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Panjab University to review stand on Bihar council Chandigarh, April 20 The case has come up for consideration following a request by a student of the Bihar council to allow admissions to students who had cleared the entrance test for any course. The university had taken the tough stand because results sent by the university to the authority concerned in Bihar were never answered back. As a result many fake admissions were detected. The student has written: “Being a resident of Bihar I had applied for various engineering examination conducted by different universities, including Panjab University. I got information that the Bihar council was not recognised by the PU. It was pointed out that the council was recognised by the university till June, 2002.” The student has further stated that several other students from his state were keen on joining different courses in the university and the university should reconsider its earlier decision. It is pertinent to mention that the council had been recognised by the university till June, 2002. It was being felt that students should not be made to suffer for no fault of theirs. The university had also deleted Mahila Gram Vidyapith, Allahabad, from the list of institutions recognised by it while giving admissions to their students. It may be remembered that in March, 1999 the university had decided that “students who had passed their qualifying examination from the Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Patna, would not be admitted to any course in the university”. The decision was taken because a number of fake certificates were detected and the council did not bother to cooperate in the verification of the certificates and degrees, despite repeated reminders. The university had sent numerous messages to the council, besides personal visit by certain officials to Patna, but to no avail. The university did make a concession but it had little meaning without the cooperation of the council office. The university provided that “if a student from the council was allowed to get admission, he must be required to submit an affidavit to the effect that if his certificate was not verified his admissions stood cancelled”. Considering the level of cooperation from the council authority, it was “meaningless” for students to get an admission or file an affidavit. |
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Quota in PU hostels likely for tribal
area students Chandigarh, April 20 This proposal by the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University comes in the wake of reservation of seats for college students being linked by the Central Government to the grants-in-aid meant for the project. A project for constructing two hostels, one each for boys and girls belonging to the tribal areas who are studying in the PU, had been initiated by the university. It had approached the Union Ministry for Tribal Affairs in New Delhi seeking financial aid for the project. University sources said the ministry had agreed to grant funds for the project, provided that a fixed percentage of seats was reserved for tribal students who were studying in government colleges and other affiliated technical institutes in Chandigarh. The university has already approached the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs through the Director, Social Welfare, UT Administration, intimating it that it has no objection to reserving seats for the said college students in the university hostels concerned. This would benefit a large number of students hailing from Himachal Pradesh, parts of Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East, who have taken admission in local colleges. |
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SCHOOL WORLD
The process of listening to children differs depending upon the age of a child. For the present let us consider a six-year-old first grader. Given the chance, a first grader will talk almost incessantly. Then can parents deal with this never ending chatter? Perhaps the easiest was is to forbid it. Believe it or not, there are families in which children are virtually not allowed to talk in which the dictum “Children should be seen and not heard” applies twenty four hour a day. Such children may be seen , never interacting silently but staring at adults from the corner ,mute onlookers from the shadows. A second was to permit the chatter but simply not to listen to it, so your child is not interacting with you. But talking to thin air or to him or herself , creating background noise that may or may not be annoying. A third way is to pretend to listen, proceeding along as best as you can with what you are doing or your train of thought while appearing to give your child your attention and occasionally making ‘Unh, Huh’ or “that’s nice” noises at more or less appropriate times in response to monologue. A fourth way is selective listening which is particularly alert form of pretend listening, wherein parents may pick up their ears if the child seems to be saying something of significance, hoping to separate the wheat from the chaff with minimum of effort. The problem with this kind is that human mind’s capacity to filter selectively is not terribly competent or efficient with the result that a fair amount of chaff is retained and great deal of wheat lost. The fifth and final way of course, is to truly listen to the child, giving him/her your full and complete attention, weighing each word and understanding tone and tenor of each sentence uttered. These five ways of responding to the talking of children have been represented in ascending order of effort. With the fifth way, true listening, requiring from parent a quantum leap of energy compared to less effortful ways. While listening is by far the most important from of attention, other forms are also necessary in most loving relationships particularly with children. The variety of such forms is great. One is game playing. With the infant this will be patty cake and peek-a-boo; with six years old it will be magic tricks, go fish or hide and seek with the twelve year old it will be badminton and gym, running and so on. Reading to young children is attention, as is helping older ones with homework. Family activities are important; moves, picnics, drives, trips, fairs, carnival. Some forms of attention are pure service to the child; sitting on the beach attending a four year old or endless driving required by early adolescents. Basically, to attend is to spend time with the child. The time spent with the children in these activities, if used well, gives parents and teacher countless opportunities to observe their children and come to know them better. Whether children are good losers or bad, how do then home work and how they learn, when they are courageous or when they are frightened in such activities all are vital process of information for the loving parents. To be continued... *O. N. Dikshit, Chairman-Dikshant Education Society and former Principal, The Scindia School, Gwalior. |
