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Teachers’ protest
on Dec 12 CHANDIGARH,
Dec 7 — There will be no teaching work in nearly 165 private colleges of Punjab on December 12. Teaching work will also remain suspended in seven colleges of the city. Dr
V. K. Tewari, national secretary of the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers’
Organisations, said it was expected that approximately 20 per cent of the total staff of colleges in Punjab will move towards the main site in Delhi. About 25 per cent staff of Chandigarh, Patiala and Ropar colleges was also expected to march towards the national capital, sources said. Prof Charanjit
Chawla, an executive of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union said teachers would not do any work relating to exams, sports and other academic assignments. Teachers will stage dharnas in front of their principal’s offices on December 12. One of the major demands of teachers is placement in senior scales under career advancement schemes. About 3000 teachers are yet to be placed in senior selection grades in Punjab and nearly a same number in Haryana, Prof Chawla said. Dr Tewari said their other major demand was to upgrade payments for DPEs and Librarians, besides others. Dr Tewari said that a 26-day stir in 1998 by the All India Federation of University Teachers Union, was called off following assurance for a government action. The HRD Ministry and pay panel are yet to announce an acceptable package. The AIFUCTO and the AIFUTA are to join hands for the ‘dharna’ on December 12. |
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Schools for girls
to be improved CHANDIGARH, Dec 7 — As many as 90 girls’ schools have been selected in the state for infrastructure upgradation. The funds for this purpose will be provided by the Union Government. Each school will get about Rs 8 lakh for this purpose. The Union Government has set aside Rs 30 crore in the next four years for promoting girls’ education in the state. Besides, the state government has decided to provide Rs 1 lakh each to 2,340 middle and high schools in the state. In each assembly constituency 20 such schools will get this grant for improving the infrastructure. These funds will be spent through school development committees. These committees have two panchayat members, two representatives of parents, one ex-serviceman and the head of the school as its members. While funds in 12 districts will be provided for these schools by the state Education Development Board in the remaining districts funds will be given by the District Central Cooperative Banks. Likewise, 1,404 primary schools, 12 in each assembly constituency, have been selected for infrastructure development. Each such school will get Rs 1 lakh as grant from the state government. Justifying the decision to spend money in schools through school development committees, Mr Tota Singh, Punjab Education Minister, said that at several places the committees had collected funds at their own level to supplement the efforts of the government to improve infrastructure. Earlier, only 0.5 per cent of the total education budget was spent on providing furniture and repair of buildings but now it had been enhanced to 2.5 per cent. Admitting the fact that a large number of schools were without principals and headmasters, Mr Tota Singh said it was not because of the government’s fault. The vacant posts are to be filled through direct recruitment to be made by the Punjab Public Services Commission. He said the government had asked the PPSC to do the needful. The ongoing legal battle between promoted and directly recruited headmasters had also hampered the process of filling the vacant posts, he added. Asked about the recruitment of 7,230 teachers in primary schools, Mr Tota Singh said the case in this connection was pending in the court. He said for these posts the government had received 51,000 applications from trained teachers and for this purpose 17 recruitment committees were set up. However, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the recruitment through these committees, he added. To avoid the loss of studies in primary schools development committees had been authorised to employ teachers at their own level purely on merit. These teachers, named as sikhya karmis, will get Rs 2,000 each as remuneration, the Education Minister said. |
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Inter-college
competitions CHANDIGARH,
Dec 7 — GGDSD College, Sector 32, won the running trophy at the inter-college poetry, singing and ghazal recitation competition organised by the Punjabi Sahitya Sabha of DAV College, Sector 10, here today. More than 15 colleges of the region participated in the competition which was organised in the memory of noted poet, Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Mr Harbhajan Halwarvi, Editor, Punjabi Tribune, was the chief guest at the occasion. Mr R.C. Jeevan, Principal, DAV College, Mr Nirmal Dutt, Dean, Cultural Activities and Mr Harbans Lal, head of the department, welcomed the guests and addressed the students. Dr G.S. Saqi, Dr Maghar Singh and Dr Nirmal Singh were the judges at the occasion. The first individual prize in geet or ghazal category went to Jatinder Singh of GGDSD College, while Shalu of GGDSD College and Depinder Kaur of Dev Samaj College, Sector 36, took away the second prize jointly. Baljinder Singh of Dev Samaj College won the first prize in the poetry recitation competition while Kulwant Kaur of Government College, Dera Bassi, and Kanan Sharma of Dev Samaj College Sector 36 won the second prize jointly. |
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Inter-school declamation contest
organised CHANDI MANDIR,
Dec 7 — An inter-school declamation contest was organised by Army Public School, Chandi Mandir, at the Manekshaw Auditorium in the cantonment today. The aim of the contest was to generate awareness among students about the Army and motivate them to opt for the services as a career. According to a statement issued here, 17 secondary schools from Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Chandi Mandir and Ambala Cantonment participated in the contest. There were two categories, Junior (Class VI — VIII) and Seniors (Class IX — XII). The overall trophy was bagged by Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula, with two of its competitors winning first and third places in the junior and senior category. The prizes were given away by the officiating Brigadier Artillery, Western Command, Col S.K. Maini. The programme was coordinated by Principal Army School, Leiut Col N.R. Baberwal (retd). The results, in the order of merit are: Juniors: Yogeet Rana (Little Flower Convent, Panchkula), Sidhant Bedi (Army School, Chandi Mandir), Gazal Randhawa (Army School, Ambala) and Rahul Aggarwal (KV No 1, Chandi Mandir). Seniors: Hemant Chaudhary (Chaman Lal DAV Public School, Panchkula), Japneet Ghuman (Satluj Public School, Panchkula) and Manpreet Charan (Little Flower Convent). |
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Bail rejected in NDPS case Chandigarh, Dec 7 — The UT Additional District and Session Judge, Mr R.C. Godara, today dismissed the bail application moved by a resident of Anantnag, Mian Mohamad Farooq, in a narcotics drugpeddling and smuggling case. It was alleged that the Chandigarh police had recovered 750 gm charas from the accused on November 8. The case against the accused had been registered under Section 20 of the NDPS Act in Sector 36. Bootlegger fined A resident of Kumhar colony, Show Ram, was today fined Rs 500 by the UT Judicial Magistrate (1st Class) under Excise Act. It was alleged that the city police had recovered 48 pouches of liquor made of hero whisky from the accused in the dividing road of Sectors 24 and 25 on October 29. The case against the accused had been registered under Section 61/1/14 of Excise Act. |
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