EDUCATION

Art and science exhibition
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, July 29 — An art and science exhibition was held at Alpine International Public School divided into various sections which included science, history, geography, art and craft on Saturday. In the science section, students made working models on air and water pollution, water cycle, lift irrigation, working of traffic lights, electric bell, wind mill, fire alarm, Rutherford’s model and conduction test. Various models on body systems, which included a working model of the circulatory system were also exhibited. In the agriculture section, there were models of grain storage, Green Revolution and on steps in crop cultivation.

In the history and geography sections, models of the Neolithic age, volcanoes and deltas were displayed. A village model with huts, Panchayat system, fields, a hearth and domestic animals was also on display.

In the arts and crafts section, students had made soft toys and posters. Most of the posters were on the theme of the Indo-Pak war. One student had made a poster of Hritik Roshan, his favourite hero. The best part of the exhibition was every student fully explaining his creation to the viewers with much enthusiasm.

School dropouts regret decision later
From Surbhi Bhalla

LUDHIANA, July 29 — The school dropout phenomena is a nationwide problem and is costing our country dearly. There are many reasons underlying this problem. These can be the child himself, the socio-economic status of a family, parental expectations or the environment of the school.

A large number of students tend of drop out because they realise that their efforts to succeed are useless. Their morale is low, academic achievements and intelligence are also less making them obsessed with the sense of failure.

Discontinuance of studies by even a single student is a national loss. Some dropouts realise later that their decision was wrong.

A study conducted by Sukhpreet Nanda of the Department of child development, in six villages — Punjab Bhanaur, Beermi, Baraich, Chakkalan, Lalton and Mansooran — revealed the reasons of dropping out.

It was found that the dropout phenomena becomes a major problem after children complete 12 years of schooling.

Class VIII girls and class IX boys were seen to have the maximum dropout rate. However, dropouts and schoolgoers had similar intelligence and socio-economic backgrounds, but differences were significant in their achievements. Rather, it was found that dropouts had a better social environment compared to schoolgoers.

Talking to The Tribune, Dr I.S.J. Jaiswal, Head of the Department of Child Development, discussed the findings of the study conducted in village schools of Punjab. He said a majority of the boys dropped out of school because of the low-achievement motivation towards studies. No such thing was noticed in the case of girls.

A majority of the boys who dropped out of school were engaged in earning money, whereas, most such girls were married and were housewives. Most children regretted their decision to drop out of school.

Proper guidance should be given to potential dropouts to help them improve their self-esteem. The study suggested.

Monuments’ models displayed
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, July 29 — Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School organised an exhibition in four sections on Saturday. Each of these four sections depicted one of the four zones of the nation, i.e. north, south, east and west. Each section then further depicted models of various monuments and traditions of their respective zones.

HEALTH

Curb fake degree racket: IMA
From our correspondent

LUDHIANA, July 29 — The local chapter of the Indian Medical Association has urged the Deputy Commissioner here to stop the illegal use of fake degrees from boards and misleading nameplates of doctors in the city and its periphery.

Releasing a copy of a memorandum given to the Deputy Commissioner Mr S.S. Sandhu here today, Mr Gursharan Singh, President, Local wing of the IMA, said that many medical practitioners in the city as well as the outskirts were adding degrees to their names which were absolutely misleading. He alleged that this cause a lot of confusion to general public and mislead patients. He claimed that few of these degrees have not even been heard of or even mentioned anywhere. He also alleged that the District Health Department had not succeeded in stopping this practice.

The memorandum also assured help to the district administration for curbing the practice.