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Second re-evaluation disallowed to two engineering students Chandigarh, May 29 Meanwhile, in an unprecedented step, the university at its own level did go into the details of the complaint to verify “whether the students had been troubled by the original evaluators”. There was, however, no significant margin in the re-evaluated marks to change the nature of the original result. Both students did not have passing marks in the paper. Sources said that in case the university found a significant difference in marks, probably second re-evaluation would have been allowed by the university after due discussion in the Syndicate. Two students of Mass Transfer I, Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), V semester, had applied for second re-evaluation after they felt that they were graded far below their expectations. They were scoring “very good” marks in rest of the examination. They made several representations to the university. The university finally agreed to their request to re-look into the matter. They were asked to submit an affidavit, saying that they expected far more marks than what they scored. A senior professor said that it was appreciable that the university bothered to look into a complaint of the students despite the fact that it was against the existing provisions. However, the fact that the students applied for the second re-evaluation was a poor reflection on faith that students had on the evaluation system. In case, the university allowed one second re-evaluation, it will be flooded with scores of such requests. The whole examination process would undergo a significant change. It is felt that there is a need to make the system more transparent in the first evaluation itself. Under the present system, when a candidate doubted the original marks, he could apply for re-evaluation. If the difference in the marks of re-evaluation was more than 15 per cent, then the case was sent to a third evaluator. In this case when two candidates were not satisfied with both steps, they had applied for second evaluation. It is felt that such an incident was in fact a warning for “careless evaluator”. It conveys strongly that students should not be taken for a ride while evaluation because papers could be taken up anytime for verification. It is felt that students should have a direct access to their copies after the declaration of results. Availability of answer-sheets should be part of the normal routine and not full of “bureaucratic procedures”. After seeing the evaluated copy, the student should be left with the choice of applying for re-evaluation. Such a decision would make evaluators more accountable and the system more creditable. More important than the question of applying for second re-evaluation was the downfall in the credibility of the system, it is felt. |
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Sec 16 school gets highest
pass percentage Chandigarh, May 29 In the Government Senior Secondary School category, Sector 20-B Government Girls Senior Secondary School topped the list with pass percentage of 50.42. Number two on the list was the Sector 8 Government Girls Senior Secondary School with 39.80 pass percentage. The lowest in the rung was the Sector 45 Government Senior Secondary School. Just 11.27 per cent of the students managed to secure passing marks. As far as Government Model High Schools were concerned, the Sector 34 school was number one with pass percentage of 87.03. Number two was the Sector 26 school with pass percentage of 84.40. Just 31.11 per cent of the students belonging to Sector 37-D school managed to clear their examinations, pushing it to the last position. In the Government High School category, Sector 32 topped the list, with 43.75 students passing their examinations. It was followed by Sector 37-C with 42.3 per cent students emerging successful. As far as the schools situated in villages and colonies were concerned, Government High School at Behlana topped the list with 39.39 per cent of the students clearing their examinations. The worst performance in the category was by the students of Mauli Colony. Just 5. 88 per cent students cleared their examinations. As obvious, the best performance was by the students of the Government Model Senior Secondary Schools. The top scorers, too, were from these schools. According to an analysis, seven students belonging to the Sector 16 Government Model Senior Secondary School scored 90 per cent and above marks. The overall topper — Nistha Kharbanda — was also from a model school. A student of the Sector 35 Government Model Senior Secondary School, she scored 96.4 per cent marks. As always, the performance by the schools situated in villages and colonies was “pathetic”. In one such school, less than 6 per cent students managed to clear their examinations. In total, about 5,892 students from all government schools in the city appeared, out of which 2,818 cleared their examinations. The total pass percentage was 47.83. From Government Model schools, as many as 2544 students appeared this year. The number of candidates who cleared their exams was 1960, with pass percentage of 77.04. The number of students appearing from government non-model schools was 3,348, out of which only 858 students cleared their examination. The pass percentage was 25.63. According to information provided by the UT Education Department, 1,797 students appeared from Government Model Senior Secondary Schools. As many as 1,398 cleared the examination. The pass percentage was 77.62. As far as Government Senior Secondary Schools were concerned just 380 students cleared their examination out of 1,454 students. The pass percentage was 26.13. |
