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Teachers trained
to detect
vision defects CHANDIGARH,
According to the recent survey conducted by the company in schools and colleges of seven major cities in the country, more than 50 per cent of the students having vision problem were not even aware of the fact. According to Dr Jain, the school teachers were in the ideal position to detect these problems at the formative stage itself. Many vision deficiency cases, if detected early, can be corrected, he said. Mr J.P. Singh, Managing Director of the company, said symptoms like frequent headaches, poor attention and poor performance in the class indicate that a child is suffering from a vision defect. During the workshop teachers were apprised of various types of visual defects and their manifestations in children. They were also trained how to record the vision of the children and at what stage it should be brought to the notice of their parents. The workshop will be followed by a review meeting after two months.
Education skills: results of
contests CHANDIGARH, Feb 15 — Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, was host to a series of inter-college education skill-based competitions. More than 150 students from various colleges in the region participated in the contests. The chief guest, Mr Deepak Manmohan Singh, Dean, College Development Council, Panjab University, gave away the prizes. In the Skills in Teaching competitions, Jasmeet Kaur of Government College for Girls, Sector 20 (GCE-20), Chandigarh, won the first prize in the Languages category while Simita Sharma of Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana, came second and Gurmeet of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came third. Nisha of SDS College of Education, Lopon, won the first prize in the Sc/Maths/H Sc category of these competitions while Gurpreet of Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana, came second and Sweeta of DD Jain College of Education, Ludhiana, came third. Mandeep Kaur of the host college, Parveen Sharma of BCM College of Education, Ludhiana, and Ruchika of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, won consolation prizes. The trophy was won by the team from Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana. For the Blackboard Writing and Sketching competitions, Anu Chauhan of the host college won the first prize in the English category while Sanjay of Sohan Lal DAV College of Education, Ambala, came second and Neeru of BCM College of Education, Ludhiana came third. Karanbir Singh of Sohan Lal DAV College of Education, Ambala, won the first prize in Hindi while Rajani Kapoor of the host college came second and Sushma of GCE, Sector 20, Chandigarh, came third. Baljinder of the host college won the first prize in Punjabi while Jasvir of BCM College of Education, Ludhiana, came second and Sarita of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came third. The trophy was won by the team from Sohan lal College of Education, Ambala. In the Fine Arts competitions, Rekha of DD Jain College of Education, Ludhiana, won the first prize in the Pot-making contest while Ritika of GCE, Sector 20,Chandigarh, came second and Noorie of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came third. Neeraj of SDS College of Education, Lopon, won the first prize in the Composition category while Manisha of GCE-20, Chandigarh, came second and Sharanjit of the host college came third. Meenakshi of GCE Sector 20, Chandigarh, won the first prize in the landscape category while Gurpreet of Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh, came second and Sumita of the host college came third. The trophy was won by GCE, Sector 20, Chandigarh. In the Home Science competitions, Daljit of the host college won the first prize in the Fresh Flower Arrangement contest while Kanwaljit of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came second and Shivani of Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana, came third. Neeru Sharma of Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana, won the first prize in the Dry Flower Arrangement category while Varinder of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came second and Sonia Madan of Sohan lal DAV College of Education, Ambala, came third. Gurmeet of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, won the first prize in the Embroidery contest while Ritu Aggarwal of GCE, Sector 20, Chandigarh, came second and Nazreen of the host college came third. In the Mehndi contest, Hishu of Pratap College of Education, Ludhiana, won the first prize while Tanu of Sohan Lal DAV College of Education, Ludhiana, came second and Vaishali of the host college came third. The trophy was won by GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd. In the Literary competitions, Manjit of GCE, Sector 20, Chandigarh, won the first prize in the Extempore Speech contest while Sapan Preet of the host college came second and Jaspreet of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came third. Amrita, Navjot and Neelam of the host college won the first prize in the Dumb charade contest while Rashmi, Meenu Bala and Garmia of DD Jain College of Education, Ludhiana, came second. The host college won the first prize in the Mock Press contest while GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came second. The trophy was won by GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan khurd. In the Teaching Aids competitions, Parveen Padam of BCM College of Education, Ludhiana, won the first prize in the Languages category while Rita of SDS College of Education came second and Sheena of GHGH College of Education, Sidhwan Khurd, came third. Openderjit of the host college won the first prize in the Sc/Maths/H Sc contest while Harpreet of SDS College of Education, Lopon, came second and Monica Jain of DD Jain College of Education, Ludhiana, came third. Sapan Pall of the host college won the first prize in the Social Science category while Sukhvinder Kaur of Malwa Central College of Education, Ludhiana, came second and Anita of SDS College of Education, Lopon, came third. The trophy was won by SDS College of Education,
Lopon.
