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More students opting for
nursing course Chandigarh, April 13 For the first time, since the Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) course was introduced in 1991 for Class XI and XII in government schools here, all 20 seats have been occupied while demands are pouring in for increasing the number of seats for the course in the next session. “The trend for nursing courses has shown a northward trend for the past couple of years but this time we have had overwhelming response from students and what is more that even good students are also opting for the course,” said a source in the General Hospital, Sector 16, which is the training place for the students of the ANM course. Though the curriculum of the course provides the basics of nursing, it seems to be attracting youngster’s for getting into a professional nursing degree afterwards. Only last year five students joined the School of Nursing in Sector 16 for further studies after completing their ANM course. After completing the two-year course, one can get admission to General Nursing Diploma Programmes without studying medical subjects. “The ANM students are given priority in the selection for diploma nursing courses and they have proved far ahead than the rest of the students who had joined after plus two in medical stream,” said Ms Rajinder, president, Trained Nurse Association, who is also the officiating principal of the School of Nursing. Analysing the reason for this sudden interest among the students for nursing profession, another source from the College of Nursing said the job market offers lucrative offer for the trained nurses both in India and abroad. “In India a qualified staff nurse starts her career with Rs 10,000 along with other perks like free accommodation,” she added. Interestingly not only the ANM students want to come back to the College of Nursing for a diploma course, but also students from other branches like laboratory technicians and X- ray technology have shown interest in joining the course . “We wanted to join nursing but as seats were limited we had to take up the next better option available. We wished that the Education Department had increased the number of seats of ANM course,” quipped a few students. The Education Department, Chandigarh Administration, denies any such plans to increase the number of seats. “To increase the capacity in the ANM course means having to collaborate with more hospitals for their training which is impossible at present as no hospital has come forward to take up trainee nurses so far,” said Ms Preetpal Kaur, Assistant Director, Education Department who is also the in charge of the vocational stream. If it comes as any consolation, the department is planning to add a few more vocational courses of the paramedical nature which are mainly dental hygienist and dental chair side assistant and waiting for the final approval from the authorities concerned.  |
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Row over school-leaving certificate Chandigarh, April 13 In his complaint submitted to the UT IG, Sector 27 resident D R Singla, has alleged that the Principal of a private school in Sector 7 had asked her peon and security guard to “throw him out” besides threatening to implicate him in a case when he had gone to meet her to get a transfer certificate of a student. On the other hand, the Principal, Ms Madhu Bahl, said a complaint had been lodged with the Sector 26 police station after an “unknown” person allegedly barged into her office and misbehaved with her. The issue arose when Mr Singla accompanied his relative to the school on April 8 for getting a transfer certificate for the latter’s daughter. According to Mr Singla, they were forced to make repeated visits to the school and had even paid the requisite fee, but the certificate was not issued over to them. The next day when he went to the school alone and met the Principal for getting the certificate, Mr Singla alleged that the Principal refused to sign the certificate and instead shouted at him and threatened him. The Principal, on her part, has maintained that as per the school policy, such certificates were handed over only to parents and not to a third person. The certificate was handed over to the father of the student this afternoon. |
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PU calendar full of holes Chandigarh, April 13 The academic calendar for this session shows teaching days schedule of 206 days. It sounds as a clear case of “good intentions, but impossible implementation”. A senior fellow said: “When the university so far has not been able to achieve the University Grants Commission work schedule of 180 days, the present schedule is nearly impossible”. Each year the university prepares an impressive work schedule of teaching days but years down the line there is not a single success story which shows several practical difficulties in its implementation as schedule. Despite full knowledge several key areas remain ignored in preparation of the calendar papers. There are glaring loopholes in the calendar. It has been worked out commonly for the teaching departments on the campus and affiliated colleges following the annual system. It is a known fact that colleges have six working days in a week and the university has only five, so the same work schedule is impractical. The colleges have two sessions of house examination which are absolutely missing from the schedule for the departments and details to this regard are missing from the calendar. Teaching for the new classes begins from July 14 because the earlier time will be spent in the admission work admissions. Classes for the ongoing session have been shown to commence from July 1, which is again unthinkable because a sizeable staff will be busy with the admission work. Another important aspect with regard to the implementation of calendar is the time when the Punjab School Education Board declares the results of plus two classes. There has been a delay for the past few years because of which