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Daily News Quiz 1. Which transport facility was affected due to a nation wide strike? 2. Where in Himachal did a woman kill a leopard with a sickle? 3. Which HP politician
visited the Paonta Sahib gurdwara last week? 4. What is the name of Indian Navy’s first stealth ship? 5. What is the full form of NSUI? The first ten correct entries received will be published in this space next week. Your entries should reach us by email at
Answers to last week’s quiz:1Mohammad Yusuf hajam alias Qamal ul Zaman 2.Ambala 3. Lawn Tennis 4. INSAT 3A 5. National Human rights commission Correct entries sent by : Rajdeep Bedi Rahul Goyal |
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Hi Kids! check out your vocabulary with this
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Solution to last week’s crossword: Across: 1 Hoop, 4 Bowl, 7 Cap, 8 Above, 9 Sees, 10 Lava, 13 Titles, 15 Museum, 16 Ribbon, 19 Sunset, 23 Oral, 24 Arab, 26 Giant, 27 Sea, 28 Help, 29 Else. Down: 1 Has, 2 Opens, 3 Pasture, 4 Bolt, 5 Oval, 6 We've, 11 As, 12 Am, 14 Imitate, 17 Brass, 18 No, 19 So, 20 Urge, 21 Nail, 22 Slap, 25 Bee |
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HAMARA SCHOOL A.P.J Public School recently affiliated to C.B.S.E was established in the year 1994 . The school is run by a registered educational society. This school was initially started for toddlers has now become a full fledged institution of learning. The school that has grown step by step has now a new building in a campus, the school stands tall and dignified radiating wisdom of age which is the basic fabric of its education policy. Today the school is a well known reputed school of the area. The school boasts of a highly structured CBSE curriculum and demands a code of ethics from students and teachers alike. It is also a testing ground for the students. All the students are asked to apply themselves as academicians athletes and performers. The teachers are totally committed to students and their learning. They are responsible for assessing students, learning a culture for learning. Strong classroom teaching is one of the school’s strength so it is task and achievement oriented atmosphere. The command and control approach has been replaced with motivational teaching style. The school is committed to promoting not just academic excellence but also personal, social and physical development of each student as the principal strongly believes that in today’s world only a student with a holistic personality can survive. The school has undergone a major facelift from time to time to keep pace with the changing scenario of education and now possesses an infrastructure that is complete in itself. Computer rooms, well equipped laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology and a library with 15000 books to its credit are some of the aspects of this multifaceted school.
Mental and physical development of body occupies the prime position in the education policy and the school provides special coaching to students in Basket Ball, Volley Ball table tennis, cricket, football, badminton, Handball and karate. Excursions like trekking and cycling trips constitute an important part of the school’s physical education programme. Besides promoting Indian classical music, dance and drama, the school lays great emphasis on helping the students develop the art of public speaking through inter class debates declamation, recitations contest etc. The school also has a cross circuit cameras in all the classes to check the activities of all the students and it allows a greater interaction with the students. Educational fairs are held in the school for imparting more knowledge to the students. Last year a 3 day District Level Science Fair was organized in the school in which more than 100 schools participated from the Ropar region and the function was presided over by Deputy Commissioner Ropar Mrs Seema Jain. Various working and non working models were displayed by the different schools which helped the students to acquire more knowledge Various national and other festivals are given due importance. Students are given the necessary education regarding all the festivals and are duly celebrated in school with its religious importance. The school is having its own website www.A.P.JPublicSchool.Com. It is also having internet facility. It is the first school to declare its annual result on internet like Board results on the internet. The principal believes that tuition is a menace. Instead of offering best of academic excellence during the school hours some teachers indulge in providing clues of important questions to be set in question papers to the students getting tuitions thereby putting at disadvantage to such students who cannot afford to pay tuition fee. According to him, if a student remains absent from school for 10 day or 15 days then he can take help from the outsider to cover the pending work but nowadays tuition is a matter of pride for the parents and students. They proudly narrate that our ward is taking three or four tuitions. This fashion is really harmful for the students as well for the institution as pupil who are taking tuition they pay no attention in the class and try to disturb the rest of the class. Teachers who are giving tuitions also ignore the students in class as it will be a loss to their extra income. According to me Parents and children both are responsible for encouraging the tuition system. It would not be wrong to say that the school has come a long way since it was established to become the premier institute of Mundi Kharar. |
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‘‘Teachers should be motivating, positive and adjusting’’ Philosophy of teaching My philosophy of teaching is that teachers must be motivating, attractive adjusting and should have positive approach towards the pupil. She must be good in explanation. For best teaching the teacher must prepare herself thoroughly before entering the class then she can make the students understand Properly. All types of intelligent, average and weak Students are kept in mind while explaining the lessons so that no one can face any difficulty. To help widen the scope of studies in the changing educational scenario. Students should be encouraged to inculcate general reading habits both in schools and at home. To strike a perfect balance between studies and extra curricular activities is the need of the hour.
