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PU youth fest begins today Chandigarh, October 28 While the college is already buzzing with activity on account of preparations for the festival, the announcement of elections has only added to the festivities. The festival would begin with participants putting their singing skills to test in the shabad, bhajan, classical, vocal and orchestra session. The contest is to be inaugurated by the Education Secretary, Mr R.S. Gujral. Simultaneously, all art-related contests like poster making, clay modelling, still life, collage making would be held at the venue in the morning session. The afternoon session would be marked by music competitions, percussion, non-percussion, Punjabi folk instrumental, orchestra (Indian), ghazal, geet folk song and vaar. Also, creative writing contests in essay, poem and story writing will also be held. The college would play host to literary aspect of the festival with debates and poetry recitation scheduled for October 30 and histrionics and one-act plays for the afternoon session. Though the last day of the festival would begin on a serious note with the quiz contest, it would be dances all the way on the final day. While items of classical dance and group dance will be held in the morning, a separate session has been earmarked for the bhangra and giddha performances which usually witnesses an enthusiastic response and all colleges put in extra effort to score over the rest. The concluding session, to be presided over by the local MP, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, is expected to be a big draw. The participating colleges include SGGS-26, DAV-10, GC-46, GGDSD-32, GC-11, Government College of Nursing-10 and GMCH-32. The Principal of SGGS-26, Mr PS Sangha, is convener of the festival, while Prof M.S. Bhalla is the camp commandant. Ms Harjit Kaur Sangha has been made organising secretary for the fest. |
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Software
to manage time table Chandigarh, October 28 The Sood Institute of Computer Education has designed a first of its kind Time Table Management for Windows in order to assist schools in managing their existing Time Table efficiently, flexibly and minimum effort. The word processor named Win TTM has been prepared on the MS Word for Windows format, making it compatible for use on all those computers which run on MS Windows, given the requisite system. Designed by a team of experts at
SICE, Ambala, headed by Ms Veena Sood under the guidance of Mr S.M. Sood and Col S.C. Sood, the USP of the word processor is its feature of being able to generate Daily Adjustment Periods for teachers on leave, on daily basis as well as to meet the instant requirements. This software will have one tome data entry for storing the existing time table (two days work), which will indicate clashes, if any. The adjustment periods will be allocated on a daily basis as and when required , and attendance of teachers can be marked for full day or half day (even first half and second half) to generate adjustment periods even for half a day, informed Ms Veena Sood. She says this adjustment will ensure equitable work load on all teachers and specified teachers can also be exempted from adjustments. This software has already been adopted successfully in a number of schools in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Ambala. WIN TTM is the third version of this software for Time table management, but all initial versions were DOS-based. The complete process requires two minutes a day and list of free teachers and classes for each day. The adjustment through this software ensures intermittent free period after every two, three or four periods — as specified by the school managers/principals. Win TTM caters for splitting of classes into separate groups for medical/ non-medical/commerce and displays time table accordingly. A print preview is also available along with the what-you-see-is-what-you-get style of display and printing. Printout of master time table is provided both class-wise as well as teacher- wise. A built in editor has been provided for small requirements and a calendar module has also been provided in tools. And the system requirements? A Pentium processor, 1.44 MB floppy disk drive, 32 MB or higher RAM, and about 3 MB hard disk space is required. This software is distributed on two 1. 44 MB floppy disks (disk 1 is setup disk and disk 2 is the master disk). |
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UGC’s gesture to teachers Chandigarh, October 28 In a letter to the Education Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, the commission says the teachers who are superannuating within the next three years be exempted from attending refresher courses. The two decisions taken at a meeting of the commission held on September 25 are extending the date of participation in refresher courses for promotion and placement under the Career Advancement Scheme. A lecturer is supposed to attend one orientation and one fresher or two refresher courses to be eligible for getting the senior scale. This matter was highlighted by Fellow, Panjab University, Dr
R.P.S. Josh, in a request to the Education Secretary. He said a variety of reasons were responsible for lecturers being unable to attend these courses. While refresher courses could not be conducted in a few subjects for a long time, some teachers were unable to attend these courses since they could not be relieved at the beginning or peak of the academic session. Also, limited seats in the course did not permit everyone to attend these courses as and when these were conducted leading to withholding of the next higher grades and causing financial loss. |
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Teachers
plan awareness drive Chandigarh, October 28 The federation has opposed contractual appointments in schools and colleges. As many as 4.75 lakh posts of teacher were vacant in various states and the number of school drop-outs at the secondary level is increasing. Unqualified teachers have been recruited at nominal wages in the range of Rs 1,500-2,000. It is leading to the deterioration of education in rural India. |
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Munish, Hema win debate Chandigarh, October 28 The morning session saw participation of 16 teams on the topic “Religion is a necessity in politics”. The chief guest, Mr Brahmjit Kalia, DEO, Chandigarh Administration, pointed out that religion taught us how to live and that politics was a dirty game which separated brother from brother. He emphasised that education meant to learn to live together. Later, a solo song contest in four categories of classical song, instrumental music, ghazal and lok geet was also held. The contest is called Principal Hariram Memorial Classical Singing Contest. The results are: Running trophy: Munish and Hema, DAV Model-15; Munish of DAV Model-15 (1), Priobrata, Shivalik Public, Mohali (2); Nivedita, DAV Public, Surajpur and Anu, DAV English medium) 8 (3); consolation: Prerna, CL DAV, Panchkula and Babita, DAV English medium) Panchkula. In the Giani Jominder Singh Memorial Punjabi Poetry Recitation contest held last evening, the trophy went to Vinay and Satpal of Government High School, Sector 7, while Anjali (DAV-Ropar), Deepak (DAV-Ambala City) and Sangeeta (GMSSS-35) were declared first second and third, respectively. |
