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PUSU for action against defaulting mess contractors Chandigarh, March 4 This was stated by the PUSU president, Mr Malwinder Singh Kang, at a press conference held at the PU here today. The members of the union also said that they were disappointed with the university authorities which, instead of using the information provided by PUSU after these raids, were instead bent upon taking action against Pusu members. ‘‘Instead of pulling up the university dietician to have allowed the state of food in these hostels to come to this level, the DSW has asked for an explanation from us about what authority we have to conduct such raids’’, said Mr Kang. Stating that PUSU was simply doing what a party in opposition should do if the party in power did not perform its duties, the members also said that they had even asked the DSW last month to look into the various food-related complaints of the hostel residents. ‘‘But when no action was taken we decided to conduct a surprise check. But for this we took permission of the wardens who gave us permission to do so. They even accompanied us during the checks,’ ’said Mr Kang. Answering questions from mediapersons about whether they would involve themselves in trying to get lecture shortage of their supporters condoned from the university authorities, PUSU leaders clarified that the lecture system in a university should be done away with and every student should be given the freedom to attend or not to attend classes. They also said that for students not attending lectures the teachers were equally to be blamed. The PUSU leaders also reiterated that no action of the DSW against them would stop them from working for rights the students and if the DSW did not take any action against the defaulting mess contractors within a week, they would hold a dharna and lock the DSW’s office in protest.  |
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School board officer
suspended SAS Nagar, March 4 The Chairman said the district manager, Mr Charanjit Singh, had been behaving in an irresponsible way over the past few years. He alleged that the manager had not been keeping a proper office record. Examination forms were often sent late to the board head office here and at times these had even been misplaced. Dr Kehar Singh said though the manager had been suspended with immediate effect, the charge sheet would be issued later. It is learnt that the district manager had, in violation of the rules, allegedly distributed receipt books of the board among bookshop owners asking them to collect the examination admission forms. It is reported that 40 booksellers had been assigned the job of collecting forms. According to rules, it is the responsibility of the district manager to collect examination forms. He has to maintain a proper record in this regard which includes the preparation of the
date wise challan of the forms. A handful of students of Sangrur district, instead of studying, had been running from pillar to post to get their roll numbers with the matriculation and plus 2 examinations of the board beginning on March 6. The students, who had submitted examination admission forms to a bookshop in Sunam, were shocked to know that the forms had not reached the board head office here and as such no roll number could be issued. The irregularity came to the notice of the board authorities when the affected students reached here to enquire about their roll numbers. It is learnt that the students had given their admission forms to Popular Book Depot at Sunam. The affected students were given provisional roll numbers by the board authorities today. Dr Kehar Singh said students who had the receipt of depositing the form and the fees had been given the provisional roll numbers. However, it would be verified later whether their receipts genuine. Even students who could not produce the receipts have also been issued provisional roll numbers but they would have to fill a fresh form and deposit a late fee of Rs 5,000 within seven days. Meanwhile, sources in the board say that certain schools affiliated to the board have been showing students of unaffiliated schools and academies as regular ones in their records. These affiliated schools have been sending the examination forms of the private students to the board showing them as regular candidates in gross violation of the board rules. Mrs Harcharanjit Kaur Brar, Controller of Examinations, confirmed that about 4,000 such students (2,000 at the matriculation level) had been detected by the board authorities. She said these students would be considered as private candidates even though regular roll numbers had been issued to them. She said the board had imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Modern Public School, Abohar, which had submitted 76 admission forms though the number of the school students appearing in the examination was only 36. Another irregularity which has come to the notice of the board authorities relates to certain schools manipulating records to show failed students as having passed Classes IX and XI. According to board rules such failures are not eligible to appear in the matriculation and plus 2 examinations. The board this time cancelled the candidature of three science students of plus 2 of Sant Baba
Bhuriwale, Amritsar. The board had decided to impose a penalty of Rs 50,000 on the defaulting schools. |
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Mangat takes over as
DPI (schools) Chandigarh, March 4 With a number of firsts to his credit, Mr Saroya was instrumental in starting computer education in schools and introduction of special tests to end the tuition menace and prepare students for competitive examinations. While computer education was received with much enthusiasm, the Saturday tests were slow to take off. However, with the passage of time more and more schools joined the government schools in their endeavour to curb the practice of tuitions. A number of surprise checks were also carried out in city government schools which ensured attendance of teachers in the schools. |
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Prof B.B. Coel Chandigarh, March 4 The accreditation process aims at validating the quality assurance and establishing appropriate benchmarks of the educational institutions. Dr Goel is also a National Assessor on Quality Education on behalf of National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore. He has already been advisor to Mauritius Ministry of Co-operatives for two years. |
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Political will needed to solve
issues Chandigarh, March 4 He stated that a large number of issues of national significance needed immediate attention. The issues like population, illiteracy, environment degradation etc needed to be addressed seriously. Dr S.V. Malik, coordinator, training, IDC, spoke about the need for political will to solve these problems, while Prof G.S. Gill of Government College for Girls, Sector 11, said that dowry deaths, bride burning and violence against women were also issues which were important. Professor Padial from the same college stated that doctors were minting money out of sex determination tests and this had brought the sex ratio of the state to the lowest in the country. |
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PUTA to hold rally on
March 13 Chandigarh, March 4 These demands include the maintenance of the age of retirement of university teachers at 62; implementation of the pension scheme for PU employees; implementation of feeder scale and counting of past service in other institutions for promotion of CAS; withdrawal of recent communications of UGC regarding CAS; clearance of cases of uncovered categories; a check on undue interference of audit; grant of increments for Ph.D to in-service teachers as per UGC guidelines and other incremental benefits on account of Ph.D and some other long pending issues raised by PUTA from time to time. The programme that was decided included a rally on March 13 in front of the PU Senate hall; march to the Boat Club, New Delhi, on March 19; a procession-cum-rally on March 22; a dharna by PUTA executive on March 23 in front of the Administration block and mass dharna in front of the University block during the Senate meeting on March 24. It was also decided by PUTA that a more intensive programme of non-cooperation would be started in case these demands of teachers were not met. This non-cooperation could also include a boycott of examinations by the PU teachers. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, March 4 Bail denied An anticipatory bail plea moved by, Madan Lal, Inspector Food and Supply under Sections 14 of the Foreign Act, cheating and forgery was today dismissed by the UT Additional and Sessions Judge, Mr R.C. Godara. The applicant, Madan Lal, pleaded that he had been serving the government honestly and sincerely for past more than 25 years. In 1999 he was assigned the job of verification of ration cards. Meanwhile the regular bail application moved by Kehar Singh, was dismissed by the court in the same case. Another accused, Kuljinder Singh, involved in the case was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days. It was alleged that he had helped the accused, Mohammad Riaz, in getting fake documents. The main accused in the case, Mohamad Riaz, was arrested by the special branch of the Delhi Police under various provision of the Official Secrets Act, Foreign Act. He has already been remanded to judicial custody by the court. It was alleged that Riaz had stayed in Sector 45 as Vikramjit Singh in 1999. He had managed to get a forged ration card and passport with the help of city resident and former student of Panjab University. The accused had reportedly informed his neighbour that he was a resident of Ferozepore. It was further alleged that the accused had also managed to get a forged identity card from Delhi University. |
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Law
officers asked to resign Chandigarh, March 4 As many as nine law officers have resigned so far.
Five resignations were submitted initially followed by four more,
paving way for the constitution of a new team. Resignation by the old
team with the change in the government is a custom being followed by
the law officers since a long time. |
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