Why your school is better than others? Ours is a no homework school. Students and parents feel free of burden of doing homework till late hours. Teacher Student ratio is less that is 30:1 so individual attention is given to each and every student. Our school is multifaceted school. It has computer room, well equipped laboratories for Physics Chemistry Biology Music room dancing room and a library with 15000 books to its credit. Facility of all types of indoor and outdoor games are given in school Having generator facility to the save the children from the scorching heat even during the power cuts. 24 hours facility of running water. Obviously our school has every facility which a modern school can boast of. |
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POEMS BY
STUDENTS
Spring Spring is coming, spring is coming Birds build your nest, Weave together straw and feather, Doing each your best. Spring is coming, spring is coming Flowers are coming too, Pansies , Lilies, daffodils Now are coming through Spring is coming, spring is coming All around is fair Joy is everywhere Navpreet Kaur Class VIII Thoughts 1 It is nice to be important, But it is important to be nice. 2 Are you a solution, or a problem of something? 3 Nothing is impossible, there are ways which lead to everything; and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. 4 Happiness comes from enjoying the small daily things of life. 5 Never mind what others do, do better than yourself. Beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.Amandeep Kaur Class X Physics Be dynamics in thoughts Be static in mind Be optimistic at heart Be sound in character Then you will be a magnet Everywhere.
Geometry With god as a centre With low as a radius Draw a circle of life
Mathematics Add your friends, Subtract your enemies, Multiply your joys, Divide your sorrows. Amandeep Kaur Class X |
Breathing new soul into classical music Vijay Kumar Kichlu, musician and in charge of Sangeet Research Academy (SRA), Kolkata, a creation of the well-known commercial house ITC Limited, did exactly what it takes to make a difference. Not only did he mastermind unique research projects as the man behind the SRA, he also never quite regretted having put his highly successful career as mercantile executive behind him. Today he is looked upon as an icon who provides the much-needed breather to learners and performers of classical music in India. The most outstanding project with him is the compilation of nuances of each gharana of classical music that ever existed in India. In the city today on an invitation from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Kichlu, himself an exponent of Agra gharana, talked about this project with great resolve. “For each gharana we have collected thousands of compositions. We are giving notations to the collected compositions. The SRA is also developing a website. Shortly, we will share our research with people by making it available in the form of books and audio albums.” As head of the SRA, Kichlu is also overseeing the development of an Indian classical music institution to be promoted in New York. To come up with the sponsorship of NRIs, this institution will have top exponents of Indian classical music holding classes abroad. “The structure of semesters will be worked out because initially no performer will be interested in staying abroad for the whole of the year,” said Kichlu, who, on his part, is preparing a dictionary of all Indian ragas, which can be used by students and performers for better understanding of the structure of the raga. For each raga there will be a separate CD available in the market. Clear about his objectives, Kichlu said research in the field of classical music needed to be promoted at many levels. “We, at the SRA, never undertake any research with the idea of confining it to a particular region. The research is always conducted in relation to training. We want to help students improve academically.” Ironically, the SRA has never been approached by any university for back up. Admitting this, Kichlu said, “Universities should be the places of academic research. They are instead trying to become gurukuls. They should concentrate on research and leave the training part to gurus, who can be associated with universities on a permanent basis.” Surprisingly, the model of the SRA was never even replicated elsewhere in the country. About this Kichlu said, “When the ITC approached me to take over the SRA, I knew its commitment was absolute. Unfortunately, classical music does enjoy patronage. For art to progress, we need a good student, a good guru and a good patron. The absence of any one will mar the prospects of growth.” |
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Depicting Sikh history
on canvas Chandigarh, April 20 Though never been out of work ever since he started working at the age of seven with his father Sewak Singh, this type of outstation assignments mean a lot to him. “Museums in London are known for their high standards, so my paintings being hanged in one of them means my work is up to the mark,” says Devender as he strikes his brush vigorously on the canvas in his studio in Sector 38. Devender, who has a rich legacy of both religion and art behind him, could not have stayed away from art even if he wanted to. But becoming an artist exclusively in the area of Sikh religion was just a stroke of luck as far as Devender is concerned. “My first individual assignment came from Amar Chitra Katha comic books when earlier in the ’70s they asked me to do illustration works for Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Guru