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PU non-teaching staff seek release of increment Chandigarh, May 29 The problem has arisen following objections to the proposal by the office of the audit of the UT Administration on the campus. The Panjab University Non-Teaching Employees Federation deferred its call of holding a rally on May 22 to “protest against indifferent, passive attitude of authorities in the wake of the CET”. Since no action had been taken the federation held a demonstration against the office of the Resident Audit Officer of the campus in the Administrative Block of the university today. The federation announced that if its demands were not met at the earliest, a similar demonstration would be held on June 3 and the programme will be further intensified incase their demands were not agreed to. Mr Dharam Paul Sharma, president of the federation, said that university needed to be more strict in ensuring implementation of its decision and the administration should be approached once again. The senior assistants and stenographers having 10 years of service to their credit were designated as Assistant Section Officers and ASO (Stenography), respectively since 1995. They were given no increment. However, the board of finance since March, 2001, agreed to give one increment to the ASOs. Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, in a letter to the Finance Secretary of the Chandigarh Administration , has communicated that “ the Resident Audit Officer of Panjab University had not released the grant of one increment to Assistant Section Officers ((ASOs) which has been duly approved by the Board of Finance, Syndicate and the a senate”. The university pointed out that a letter of the UT Administration in reply to the university “ pertained to a court case which has no connection with regard of releasing of one increment to the ASOs working at PU’.
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‘Focus
on classroom teaching’ Chandigarh, May 29 The topper, Nishtha Kharbanda, who scored 96.4 per cent, claims the only way to do well in the CBSE examination is to focus on all that is taught in class. “I did not do anything extraordinary. However, I did come home and study after school and identified all that was difficult. During the year I studied for four to five hours and extended the study schedule to 10 hours during examinations. There is no substitute for slogging,’’ she adds. Placed second in the city with 95.2 per cent, Nalini Gulati, a student of Sacred Heart, too, attributes her success to classroom teaching”. A concerted effort in thorough study coupled with maintaining a balance in study of all subjects is my formula of success. Generally, students tend to focus on science and maths and end up losing in the languages which is responsible for the low percentage,’’ she claims. The daughter of senior IAS officers, she says she has her eyes set on the joining the administrative services. She admits the going would not be easy but said she was ready to take on the challenge. With 94.6 per cent and third in the city, Kanika Aggarwal says she owes her achievement to the hard work of her teachers and blessings of her grandparents. “I was only regular with studies and took guidance from my teachers all through the year. I am not satisfied with my result despite these marks. A little more work would have pushed me further up the ladder,’’ she added |
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900 students take part in contest Chandigarh, May 29 Results of various competitions in order of merit are: Craft:- Bindu Rani, Babita, Amandeep and consolation prize — Sandeep, all from Saraswati Public School, Dhanas; greeting card making (Group I): Sita Devi (Government High School, Sector 22,), Khem Chand (Saraswati Public School), Gurjot Singh (Government Model High School, Sarangpur) and consolation prize — Gaurav (Shishu Niketan Model School, Sector 22); Group II: Reena Rani (Saraswati Public School), Manpreet (Government High School, Sector 22), Balbir Singh (Government High School, Sector 22) and consolation prize — Kavita Joshi (Saraswati Public School); hand writing (Group I): Ashima Dogra (Shivam Public School), Anu Sharma (Stepping Stones, Sector 38), Gagandeep Kaur (Saraswati Public School) and consolation prize — Lucky (R.J.S.K.V.M); Group II: Vandana Kumari (GHS, Sector 22), Vashisht Neeru (GHS, Sector 22), Reetu (Satguru School, Dadu Majra Colony); and consolation prize — Priti Bhatt (Saraswati Public School); drawing: Diviansh Kaushik (RJSKVM), Vipin Sethi (Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16), Madhuri (Shivam Public School, Dhanas) and consolation — Anubhav (Stepping Stones); Group II:- Abhishek (Shivam Public School), Rahul Mittal (RJSKVM), Mohin Khan (RJSKVM) and consolation prize — Bhupinder Singh (R.J.S.K.V.M). Group III:- Reeta Rani, Navab, Lucky, all from RJSKVM and consolation prize — Ashima Dogra (Shivam Public School); Group IV: Vikram Singh (Government High School, Sector 22), Kamana (Saraswati Public School), Shally Baloch (Government High School, Sector 22) and consolation prize — Babita (Saraswati Public School). |