the admissions are delayed. The university this time decided to request the board for timely declaration of results. Principal P.S. Sangha said: “The academic calendar is not practicable. In the calendar 206 teaching days have been fixed, whereas even 180 teaching days requirement of the UGC was not being met by the colleges”. Prof R.D. Anand said he failed to understand how the calendar was planned and could be met. He said no provision had been made in the calendar for preparatory holidays and admissions for ongoing classes. The calendar says: “The late admissions in colleges and university teaching departments can be allowed by the principal of the college or the chairperson of the department between July 14 and July 26 on payment of a late fee. Admission by the Vice-Chancellor can be allowed on payment of a late fee till August 30 in special cases. Importantly, the university has decided that the supplementary examination will be held during the autumn break in September-end.” |
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Colleges gear up for NAAC accreditation Chandigarh, April 13 Though the council was established in 1994, only one college in Chandigarh has been accredited by it. This is in sharp contrast with Haryana, where about 85 colleges affiliated with various universities located in the state have been assessed by the council. The NAAC, an autonomous institution under the University Grants Commission, was established by an Act of Parliament with an aim to bring in standardisation and quality in higher education. Colleges as well as universities are assessed and accredited by the council. Though there are 19 colleges in Chandigarh, including the Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Government College of Arts and seven privately-managed colleges, only the Dev Samaj College of Education has been assessed and accredited so far. Recently, the UT Education Secretary had issued directives that all government colleges should initiate the process to get themselves accredited at the earliest. At least three private colleges have also intimated the NAAC that they have completed the ground work for assessment. The council had earlier notified that all accreditation should be complete by December 2002, but this deadline was later extended till December 2003 after institutes had shown reluctance to come forward for assessment. Since all grants to colleges by the UGC are linked to assessment and accreditation and the grade in which they are placed by the council, there is now a sudden rush to get assessed. Besides several colleges in Chandigarh, sources in the education fraternity say, about 80 private colleges in Punjab are also prepared for this exercise. |
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SCHOOL WORLD “COGNITO ergo sum”-- ‘I think therefore I exist’ is the famous sentence of Descartes which led Western man to equate his identity with his mind, instead of with his whole organism. Most individuals are aware of themselves as isolated egos existing inside their bodies. The mind has been separated from the body and given the futile task of controlling it, thus causing an apparent conflict between the conscious will and involuntary instincts. Observing from close quarters, I discovered that each child under our care seemed to have been split up into a large number of separate compartments, according to his or her activities, talents, beliefs and feelings which are engaged in endless conflicts generating continuous confusion and frustration. This inner fragmentation of a child mirrors his/her view of the world outside which is seen as a multitude of separate objects and events. This fragmented view is further extended to the society. To bring about an emotional and intellectual transformation, we need to introduce a system of education and training of young minds aiming at a lot of harmony. For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony or lack of it. Nature seeks harmony because it is through harmony that nature has solved and seeks always to solve better with greater complexities of life. We must always remember that the animal is a living laboratory in which nature has worked out a child. This child has to be nurtured and evolved into its sublimate form and, thus, attains its full potential and dignity. All institutions of excellence should cast and recast syllabi to cater to needs of such aspirations of higher excellence in students. We must tell ourselves and persuade others to be partners in pursuit of excellence only. As against the devastating effects of mechanical culture of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. We also need to care preserving our ancient mode of intuitive learning. For example, Eastern art forms are forms of meditation. They are not so much means of expressing the artist’s ideas as ways of realization through the development of intuitive mode of learning. Indian music is not learned by reading notes, but by listening to the play of the teacher and thus developing a feeling for the music, just as the Ta’i Chi movements are not learned by instructions but by doing them over and over again in unison of the teacher. Japanese tea ceremonies are full of slow ritualistic movements; Chinese calligraphy requires the inhibited, spontaneous movement of the hand. All these skills are used in the East to develop the meditative mode of learning. This gives our children the still mind of a sage which is a mirror of heaven and earth- the glass of all things. This is also the way of the Hindu yoga. The rhythmical movements can lead the child to the same feeling of peace and serenity which is characteristic of some sports. In my experience, for example, Skiing has been a highly rewarding form of meditation. This can be experienced in a direct way without the filter of conceptual thinking. It is vital for us, as parents and teachers around our children’s life, to look into such possibilities in schools – mushrooming in and around our city, and work in unison for emotional, intellectual and intuitive growth of children. *O. N.
