The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

When schools don’t fancy students
with fewer marks
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, April 12
Sachin, Shaily and several other students who have passed the first year examination of senior secondary class as regular students of reputed schools are being denied admission in second year by the management of the same schools. Reason? They have secured low marks in first year.

Thus, the school authorities have put the students’ career at stake. They are left with no alternative than to seek admission in other schools, not rated so high by the wardens of the students.

Naresh, father of a girl student, has termed the action as dictatorial. He said they were playing with the future of the students. The government education authorities must take action to save the academic life of the students.

Another student Shaily remarked that if the school authorities were to act in this manner, why they had given admissions in the first year by charging a heavy sum.

Similarly, Sachin feels demoralised. He says that the school authorities should have put this condition while giving admissions in the first year classes. “I could have sought admission in other school and avoided the traumatic experience I am facing today,” he said.

A private school principal who has refused admissions to the students tried to plead that it was in their own interest as they would not be able to cope with the English medium. He denied that the action was aimed at improving the final year results.

10-year jail term for rape of minor

Ghaziabad, April 12
The Special Court judge, Ms Manju Rani, has awarded 10 years jail term to the main accused in a seduction, abduction and rape case. The co-accused and abettor, a woman, has been sentenced to three years in jail. The victim was a minor.

Tekram had filed a report in Kotwali police station that he was employed at LT Centre and was escorting his 13-year-old daughter on the day of the incident from Bilaspur village in Dankaur to Ghaziabad.

After handing over his daughter to Rajkumari, the wife of his brother in-law, outside Ghaziabad railway station, he had left for the LT Centre.

After this, Rajkumari had fled with Phool Singh, taking Tekram’s daughter along. They were later arrested. The young girl had named both Rajkumari and Phool Singh while alleging before the police that the duo had made her consume some eatables laced with a sedative. OC

Court asks MDU to declare result of two students

Rohtak: Mr Ram Singh Chaudhary, Civil Judge (senior division), has directed the Maharshi Dayanand University to declare the result of two students of C.P.Ed. examination held in April 2002 within three days from the date of passing of the order. Delivering the judgement on Thursday, the court observed that when an applicant had appeared in the examination, it would be necessary to declare his/her result.

Ram Mehar Hooda, counsel for the petitioners, said Santosh Kumari and Suman got admission to C.P.Ed. course in April 2002. Both the candidates were eligible to appear in the exam, but the University College authorities refused to allow them, arguing that the candidates were required under the relevant provision to appear in the house examination and obtain 25 per cent marks thereof in which they failed to appear. Besides, the college authorities argued that the said candidates also failed to complete 75 per cent attendance during the course. The counsel for the plaintiffs pleaded that there was no mention in the prospectus of the course that it was compulsory for a student to appear in the house test and to complete 75 per cent attendance. OC