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Review films on Bhagat Singh: Trust SAS Nagar, May 29 Mr Sandhu, who is a son of Mr Kulbir Singh, younger brother of Bhagat Singh, said at a press conference here that it appeared that the five films being produced were using the supreme sacrifice of Shaheed Bhagat Singh for commercial purposes. He said scenes related to love and the engagement of the martyr were being shown in the films, which were far from reality. Bhagat Singh was never engaged. Besides, torture scenes like Bhagat Singh being made to lie on slabs of ice or being whipped were also being shown in the films. He said the martyr was only interrogated and never tortured as depicted in the movies. Mr Abhay Singh said historical facts were being deleted from the films. These included the role of Mahatma Gandhi who, Mr Abhay Singh claimed, had “struck a deal” with the British, which led to the hanging of Bhagat Singh one day before the date fixed for the purpose. He criticised the films for defending the actions of Mahatma Gandhi. Mr Abhay Singh, whose father underwent about to years’ imprisonment during the freedom struggle, said the trust had approached certain film directors requesting them to send the scripts of the films to see whether these were in keeping with historical facts but there had been no response. He said only Raj Kumar Santoshi, director of “Bhagat Singh — the Legend”, had contacted Mr Abhay Singh’s uncle, Mr Kultar Singh. His uncle felt the film was closer to the truth and did not have many historical distortions. Mr Abhay Singh said his fears about the films were based on the trailers being shown on TV. He said the trust had also written to the censor board and the Department of Information and Broadcasting seeking their information. If the films were not reviewed by the authorities concerned, he would move court. Mr Abhay Singh said his family had the diary 10 Shaheed Bhagat Singh which was written when the martyr was in jail. It would be printed in book form soon. Earlier, another nephew of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Mr Jagmohan Singh, had accused the film producers of ignoring the historical perspective and philosophy of the great martyr. |
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A play full of action, drama Chandigarh, May 29 Being handled by Umesh Kant, who has directed plays like “Sakharam Binder” and “Gadhe ki baraat”, is a challenging production based on the story by a Kannada playwright Chandrashekhar Kambar. Adapted into Hindi by Vasant Dev, the play titled “Tota Bola” is a satire on the society which, despite its forward march, is unable to respect women who cannot bear children. The story assumes greater significance when seen in the backdrop of the Northern region which attaches more importance to males. Aware of the social stigma infertile women face in today’s society, director Umesh Kant is attempting to make a sensitive statement with “Tota Bola}, rehearsals for which are in full swing at Tagore Theatre. The story, which spans every range of human emotions from anger to love, uses parrot as a symbol of a child. The script bases itself on faith and takes off from a religious congregation which is busy worshipping a fruit. This fruit becomes a symbol of faith, as it empowers infertile women to bear children, when they offer the fruit to their better-halves. It also brings a promise of prosperity to those living in penury. Juxtaposed with faith is crime, as embodied by Gauda, who plays the villain in the production. Enacted by Yogesh Arora, who also lent life to the role of Vijay Tendulkar’s “Sakharam Binder”, this character unleashes a reign of terror throughout the two-hour long play. He masters all forms of crime from rape to murder and is shown at daggers drawn with Basanna, an humble village youth, who fights Gauda for claim over his piece of land. Ironically, Gauda’s wife cannot bear a child and is led to a prostitute who is in possession of the magic fruit. The story takes a twist and instead of Gauda, the fruit is consumed by Basanna. The infertile woman finally bears a child, but not from her own man. The climax is action-packed. For the first time perhaps, any play will actually feature gory details of crime. In the final scene, a violent Gauda is shown murdering Basanna, who pays with his life for having seered his enemy Gauda’s son. For a city normally treated to subtle productions, “Tota Bola” will be a great viewers’ experience. It will underline the social reality that women are respected for their power to create, while at the same time putting across a message that infertility, as fertility, is the will of God. |
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Shooting
of song in city Chandigarh, May 29 The parody song, “Note Saambh lo lokon....” directed by Jagmeet Bal of Zero Mind Films private limited, is a satire on the recent PPSC exposure, match fixing, growing craze for superstition and other social evils prevailing in the society. |
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