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Schools
closed in protest Panchkula, October 28 Led by the Congress MLA from Kalka, Mr Chander Mohan, and Mr R.K. Kakkar of the District Panchkula Recognized Schools Association, representatives of school managements gave a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner, Jyoti Arora against the shifting of the sub-centre to Bhiwani. They said thousands of students studying in schools affiliated to the Board in Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar would be affected by the shifting of the sub-centre. |
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Schools’ panel meets Adviser Chandigarh, October 28 They urged the administration to frame a policy under which recognised schools functioning in residential areas should be allotted sites on priority basis in accordance with recommendations of the court. They also represented to Ms Nanda that recognised schools be allowed to continue in present residential premises till they were allotted sites. They claimed that the Adviser assured the delegation to look into their demands and desired data regarding comparative statement of results of middle standard examination for the past five years. |
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Pressure
makes an achiever? Chandigarh, October 28 The competition was judged by Dr Roy Chowdhury (ex-professor of Rutgar University, New Jersey, USA), Mr Anant (guest faculty of Panjab University) and Mrs Lalitha Ratnam (Director, Hub Activities, Anand Group). The Judges congratulated the students and staff of the school for organising such a well-presented show. The first prize was bagged by Alwar Public School. The second prize was won by Eicher DAV School, Parwanoo. Eicher School, Faridabad, was awarded the consolation prize. |
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BEANT MURDER CASE Chandigarh, October 28 Mr Sharma said that September 3, 1995, he had joined investigation in the Beant Singh assassination case along with then DSP with CBI, Mr A.K. Ohri, and Mr P.K. Dhawan, an Inspector with the UT police. Giving details about the investigation, Mr Sharma, added that he along with others investigating officers— Mr Ohri, Mr Dhawan, had visited the spot where the former Chief Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, was assassinated and seized number of articles from there. He further added that the investigating officers had collected articles includes — skull, number plate of car-PB07-3469, pieces of cloth, finger and other articles. The judge adjourned the trial till November 22. |
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Notices
to factory outlets SAS Nagar, October 28 The notice follows a report submitted by the fire station to the SDM regarding the status of fire safety measures at these outlets. According to sources, the fire station officials visited these outlets in September 2001 and pointed out that these places are amenable to catch fire easily. They had also pointed out that fire protection and safety measures needed to be taken. Despite suggestions by the fire station officials, these outlets continued in the same manner. Another visit by the fire station officials took place on October 22, and in the report to the SDM, it was pointed out that the number of exits at the outlets were less than those recommended. The functioning of fire hydrants and water pressure were also not up to the mark, it was pointed out. |
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Savouring richness of regional music Chandigarh, October 28 The “Surnai and Daman” recital by Abdul Aziz Bhat and his group from J & K, gave a sample of rare instrumental music. Following the instrumental music, came Buddhist chants and monastic music by Rev. Tsering Chophel and group, using drums, cumbals and horns which not only gave a taste of divinity but also spoke volumes about the rich musical tradition preserved in the monasteries. “Karkan” — a narrative form of singing in Dogri language spoke of tales of folk deities, goddesses and other people who sacrificed their lives for a noble cause. This ballad was presented by Girdhari Lal and his group. Equally interesting was Ismail Meer’s “Daastan”, narrating the romantic tale of Laila Majnu in a combination of prose and poetry. The second half of the evening was based on songs from different districts of Himachal Pradesh, including traditional songs from Chamba and Kangra, Bharunwa songs from Shimla, folk songs from Mandi and Kulu, tribal songs and instrumental music from Kinnaur and Nati songs from Mahasu. The seminar part of the festival during the morning hours at the Panjab University focussed on various aspects of music today. Delivering the keynote address, world renowned Sanskrit scholar Prof K.D. Tripathi from Varanasi talked on the topic “Margi — Desi in the modern music”. During the first academic session Dr Gurnam Singh from Punjabi University presented his paper “An overview of the musical tradition of Punjab” while Dr Nivedita Singh, a lecturer from the same university, talked about “The tradition of Gurmat Sangeet of Punjab.” The session was chaired by Dr Ajit Singh Paintal, a retired professor from the Department of Music from Delhi University. The afternoon session was focussed on music from Jammu and Kashmir with renowned instrumentalist Bhajan Sopori’s keynote address on the traditional music of J & K in general. In his absence his wife Aparna Sopori read out his paper. Another scholar in Sufiana music, Miraz-Ud-Din, gave an analysis of the historical developments of Sufiana kalam and the raagas and taal used in this particular type of music while Dr Neerja Matto and Aparna Sopori talked about the rich heritage of Kashmiri music with special reference to Habba
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Salil Bhat casts spell on kids Chandigarh, October 28 It was not only his performance that got rapt attention but also interaction with the students as many students after the recital showed willingness to learn about his 20 stringed improvised instrument which had been originally derived from Hawaian guitar by his father - legendary Grammy award winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhat. Salil started his recital with raag Ahir Bhairav and continued it for an hour, showing his signature style of playing which is an assimilation of ‘gayaki’ and ‘tantkakari’. Salil was accompanied by Mohammad Ahmed on tabla. The programme was sponsored by
The Tribune.
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