Dikshit, Chairman-Dikshant Education Society and former Principal, The Scindia School,
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Daily News Quiz 1. Which noted journalist and former editor of The Tribune was conferred with the Adeeb International Award for contribution to journalism last week? 2. A 112 year old world record holder from Punjab was honoured by the Sports Minister last week Who is he? 3. Where did an MIG-23 crash last week in Punjab? 4. Which US army woman was rescued from Iraq last week? 5. What is the full form of SARS? The first ten correct entries received will be published in this space next week. Your entries should reach us by email at contest@tribuneindia.com by April 12, 2003 Answers to last week’s quiz:1 Bir Devinder Singh 2.PGIMER 3. Value Added Tax 4. Pulwana, South Kashmir 5.Chicago Correct entries sent by : Ankush Garg, Preetinder Singh, Malvika Kalra, Rajdeep Bedi, Jasmeet Sahni, Neeraj Vashisht, Nitin Garg |
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1 Slang for wife, woman (pl.) (5) 6 European and American word for a wet nurse, especially a Chinese female servant (4) 10 The plural for the latin phrase for "friend of the court" (5) 11 A sorcerer, magician, magus (4) 12 Microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (5) 13 Minerals containing valuable constituents like metals (4) 14 A station wagon shaped like a bus (pl.) (10) 16 Of each and equal quantity, as in a prescription (3) 17 To wrap in a cerecloth (4) 18 Costa ...., the country with San Jose as its capital (4) 20 Of or relating to itself (3) 23 A blue ribbon given for excellent cooking (6,4) 26 A miscellaneous collection of music (4) 27 To make into a bale (5) 28 A revolving device around which a thread is wound (4) 29 Actively encourages a plan or activity (5) 30 A slang for modern (pl.) (4) 31 Effusive, sentimental (5). Down 1 A baby's cry for her mother (5) 2 With all one's might, at full speed (5) 3 Justice is sometimes said to have been missed out (10) 4 The brand-name of a major computer company beginning with an A (4) 5 The hot dust laden wind that blows from the Libyan desert which heats up the northern Mediterranean coast (7) 6 Love, affection, often illicit (5) 7 A firm cotton fabric named after a French town (10) 8 American author, writer of the Pullitzer prize winning novel A Death in the Family (4) 9 Nobel prize winner who demonstrated that Cosmic rays come from outside the earth (4) 15 A cloth bag filled partially with beans used as a toy (7) 19 Idolators worship these (pl.) (5) 21 Devices provided by nature to animals for biting (5) 22 Full of suds (5) 23 A thick rounded underground stem (4) - 24 Short for the original word for margarine (4) 25 An Indian clerk (4). By M.Rajivlochan
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HAMARA SCHOOL
THE
Dayanand Anglo Vedic trust and Society was established in 1885 in Lahore for imparting education and for keeping Indian culture, values and mores alive. Swami Dayanand's vision is now realized by DAV College Trust & Managing Committee—-the largest self-financing educational Institution in the private sector. DAV Senior Secondary Model School, Sector 8, is one of the 675 Prestigious educational institutions run by the DAV Managing Committee. Founded in 1981 under the able management of Mrs. Sudha Poddar ,the school flourished from a primary school to a high secondary school which imparts education in faculties of Humanities, Science and Commerce in XI and XII. Mrs Santosh Bhandari took over as Principal of this school in 1999. She not only provides competent administration, but also strives for academic excellence and seeks perfection in all spheres of constructive human activity. Her vision is ——The students of the institution should not only scale scholastic heights but also becoe confident and competent individuals & responsible members of society. This vision is shared by all members of the
staff. To make this a reality, the school has adopted a holistic approach towards
education. The school makes all endeavours to support our pupils to help them discover and actualize their inborn potential at
physical, emotional ,intellectual and spiritual levels. To facilitate the learner in discovering their creative abilities, the school maintains ideal teacher pupil ratio. Interactive sessions,
counseling, meditation classes have been incorporated as an integral part of the school activities so that the education of the body, mind and spirit are made
