EDUCATION

Masters’ organisation seeks changes
From Our Correspondent

DORAHA, Dec 29 — A meeting of the Masters’ Organisation was held here in which removal of anomalies in the present promotion system was demanded and necessary amendments were sought.

In the meeting that was held under the presidentship of Mr Harjit Singh Balari, it was demanded that the promotion from Master cadre to Lecturer cadre, that is at present on the basis of seniority, must be made on the basis of merit. The members of the organisation said that the existing promotion system was defective as it promoted a person with a mere 35 per cent score in postgraduation to teach any subject.

The organisation demanded that a person considered for promotion must have studied the subject of postgraduation as an elective subject in his graduation. Also he or she must have at least a second division in postgraduation.

Mr Harjit Singh Balari, president of the organisation said that they had already met the Education Minister, Mr Tota Singh at Moga on December 17. He further claimed that Mr Tota Singh had agreed to make necessary amendments at the earliest and a meeting would be convened by the Education Minister at Chandigarh, shortly, in order to finalise the decision.

Those attending the meeting included Mr Dalwinder Singh Minhas, Mr Bahadur Singh Dalvi, Mr Gurbachan Singh Kahlon, Mr Ranjit Singh , Mr Surjit Singh Arora, Mr Anil Kant and Mr Dilbag Singh.

Annual day function
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Dec 29 — Contests for mehndi, sewing machine maintenance and cultural item contests marked the annual day celebrations at Param Sewing School, Ranjit Nagar, here today.

Nearly 48 trainees of the institute participated in the mehndi contest. Manjinder clinched the first prize, Daljit stood second and Amandeep was declared third. In sewing machine maintenance contest, 35 trainees of the institute took part. While Manjit stood first, Paramjit Kaur was declared second.

The cultural programme began with a prayer song, followed by a welcome song Ni aj koi aaya sade wehre. Amandeep danced on the number Chuni Bikaner di. Pooja and Rekha sang a duet Pyar hua, ikraar hua. The trainees presented a choreography Hum sab ek hain. Manjit, Rekha and Sandeep danced on the Hindi number Churi bhi zid pe aayee hai. Aman danced on Ambarsar de papad we mein khandi haan. Arvinder, Pammi, Sarabjit, Lovely and Harsh presented a group song Kala shah kala. The programme concluded with bhangra and gidha.

Mr Amarjit Singh, director of the institute, appreciated the efforts of the students.