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85
per cent B.Ed seats filled on day
one CHANDIGARH,
Aug 16 — The interview-cum-counselling session for admission to B.Ed in all colleges of Punjab and the UT started at the Dev Samaj College for Education here today. As many as 85 per cent seats of UT education colleges, including the Dev Samaj College and Government College of Education, were filled today. All seats in the science stream filled early and so did the seats in music, physical education and fine arts. The interviews for admission to all colleges of Panjab University, Guru Nanak Dev University and Punjabi University and for the 15 per cent seats in UT colleges will be held from tomorrow. A total of 15 colleges come under the jurisdiction of Panjab University, including the colleges in Abohar, Ferozepore,
Gursar Sudhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Lopon, Moga, Muktsar, Sidhwan Khurd and Moga, eight colleges from GND University, Amritsar and two colleges from Punjabi University, Patiala. As many as 50,000 students had appeared for the entrance test for B.Ed against the 4,000 seats available all over Punjab and the UT. Resentment prevails among students belonging to the general category against those candidates who are considered 'privileged' for being in the reservation category. They say that despite hard work, they are unable to get admission even if they get a higher rank. |
‘Uniform syllabus needed in schools’ CHANDIGARH, Mr Tota Singh referred to the need of having a common board. The CBSE, ICSE and state boards need to deliberate on a common platform to have a uniform policy and subject content. English, needs to be introduced as a compulsory subject right from the primary level. The edge that English has over other subjects in the existing scenario, particularly those wishing to pursue technical fields, needs to be given to all, Mr Tota Singh said. The board was taking steps to stop copying and ‘outside help’. Five different sets of question papers for a class had drastically reduced cases of copying. More significant was the board’s action to punish the board officials concerned along with the candidate caught using unfair means. There are approximately 12,900 schools. A thought needs to be given to the quantity of academic work needed according to age of the students. At present, we have children carrying heavy bags. One can witness children as young as three beginning to go to school, which was a little early, he said. The Education Minister said parents needed to be attached with the education of their wards. This time, parents are expected to visit the school to know their ward’s performance , his weaknesses and steps that could improve the results, Mr Tota Singh added. Dr Kehar Singh, Chairman of the PSEB, and Dr
T.R. Sharma, former Chairman of the Department of Education, Punjabi University, Patiala, also addressed the gathering. A press note mentions developing a broad framework of curriculum at the central level and provide states with flexibility for local specificity and contextual realities. One idea mentions integrating the latest information and innovations in various fields like information technology, environment education and other fields. Responding to the phenomenon of globalisation, there is an urgent need for defining a new scope for old disciplines like history, geography, languages and sciences. |
RSS leader addresses
ABVP seminar CHANDIGARH,
Mr Inderesh said that there were very few national identities at the turn of the century. Afghanistan was born in 1835, Nepal and Bhutan in 1902, Myanmar and Sri Lanka emerged in 1935, East and West Bengal came up in 1947 and Bangladesh in 1971. Hyderabad and Junagarh needed a state action for keeping them in the Indian fold. The British mentioned "us as a country in the making" and not by any unified name. |
Trees planted as arts college turns 50 CHANDIGARH, Ms Rai released the college magazine Chitrankan brought out to commemorate the occasion and appreciated the role of the college in imparting art education to the youth. Chandigarh is one of the beautiful cities of the country and its aesthetics are unmatched. The presence of the college has further added fragrance to this environment, she added. A large number of distinguished artists, including Baldev Raj Rattan, Kanwal Nain, Shiv Singh, R.D. Singla, S.L. Diwan, Malkit Singh, Balvinder Singh, Viren Tanwer, Mr Ramesh Malhotra, Satwanter Singh, Bheem Malhotra, Viney Vadhera and Ram Partap Verma, who have been associated with the college as faculty and students, were present on the occasion. They also planted saplings. |
A starry evening wrapped in
talent CHANDIGARH, A show surprised the gathering with its entertainment value, and as Tara Punjabi hunted for its two national anchors out of the promising 11, handpicked from all over the North, it was the audience which had a field day. Yet another attraction of the of the evening was the panel of judges comprising Sufiana Hans, Shankar Sahney and Jaspal Bhatti. While the judges helped Tara search for substance in the performers who had to undergo three major rounds (free style, photostat and judges' choice), talent was unleashed on the stage even as the hall resounded with the sounds of applause almost without a break. Among the final contestants who worked up their way out of the 800 initial entries received were Amrit Pal Singh, Nishant, Nidhi, Rajeev, Mitter, Arpana, Sanjeev, Satinder, Shruti, Anuj Sharma and Anupam. Out of the lot, three finalists are from Chandigarh. It is pertinent to mention here that Tara Punjabi launched its anchor hunt programme on August 3 in Jalandhar, August 4 in Chandigarh and August 10 in Delhi. Sixteen persons were chosen out of whom 11 were short-listed last week. The function took off to a wonderful start with the contestants introducing themselves in novel ways and baring their talent before the public in the round titled Free style, as it allowed each contestant to present an item of his choice. While almost everyone was promising, Nishant stood out right from the beginning when he mono-acted a small comedy in which a traffic hawaldaar looks fairly disappointed with the government's policy of regulating traffic through lights. Other promising performance came from Satinder, the Batala girl, who won the hearts of audience with her plain yet powerful style. She looked very convincing as an anchor of a programme based on Punjabi folk songs. Most other contestants presented dance items. The dance presented by Anuj Sharma on the hot Hrithik Roshan number Sitaron ki mehfil mein gunjega tarana, ki aaya hai honthon pe dil ka fasana..... The subsequent round was also interesting, with each contestant trying to present a copy of a famous character which could be a movie star, a TV actor or a comedian. In this Photostat round too, Nishant stole the show with the mimicry of Gulshan Grover, Sachin Tendulkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mika. Chandigarh girl Arpana Sen chose to ape Ruby Bhatia in communication with Hans Raj Hans who was present at the show as one of the judges. Yet another interesting item came from Sanjeev who mimicked the famous Basanti ki budi masi ne bhanji maar di Dharmendra scene from Sholay. Entertainment was taken further by Anupam who acted as the scorned Rekha in the Rakesh Roshan film Khoon Bhari Maang. The function was still in progress after these two rounds which had to end with the selection of six finalists out of the present 11. The anchor hunt apart, the show also had some great performances from Maninder Mahi, the man who sung the latest Punjabi craze number Hoya aakh naal aakh da ishara. The comedy sequence presented by the inseparable duo Bal Mukund Sharma and Jaswinder Bhalla was very hilarious |
Lecturer honoured
for designing logos CHANDIGARH,
Mr Kapoor has got this award for designing prize-winning logos like that of Chandigarh Medical College, the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh and the Department of Information Technology. |
Kavi sammelan
today CHANDIGARH, Aug 16 — A trilingual kavi sammelan will be organised by the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi to celebrate 53 years of Independence in the Sector 11 Government College for Girls tomorrow, according to a press note issued here today. Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University at Patiala, will be the chief guest. Many eminent poets, including Surjit Pattar, Azad Gulati, Udai Banu Hans, Harbhajan Halwarvi, K.K. Rishi, R.D. Sharma ‘Taseer’, Madhav Kaushik, Sultan Anjum and Rajender Chand, will be present on the occasion.
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