possible.Gayatri Mantra ,Shanti Path, Recitation of Sholakas and Havan are a regular features of the school in order to inculcate ‘Vedic Education ‘in the students. The entry of the tiny tots into the world of education is a welcome departure from the conventional way of teaching. There are no heavy school bags for them and Audio- Visual Aids are used to stimulate the minds of the young pupils. Students graduate from one class to another and every Academic Year is a wonderful experience in itself. Class VIII board exams conducted by the DAV Education Board at all India basis and Class X and XII exams by the CBSE are important milestones in their academic career. The students have always done the school
proud. The Computer Lab with Pentium- 4 computers with full multimedia kit and facility of Internet enable the students to have a taste of spectacular advancement in the field of
Technology. A big Multimedia Theatre is almost nearing
completion. The Two storey school Library is enriched with a collection of about 10,000 books which go a long way in the overall development of the student’s mind. Students excel in both indoor & outdoor
games. They bring laurels to the school in District, state and National level
games. The various clubs provide platform to students to express their creativity in art ,dramatics, debates, singing, dancing and craft work. ‘Jagriti’-the dream project of principal , Mrs Bhandari, is a selfless service project started to educate and transform the children living in the slums , who otherwise seem to have been deprived of the privilege of being educated citizens. Every year a class is added to Jagriti and DAV aims to run a parallel school in years to come. The school has always done its best to achieve its objectives and this has been certified as the school has been awarded the ISO 9001-2000 certificate (first school of its kind in Haryana), which reflects upon maintenance of overall quality standards along with the steps taken for the development of the students. |
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Principal
speak The role of classroom teaching is to help our pupil become a keen learner. In order to make classroom teaching effective, thrust is on adjusting, evolving methodology through innovations. Effective curriculum planning along with a host of co-curricular activities and sports enable children to develop qualities like courage, confidence, independence, resourcefulness, resilience, patience and competence. We make special efforts through talks and workshops on day to day basis to develop in our student the ability to discriminate as to what to pick up and what to let pass as trivial . Performance in education Encouraging, I must say . Our concept of expectations of students performance is not institutional but it is individualized. We help each student to perform better than his own assessment. With all possible resources along with right guidance and counselling available our children are an inspired lot. On tuitions There is no place for tuitions at all : holistic education is the total responsibility of the schools. I haste to say that the sweeping statement won’t do. To say the same for the students who have to appear for entrance tests for pre medical and engineering is not true. Additional help to prepare for these kinds of tests is needed. Where is the place of true service for the cause of education when it becomes a business. It is sad and educators at all levels have to address the problem and the change in the system could help. On School and Students We are doing our best. We believe in ourselves and leave no stone unturned to do the best for our students and to make our school the best. Ours is the first school in the state to have got an ISO-9001-2000 certification for quality management. |
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Brain Teasers Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions. 1. My father deals ——-silk. 2. Divide these 10 sweets —————-the two boys but divide the rest of sweets—————the class. 3. When the teacher walked —-the classroom, the students became quiet. 4. The train arrived —-platform No.1 ——-4pm. 5. He liked to sit and study ————his mother. Who discovered the following: 1.Telescope. 2 Process of blood circulation. 3. Radio communication. 4. Structure of atom. 5. Absolute scale of temperature. Answer the fiollowing questions: 1. What is time taken by the earth to complete one rotation? 2. How much blood does a normal person have in his/her body? 3. Who said it “Fraility thy name is woman.” 4. What is unknown weak spot, which if discovered ,can cause damage? 5. Which acid is found in tangy fruits like lemons, and oranges?