Symposium on defence studies CHANDIGARH Prof R.N. Misra of the Department of Defense Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, was the chief guest. He said that India, which had a large number of security challenges from internal and external dimensions, need to make the teaching of national security studies compulsory at different levels of education. Prof K.S. Sidhu, former head of the department at Punjabi University, said that besides foreign invasions, the nation faced various other threats. Prof Satyavir, Head of the Department of Defense Studies of the college and Principal D.P. Singh also spoke on the occasion. |
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No men of VC,
DPI on city college
boards CHANDIGARH,
The PU regulations state that governing body of a private college should comprise 15 members — nine elected or nominated by trust or society, one academician nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, DPI Colleges or his nominee who is not below the rank of a Deputy Director Colleges, principal of the college; two representatives of teacher and one academician nominated by committee. None of the governing bodies of colleges here have a nominee of the PU Vice-Chancellor on their list of members. Many bodies have more than 15 members. Some do not even have a nominee of the DPI Colleges on their board. The DAV College Managing Committee, that is managing the Sector 10 DAV College and the Sector 36 MCM DAV College, is elected every three years. “It has 15 members, but no nominee of the VC, though a nominee of the DPI attends its meetings. says Principal,” Mr R.C. Jeevan, Principal of the Sector 10 DAV College, said. The Sector 36 Dev Samaj College of Education and the Sector 45 Dev Samaj College for Women are governed by trusts. These colleges have 15 members each on their committees that were formed at the beginning of the year. However, these do not have nominees of the VC and the DPI. The Sector 32 GGDSD College is run by a 27-member managing committee that is elected after every three years. It has a nominee of the DPI, but not of the VC. The Sector 26 SGGS College and the GGS College for Women are run by a managing committee that used to be elected every five years. It is now elected every three years in accordance with the university regulations, but it has no nominee of the VC or the DPI. The PU regulation that came into force from July 10, 1999, has not been implemented so far. While the colleges wait for the university to send a nominee of the VC, the PU wants the colleges to send the names of the elected members of the governing bodies first. Countless reminder from the university have had no effect on these managing bodies of these colleges.
PCCTU decides to resume stir CHANDIGARH, Feb 15 — The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union ( PCCTU) has decided to resume its agitation soon. This was stated here by Mr Charanjit Chawla, general secretary of the union. A meeting of the union was held today under the chairmanship of Prof K.B.S. Sodhi, president of the union. At the meeting it was decided to stage a dharna at Matka Chowk here on March 5 to press the government to implement the accepted demands of the union. The teachers also decided to take part in a march to Parliament on February 26. The call for the march has been given by the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations. The next course of action will be decided by the office-bearers of the union on March 5 at the dharna. Meanwhile, the union has given a cheque for Rs 51,000 from its funds to the Punjab Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and also appealed to all teachers to mobilise people to make donations for the earthquake victims in Gujarat. |
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GCG-42 rules the day
at youth festival CHANDIGARH, The prizes were given away by Ms Neeru Nanda, Advisor to the UT Administrator. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr M Ramshekar and Mr R.S. Gujral, Home Secretary, UT Administration, were also present at the occasion. Pooja of GCG-42 won the individual prize in classical dance while Baljeet Singh of GCM-11 won the first prize in classical vocal and Preet Kumar of Shishu Niketan won the second
prize. In the girls category, Sudeshna Chatterjee of GCG-42 came first and Sarika of GCG-11 came second. Boys from GC-46 won the first prize in folk singing while GCM-11 boys got the second position. GCG-42 team of girls won the first prize folk singing and GCG-11 team came second. GCG-42 team also won the first prize in folk dance while MCM DAV team came second. Youth star club won the first prize in folk dance (boys category) while GCM-11 team came second. Mr K.S. Bharati, the organizing secretary, informed that more than 15 colleges, schools and clubs of the city had participated in the festival.
GCG-11 wins history quiz While the team from GCM-11 came second, the Panjab University team came third. The highlight of the contest was a semi-cultural round in which students enacted out the question to the participating teams. A former principal of the college, Ms Usha Bhanot, presided over the function and gave away prizes to the winners.
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