushing from one office to the other, but in
vain. The parents were annoyed with the college authorities. Some parents said, “We are being harassed by the college authorities and are not getting any clear information about the roll numbers. Although we are not responsible for the delay of the results, the candidates are a suffering major loss.” The students complained that the results were available on the Internet, but the college authorities were least bothered to search for the results. The college officials said that it was not possible for them to access all the results. The parents were in a total fix and were waiting outside the Director’s office in the administration block. The college authorities said they were trying their best to clear the situation and were also not at fault as the delay of applications was not due to them. The parents and candidates had come up from far-off places to get their roll numbers . The pressure from students and parents was so much that the college authorities had to call for an immediate meeting. They finally changed their decision and extended the last date of applications. Now, candidates seeking admission for
B. Sc Nursing(4years)at College of Nursing, PGI, Chandigarh, who got late in submitting the class XII results, can collect their roll numbers for entrance test on June 26 from the College of Nursing, between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. The candidates should also bring result and detail marks certificates. Roll numbers for
nursing students CHANDIGARH, June 24 — Candidates seeking admission for B.Sc. Nursing (4 years) at College of Nursing,
PGI, can collect there roll numbers for the entrance test from the college. Candidates submitting their Plus II marks late can collect their roll numbers for the entrance test on June 26, from the college between 10
a.m. and 12 noon. The candidates should bring along their result and detail marks certificates. |
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Good showing
by GGDSD students CHANDIGARH, The Principal, Dr
A.C. Vaid today said 100 out of the total 118 students in the stream had bagged first division. Himanshu Gupta is the topper of the examination. Mrinal Sharma has bagged the second position, while Rajan Vishal is third. Others who figure among the toppers include Divya Gupta, Pawan K Sethia , Nitin Gauba, Nidhi Gupta, Varun Dewan and Arshi
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Result cards
despatched CHANDIGARH, The cards also include 25 of those pertaining to the reserved categories. Candidates desirous of seeking admissions have been requested to collect their cards from the college. |
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Computer centres Mecca for kids Gone are the days when summer holidays meant all play and no work. Well-informed kids of today want to learn as they play. The computer centres this summer have become Mecca for the children who want to make the most of their holidays. Free from the pressures of classroom studies, the children at various computer centres in the city not only enjoy themselves but also get education with a click of the mouse. “When the pressure of daily curriculum is lifted off, an overloaded school child at Cyber Kids finds a way to utilise the precious time as constructively as possible without losing out on the fun of vacations”, says Mr Garg of Boston Cyber Kids. “We help the child to realize his boundless potential and gain a competitive edge over the latest e-citizens”, he adds. Being a computer illiterate is no longer normally accepted in any age
group, especially among younger kids. Even at three a child has an urge to explore the softwares. This is evident from the fact that the computer centres like Cyber Kids and Ed-venture are offering computer courses to the children from three to 14 years of age. Not only the kids but also their parents are coming forward to get the basic knowledge of computers, so as to assist their children at home. Parents who earlier had been shy of joining a computer centre are finding learning computers with their kids at the computer centers like Cyberkid and Ed-venture very comfortable . Internet surfing, MS
office, Windows 98, animation, graphic designing, paint and colour and print and play are some of the courses the computer centres are offering to the children this summer. Not only this the whole personality of the child is groomed. With computers children are also involved in theater activites that are offered at the centres like Ed-venture. Karan (10), a student here, says that not only computers but I am also learning team-work and practice presentation skills. Children as well as their parents are happy with the work these computer centres are doing. Ms Talvinder Chopra, a housewife whose three-year-old Agamdeep is at Ed-venture, remarks that since her child has enrolled here, he has developed an interest in computers at an early age. These computer centres help the children in the long run as at a very young age they are being familiarised with hardwares and softwares. — Sunaina Pandit Livleen Kahlon CHANDIGARH, The school is affiliated to US education system and is meant to cater to expatriate staff from USA and other countries. She has also
taught in Bombay International School and Miss Higgins School at Calcutta. She has now come back to her roots in Punjab and wants to work in the education field in the
city.
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Bail for NRI’s
relatives ordered CHANDIGARH, Pronouncing the orders, the Sessions Judge directed the petitioners “to join the investigations as and when called by the police”. The Judge also directed them against “leaving the country without prior permission”. Counsel for the petitioners — D.S. Rajput and Bhim Sen Sehgal — had earlier contended that Police was “bent upon harassing and humiliating the petitioners”. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had, it may be recalled, had directed the Ropar Senior Superintendent of Police to investigate into the allegations against the NRI. The complainant had earlier alleged that his daughter was engaged to the NRI on May 21 and the marriage was fixed for June 25. The complainant had maintained that Rs 7 lakh in form of gold ornaments along with clothes had been spent on engagement. The petitioner had stated that the Station House Officer of the Phase 1 police station had not registered a case. He had then approached the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ropar, to register the case but no action was taken. Alleging that the NRI’s family had refused to marry her daughter after taking articles, the complainant said that later enquires revealed that the NRI was already married.
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Sodhi Ram’s judicial remand extended CHANDIGARH, June 24 — Dr Sodhi Ram and three others, allegedly involved in the paper leakage case, were sent to judicial custody for another 14 days till July 8 by the Additional District and Sessions Judge Sneh Prashar. Dr Sodhi Ram, former Controller of Examinations, Panjab University, has been in judicial custody since June 13. The others involved are Sukhwinder Singh, Anurag Gupta and Dhan Singh. Ashwini Gupta, the fifth person under arrest in the same case, is in judicial custody till July 2. All of them are allegedly involved in the leakage of question papers of BSc(III) Honours, Department of Mathematics, which came to light in May 1998. The public prosecutor argued that all the accused be given further judicial remand for allowing the investigating agency to further probe the matter and recover the evidence from the accused. The judge sent all the accused to judicial custody till July 8 after hearing the
arguments. Bail denied in
vaccination case CHANDIGARH, A complaint was made by Dr Vineet Suneja Dass that he had gone to the accused’s store for getting his teenaged daughter vaccinated against chickenpox. The pharmacist allegedly injected the solvent, without mixing the vaccine from the vial. Dr Dass alleged that had he not noticed, his daughter would have gone home without the vaccine, which costs about Rs 1400, and still be prone to the disease. The defence counsel argued at the accused had not committed any offence and had never been a party to the commission of the alleged offence. He further argued that the accused owned one of the reputed firms, which had never been involved in any such case in the past. The judge observed that the accused could not be granted bail as it might prejudice the case on either side. The case against the accused was registered on June 20.
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Theatre workshop concludes CHANDIGARH, The play Aashna is about a little girl who fears mathematics. The signs of addition, subtraction and division scare her in dreams. While Aashna's parents are keen that she should make it big in a technical field, her heart lies in painting. The theme of the play revolves around the conflict between the interest of Aashna and that of her parents. Archika gave a powerful and gripping performance in her role as Aashna, while Bhanuj Kappal acted as her father. Raman Gill played the mathematics teacher. The play written by Anurag of Mumbai was directed by Munish Mahajan and Rajesh Rajpal who also arranged the music. Another play Bakri which was staged today is written by Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena. It is a subtle satire on the politico-social system which prevails today. The play targets corruption and hypocrisy which have become rampant features of the political system of independent India. This play was also directed by Rajesh Rajpal. Its cast included Gaurav Sharma, Prabhjot, Karanveer, Arjun Grover, Supriya and
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