The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION

Schools celebrate teachers’ day
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Sept 5 — The Teachers’ Day celebrations were held at various schools of the city today. At Guru Nanak Public School, the teachers were relieved and the reins of the school were given in the hands of the students. Ajay Pratap Singh of Class XII, head-boy, was pseudo-principal and Sunpreet. K. Gill, head-girl, was the pseudo vice-principal. The students prepared an entertainment programme and it was presented as an inter-house talent hunt competition. Students of Mohan Singh House were declared first.

Ms Narinder Kaur, Deputy Secretary, Punjab School Education Board, was the chief guest at Gupta Model High School here. In her speech, Ms Narinder said teachers play a major role in the progress of any nation and she encouraged the teachers to work hard. The students danced on the numbers like Mera loung gawacha. Ms Simmi Gupta, Principal, presented a momento to the chief guest.

The management, staff and students of Green Land Senior Secondary School assembled to celebrate the Teachers’ Day. The chief guest on the occasion was Mr K. Shiva Prasad, Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar. The students presented songs, gidha and bhangra. The teachers played antakshari. While addressing the students, Mr Rajesh Rudhra, Director of the school, said they must respect their teachers who help them to shape their future.

A function to mark the Teachers’ Day was also held at Holy Child Public School. Children performed cultural items. A speech on “Teachers contribution in students’ life” was delivered by Tina and Chetna. Mr Dinesh Gulati, Principal of the school, said a teacher is a lamp who burns himself and lightens the students’ life.

Students of USPC Jain Public School presented a show of talent by way of mimicry, speeches, skits and dances. The classes were conducted by the Class XII students of the school, informed the Principal, Ms G. K. Itten.

‘Teachers need to work hard’
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Sept 5 — The teachers of the government schools need to work a little more hard to bring back the lost glory. There is a need that all the teachers work collectively to achieve this target. These were the words of Mr Tota Singh, Minister of Education, Punjab, at the state level Teachers’ Day celebrations at Guru Nanak Dev Bhavan here this evening. Seventeen teachers in the secondary section and three from the primary section were given state awards.

College staff stage dharna
From Our Correspondent

DORAHA, Sept, 5 — The staff of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, today staged a dharna in front of the Principal’s office in protest against the Punjab Government’s failure to accept their pending demands.

Professor J.S. Grewal , President, local unit of the PCCTU, told that Prof Kuldip Singh, District President, PCCTU, had gone to New Delhi to court arrest outside the office of the HRD Ministry near the Boat Club to protest against the non-implementation of an agreement reached between the AIFUCTO and the HRD Ministry after 26-day strike from August 11 to September 5,1998 across the country.

The protest is against the “unhelpful attitude of Prof Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister, causing inordinate delay in issuing orders on agreed demands which had been accepted by him on Sept 5,1998”.

City girls top PU exams
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Sept 5 — Neetu and Shama Sharma of the Government College for Women (GCW) have stood first and second, respectively, in the second-year B.Sc examination of Punjab University. Out of 600 marks, Neetu has secured 520 and Shama 515.

Monika Sharma of the GCW has stood second in third-year B.Sc examination of the PU. Ashu Mandal and Mantina Bhogal of the same college have secured top two positions in the first-year MA (fine arts) examination of the PU. Out of 400 marks, Ashu secured 371 and Mantina 360. The third position is shared by Jyoti Chawla of the GCW and Kanwaljeet Kaur Chawla of the Khalsa College for Women. Both have secured 346 marks out of 400.

CULTURE

Mishra brothers enthral audience
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Sept 5 — Many people think that classical music is a bore, but if one listens to classical singing Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra one’s opinion will undergo a sea change.

The illustrious singers of Benares gharana come from a family of great maestros. Their father Pandit Hanuman Mishra was well known Sarangi wizard. They started with a devotional song to Ma Saraswati. Afterwards they switched over to bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna in their rich baritone voices.

Their mellifluous and rich voices went straight to the hearts of people, filling each one present there with a spiritual kind of bliss and joy. They took turns singing Alaps, the most difficult parts of vocal singing.

They also rendered a shabad written by Guru Nanak Dev.

Their piece-de-resistance was rendering of Raag Bhairavi-Bhavani Dyani. It was extremely well sung. Their performance was outstanding. All students of Government College for Women listened very attentively.