Answer key: 1. in, 2. between, among. 3. in. 4 on, at. 5. beside. Answer key: 1.Galileo, 2. Sir William Harvey, 3. Guglieimo Marconi, 4. Neils Bohr, 5. Lord William Thomson Kelvin. |
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Poems by students INDIA AND PAKISTAN India and Pakistan, are two separate nation. But they should remember, They are only one God's creation. India and Pakistan, Are like sister and brother So, why are they fighting? Can't they live together? India and Pakistan, Are like two hands of a body. Without each other, Can survive nobody India and Pakistan, Before independence, were united into one nation Then, why just obeying Britishers, Government divided into two separate nations. India and Pakistan, Are fighting just for Kashmir land They should forget everything, And should shake hands. India and Pakistan, Should forget all disputes and wars, And help each other, In blossoming the friendship flowers. By Ankita Goyal, Class X. WISDOM Never give pain, Even if you gain. Never tell a lie, Even if you die. Never be greedy, But help the needy. Do not make a noise, Even if there is no choice. If there is no daylight, Still make your life bright. Lead your life best, But work without rest. Always be true, Till you go to the grave. By Mandeep Kaur, XI |
A new star in comedy world Chandigarh, April 13 So if the story line is healthy and the comedy element is free of vulgarity, Sachin is not biased about the role he is given to play, both on the stage and the screen. For his forthcoming stage production, “Thank You Baba Lochan Das”, Sachin will transform himself from Dilawar to Dilbari, a female character. Though he is open to all type of roles, it is a situational comedy which tickles Sachin’s funny bones. “The recent trend of comedy in movies and serials looks somewhat imposed and that kills the art of comedy,” says Sachin. “Comedy has to have its roots in reality. Of course a little bit of exaggeration through dialogues or body movements is needed to make a situation funny,” says he. Sachin’s career started with a teleserial “Adarsh” way back in 1996 which was telecast on Doordarshan. The serial gave him a chance to prove his mettle as an artiste and also paved a path for him to get other significant roles in popular serials like “X-Zone”, “Rishtey”, “Agnichakra”, “Mission Fateh” and lately a big budget serial “Pyar Hua Ekrar Hua”. “Pyar Hua—-” has given me a chance to play a serious character who sacrifices his own happiness to make his child happy,” says Sachin elaborating the story line. Produced and directed by Tariq Shah, the unit of the serial has been shooting around the city and a few locations in Himachal lately. Sachin, who is open to all sorts of roles at this stage of his career, says, “I love experimenting, so I am ready to play any character on the small or the big screen.” This is what compelled him to take up a negative role in an English film “Perfect Husband” and another minor role in “Shaheed-E-Azam” which was released last year. “Till now I was under a contract with the Lashkara channel which did not allow me to try hard in Bollywood and in other channels. But now my contract with them has expired and I am free to do anything I want to,” says Sachin. Till he gets his big chance to make his mark in the film world, he is spending time in theatre. “I am not complaining. Even though there is no money in theatre, stage shows provide a much wider scope for an artiste to grow,” he adds. |
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Cactus show concludes Panchkula, April 13 More than 3000 visitors from all over the region attended the show. Over 900 varieties of exotic cactii and other succulents were displayed in the show and 47 persons from Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula participated in the show. The prize distributioon function was held in the evening. Maj-Gen B. Sadanand, Commander, Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, was the chief guest and gave away prizes to the participants. It may be mentioned that The Gurukul, Sector 20, won as many as four prizes in the cactus collection in junior league and two second prizes for their cactus plants. |
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