EDUCATION

Sweating it out in classrooms
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Aug 29 — They literally sweat it out. Attending classes for the commerce students in Government College for Boys, in the absence of adequate number of fans, coupled with erratic power supply, is difficult. Sweat trickles down their faces as these students sit in their classrooms.

In the summer break past year, about 60 fans were stolen from the block. The graduate and postgraduate students of commerce stream submitted an application to the Principal last week, seeking redressal of their problems. However, nothing has been done so far.

Against the requirement of four, the B.Com. II classroom has only two fans. There is no regulator or any connection. Some of the students told this reporter that most of the time they were forced to use kundi connection for switching on the fans.

The officiating Principal, Mrs Chandermohini Garg, said, since the college management was busy with the admission process, not much could be done about it. Besides, she added, the college electrician had died, which had added to the problems. She assured that the problem would be solved soon and all arrangements will be made on priority basis.

Kids get dental training
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Aug 29 — The Indian Dental Association, under the School Dental Education Programme, has given dental training to about 25,000 school children.

Dr Ajay Shahi, Chief, Coordinator and President of the association, said the education programme had been conducted areawise. In its first phase, the programme covered 40 schools, both government and private, in the area.

Dr Rajanbir Singh and Dr Neeraj Taneja checked about 10,000 students, while Dr Vikas Jindal and Dr T.P. Singh checked 8000 students. The programme was based on preventive aspect of dental diseases. Children were taught basic diseases, anatomy of tooth, prevention of common diseases and regular method of brushing twice.

Dr Shahi revealed that though children were taught in textbooks about dental care, the level of education on general medical knowledge was almost zero. He said the teaching community was ignorant about the seriousness of preventing aspects of diseases. He urged the Indian Dental Association to depute dental surgeons on regular basis for the check-up of school children.