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April 8, 2001, Chandigarh, India |
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Detained students crib, colleges support
PU Chandigarh, April 7 These students have been detained after having been given every possible chance of improving their position. Undergraduate students in colleges are detained if they fail to pay the college fee, if they do not have the 66 per cent attendance lectures or if they have not been able to score 25 per cent marks in the December examinations conducted by the college. The number of those who have been detained because of not having paid the college fee is minimal. “In our college, two of the girls who have been detained have neither completed lectures nor have cleared the eligibility test. The third has cleared the eligibility test but has not attended a class the whole year,”says Ms Vijaylakshmi, Principal of GCG-11. Although the number of students being detained by the colleges is rising each year, this is being seen as a positive step by the college authorities. Earlier the colleges used to try their best to somehow ensure that the least number of students were detained. Now colleges prefer a better result than a large number of students passing in lower divisions. “This number may be increasing each year, but the percentage of students detained out of those total appearing in the examinations is negligible. These student have been given every chance listed in the regulations to be able to make it to the examinations. Those who could not complete their lectures were being informed regularly and those who could not clear the December examination were given another chance in the discretionary test in February-March. One is left with only those students who are not prepared to make amends.“ says Dr A.C. Vaid, Principal of GGDSD College, Sector 32. “The number of students who have been detained is substantially large this year, and but most of these are those students who have a shortage in lectures. These students come from homes and miss classes. In our college, we have constituted a committee to look into this,” says Mr D.P. Singh, Principal of Government College, Sector 46. Most of the male students crib that it is unfair that the girl students are able to appear as private candidates while they cannot. The Joint Controller of Examinations, Panjab University, Mr A.R. Bhandari, says it is time the boys realise the seriousness of attendance rules. Private candidature is only for those students who fulfil certain conditions in accordance with the rules laid by the university, he adds.
A school that promises
fun Panchkula, April 7 The chief guest, Ms PK Singh, Principal of Vivek High School, addressing the parents and guests, said that the kindergarten’s management had carefully devised a curriculum that would give children under five years an opportunity to develop their talent to the fullest. She emphasised that children needed full freedom to give expression to their dreams and creative thoughts which must be allowed to flourish. Other educationists who attended the function included Ms Bonnie Sodhi and Ms Daman Duggal. The brainchild, Mr A.P. Singh, Director the kindergarten, said that the idea of the kindergarten was to provide an exciting environment to children in the formative years when children can learn with ease. On the governing body, Ms Apra Sud of Vivek High School, said that formal teaching was not important upto the age of five and the challenge before the kindergarten lay in helping the child learn while playing. She added that the kindergarten here struck a balance between freedom to have a carefree environment together with a carefully planned curriculum which ensures that a child acquires necessary skills, knowledge and values. She explained that the activities for developing reading, writing and basics in mathematics were also included to lay a foundation for later schooling. |
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20 ex-students of arts college join
hands Chandigarh, April 7 One major problem for a young artist is lack of space to exhibit his works, said Vinay Mallik, a member of the group. “Art galleries like the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi and the Government Museum and Art Gallery are always booked and the rest of the private galleries are out of reach for us,” he said. Most of the private galleries charged Rs 500 per day, excluding the charges for framing and accessories. Besides this, an artist has to pay 33 per cent on every sale he makes during the exhibition. Even the Punjab Lalit Kala Art Gallery charged Rs 250 and the Government museum Rs 300 per day. “Financial problem is only a small segment of the problems the artists are facing”, said Sandeep Ahlwat, another member. “Nepotism plays a major role for the booking of government galleries,” he said. Sandeep has created a makeshift gallery in his office building, which now provides space for upcoming artists. The young entrepreneur along with a few like-minded young artists held an exhibition in January. The group also plans to conduct art related workshops to popularise painting among the common man. Lack of buyers have aggravated our problem, said Rajesh Kalsi, another member. People here would rather go for copy work of famous artists rather than buying original pieces of good work by artists “ he added. An artist can hope to sell only mythological or folk paintings here, chipped in Aditya Pande. Artists living here have no other option than becoming a school teacher or opting for other jobs, which has no relation with the art, he said, who himself has been forced to take up a job of a marketing executive in a company.” |
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Court comes to student’s rescue Chandigarh, April 7 The UT Judicial Magistrate, Mr Mahender Singh, directed both the respondents the Vice-Chancellor and the Controller of Examination, to allow Vikas to take the examination by way of issuing provisional roll number. In his detailed order, the Magistrate added that the result would be subject to the decision of the present suit. The second paper is scheduled to be held on April 9. The student had moved the court for an interim direction to Panjab University and the college authorities for issuing the roll number to him. It was stated in the complaint that he had submitted the examination form along with the examination fee on November 14, within the stipulated time in the college. But despite that he did not receive his roll number to appear in the annual examination till March 30. Then he approached the college as well as the University authorities but failed to get any justice. The plaintiff student alleged that later it was revealed that his examination form along with the fee was not forwarded to the university by the college. The college Principle had written a letter to the Controller of Examination, Panjab University, stating that the form could not be sent earlier due to rush of work on account of shifting of the college to a new block. But the university authorities did not issue any roll number till March 30. The Magistrate observed that if the applicant was not allowed to sit in the examination he would certainly suffer an academic loss for no fault of his. He also observed that the examination form with the fee did not reach the university till March 5, the last date. In short, the letter written by the Principal of the college to the Controller of Examination proved that there was no fault of the plaintiff student. He had already submitted the fee and the form within prescribed time. |
City artistes get major
roles in film Chandigarh, April 7 Addressing the mediapersons here today, Mr Batra said Rhea alias Molika has been signed by Abdul Sattar, the producer of “Mitha Mitha —” which is going to be directed by his brother Iqbal
Sattar. Molika is to play the second lead role in this Tabu- Chandrachur Singh starrer. Three others, including Kapil Kalyan , a renound local theatre artiste, Rahul Bhadouria and Khiyali Shaharan , who is already working for a comedy serial in DD Metro, are also included in the star cast for the movie. Molika who has just completed her tenth standard from Sacred Heart Convent is excited about her role in the movie, whose shooting will commence soon. The Artiste Bank with its branches in Delhi and Jaipur, the outfit wants to promote the local artistes in the field of music, dance and movies by giving them proper contacts as well as managing their careers. The bank has recently presented artiste like Namrata Sharma who bagged a major role in an art movie called ‘Tandava’. |
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