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Kisan divas on July 17 Ludhiana, July 15 Mr Parampal Singh Gill, convener of the association, said the annual meeting of the association was held to discuss the problems confronting them. He said apart from the experts of PAU, poultry experts like Dr Mujib Akhtar from Hyderabad, Dr R.S. Reddy from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University and Dr P. Reddy from Karnataka Agricultural University, Bangalore, would also address the farmers. |
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New UGC courses get good response Ludhiana, July 15 The authorities of the colleges have said they were getting an overwhelming response as the number of applicants for majority of the courses were more than the number of seats available. Therefore, while some colleges will be conducting a screening test for the applicants, others have said the admission will be conducted on the basis of merit at class XII level. The five colleges that had got approval for the courses include the Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women, which has started three courses in computer applications, fashion designing and information technology. Ramgarhia Girls College has got the approval for mother and child care course and computer applications, while Kamla Lohtia Santan Dharam College is taking admission for information technology and computer applications courses. Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town, and the Sanatan Dharam Pracharak College for Women have introduced courses in fashion designing and computer applications, respectively. Under the programme, the students from BA and B.Com will be able to take up these courses as elective courses or add-on courses. The seat limit for each course has been fixed at 30. The entire expenses of the courses during the first five years including the cost of infrastructure, setting up of laboratories and salaries of the faculty, will be funded by the UGC. After this period, the colleges will be responsible for continuing with the courses. Ms S. Verma, Principal, SDP College, said several students of BA had applied for the course for which there were only 30 seats. She said a screening test would be held in the first week of August to take 30 students for the course. She said since arts students usually got less percentage than science or commerce students at the class XII level, selecting students on the basis of merit would not be a fair method. Besides, the test would add to the popularity of the course, she said. Ms Madanjit Kaur Sahota, Principal, Master Tara Singh Memorial College for Women, said all three courses approved for the college were drawing a good response but the course in information technology was the most sought after. She said that admission to these courses as elective subjects would be on the basis of merit. However, in case the number of aspirants was high, the remaining students along with second and final year students would be allowed to take these as add-on or certificate courses. Ms Jasbir Kaur, officiating Principal at Ramgarhia Girls College, said even though she had not counted the exact number of applicants for the new UGC courses, the response was good. She said a majority of the applicants for mother and child care courses were those opting for home science, while those for computer applications were arts and commerce graduates. Prof Revti Raman Sharma, Vice-Principal of Kamla Lohtia SD College, said when applicants to BA and BCom were being apprised about the content and value of the new job-oriented courses during counselling, most of them felt convinced about them and were applying for the either computer applications or information technology. Similarly, Ms Charanjit Mahal, officiating Principal at Guru Nanak Girls College, said from the response she was getting, she was sure that all 30 seats for fashion designing course would get filled up. |
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Revision
of pension notification sought Ludhiana, July 15 Terming the notification as a cruel joke played upon senior academicians of the state, Prof K.B.S. Sodhi, former president of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers' Union (PCCTU), has urged Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab, to withdraw the ‘‘ill-conceived, impractical and unimplementable’’ notification and constitute a committee of experts to draft a new scheme which should be practical and implementable. The present notification smacks of anti-teacher and anti higher education mindset of bureaucrats who drafted the scheme, he said. Professor Sodhi said the government led by Capt Amarinder Singh which has earned great popularity among the masses for their crusade against corruption, will only alienate itself from academicians and intellectuals who hold a sway over lakhs of students and their parents, if it is not revised and made implementable. The notification issued under the signatures of Mr N.S. Rattan, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Punjab, on July 9 is only a bundle of negative features as it deprived the teachers of their share in CPF gratuity and commendation for getting pension, he said. Professor Sodhi added that the notification hardly contains praiseworthy retiral benefits for the welfare and social and economic security of service amendment of April 1999 for the promulgation of which the scheme has been drafted and thwarts the aims and objectives of the said Act. He said by helping the scheme out of any budgetary provision by the government and entrusting its operation to a trust, the government was probably shifting from its responsibility. The scheme appears to have been drafted without studying the models of such scheme in other states, he said. |
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Sack guilty teacher,
demands front Ludhiana, July 15 Stating this, Mr Pardeep K. Arora, president, said the Education Department should initiate action against the school teachers indulging in beating students. He said the teachers, parents and students should be apprised about the law prohibiting corporal punishment in schools and violation of the Human Rights Act. He alleged that several government school teachers were harassing students by forcing them to take private tuitions. Several others were assigning them the duty to look after their household work after school, he pointed out. Mr Arora said that action should be taken against all teachers indulging in such malpractices. |
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Art
and craft exhibition held Ludhiana, July 15 The science models included those on air and land pollution, solar cookers, working of the human heart, causes of AIDS, food chain, photosynthesis and production of charcoal. In the craft section, items such as earthen pots decorated with glitters, mirrors, clay and paints were depicted. Fresh and artificial flower arrangements were also put up in exhibition. Soft toys in the shape of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, rabbits and parrots were also exhibited. On the occasion, students from each section of a class were given prizes. The prize winners included Meghna, Manpreet, Priya Basil and Naveen from Class X, Kiran Sehgal and Mohit Sethi from Class IX, Shilpa Goyal, Samaksh and Lakhwinder from Class VIII, Shveta Soni and Kewal Krishan from Class VII, Sahil and Piyush from Class VI, Prashant and Ravi from Class V, Parul, Mehak and Gurpreet from Class IV, Chandan and Rajat from Class III and Shivram and Mukul from Class II. For their efforts in encouraging and bringing out talent among students, Ms Kusum Thapar and Ms Manjali were also given prizes. Mr Randhir Sharma, Director, inaugurated the exhibition. |
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3-day training course for
PAU teachers Ludhiana, July 15 Dr Jagmohan Singh, Professor in the
department of Computer Application and Electrical Engineering and Director of the course, said around 60 scientists of the university would be able to broaden their vision and utilise computer to enhance their intellectual needs. Prof Jagmohan Singh further said a series of such courses would be organised in future to impart computer skills to the university scientists.
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