Nanak Dev and other Sikh Gurus,” says Devender. This was followed by “Guru Teg Bahadur — An illustrated biography”, published by the Punjab and Sind Bank, a book on Guru Amar Das and then “Child Heroes of Punjab”. Later, the orders for calendars year after year placed by the Bank of Punjab, the Punjab and Sind Bank and Markfed kept up the trend, giving him the signature style he is today known for. “Though derived from history, my works bear an element of abstract which makes the paintings look like a poetry in colours,” says Devender. And if you look around his collection you get to know what he means — Guru Nanak squeezing two ‘rotis’ out of which flow blood and milk. Same are the others imparting the teachings symbolically rather than flat replica of those historical events. Even the techniques he uses complements mood of his paintings. As he blends rich colours with feathery strokes, the outcome is a vibrant, rhythmic composition with a dreamy effect. “This is an era of machines. While every artist is in a hurry with their creative zest, I take a lot of time — first to study the subject, then understand the theme and later execute it,” he says. A dropout from the Government College of Arts, Devender does not believe one has to have a professional degree to be an artist. “One needs guidance, which I had plenty from my father but never felt that I had to complete my diploma to become what I wanted to become,” he says. He has proved himself more than adequately over the years. The walls of the Sikh museums in Paonta Sahib, Anandpur Sahib and Golden Temple are adorned with his works. Not only popular in the domestic scene, his paintings have been well appreciated in museums abroad — Sikh Museum, USA, Shri Dasmesh Sikh Temple, Birmingham, England, Central Sikh temple, Singapore, and Museum of World Religions, Taiwan. The list is endless and so is his list of honours — award by the Punjab Lalit Kala Academy for his “Lone woman in a reflective mood” in which he ventured out of his usual territory to capture the essence of Punjabi culture. Little wonder that only a couple of years back, a team from the BBC visited his residence to make a documentary on him. |
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An evening of S.L. Rakesh’s songs Chandigarh, April 20 That is precisely why he has been organising musical evenings under the aegis of his own club, the Swar Saptak Club. Another such musical evening was organised at Tagore Theatre here today. Titled ‘Mousiquee’, the show was about music in all its forms. Not only was the audience treated to Hindi songs, it also had a chance to listen to some fine English songs, as presented by Bijan Nath, a new singer on the block.
The rest of the evening largely featured familiar faces — Brijesh Ahuja, who presented refreshing songs, and Veenu Kautish, Neelam Chauhan and Rinku Kalia. Even the team arranging music was familiar. Arrangement was professional and soothing. Each song presented by singers this evening was written by Rakesh, who said music was also given by him. However, music arrangement was done by G.S. Lovely. The first song of the evening came from Veenu, who was followed in the affair of melody by Kanchan Kulkarni, Brijesh, Neelam, Rinku and Bijan Nath. The songs had been composed to suit the needs of an entire audience. So, where on the one hand there were melancholy tunes filling the ambience, on the other there were some refreshingly fast numbers, that added zing to the musical evening.  |
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BY far the most common and important way in which we can exercise our concentration and attention is by focussing and listening. We spend an enormous amount of time listening, most of which we waste because on the whole most of us listen very poorly. The amount of time we devote to teaching certain subjects to our children in school is inversely proportional to the frequency with which the children will make use of the subject which they grow up.
1 Advertisements (3) - 4 ostentatious display, also conspicuous success [pl] (6) - 10 A doctor for the dog (3) - 11 Adjective of clone (6) - 12 War mongers spout so much of this hot (3) - 13 Motley (6) - 14 This one tried to fly to the sun (6) - 16 The past of lead (3) - 17 To charge something like tax (4) - 18 An anagram of 'so a' used as a Spanish prefix for many names (3) - 20 A common forename anagrammatic with 'ani' (3) - 22 Place where people in Europe went to regain their health [pl] (4) - 25 Belonging to oneself (3) - 27 Without a protector (6) - 29 An anagram of lasers contained in serials (6) - 31 The Irish Republican Army (3) - 32 Not acid (6) - 33 Material cut away from a tree (3) - 34 A small town in west Netherlands, also the name for a jar (6) - 35 Abbreviation for ensign (3).
Students of today need to be well equipped with weapon like education and skills to cope up with the ever changing world. The present era is that of fast technology and we must take care and emphasize on all aspects of child growth whether it is mental physical moral or social. We must try to reduce the cramming habits by using different aids. Only those subjects should be taught in the schools which are necessary and beneficial for the students in future Like S.S is being taught in all schools up to 10th which is of n use for the science and commerce students Subjects such as Maths and Science should be given more importance. Vocational education must be imparted in the schools as it will prove helpful to the students in choosing proper carrier according to the interest of the students.
Chandigarh, April 20