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Pre-vocational courses to begin this session Chandigarh, April 30 According to Education Department sources, 14 such courses have been listed out, which will be introduced in city schools from the forthcoming session. The idea behind the CBSE introducing pre-vocational courses was to impart simple marketable skills to students of Classes IX and X, besides developing vocational interests and aptitudes in enhancing productivity. Such courses would also facilitate students in choosing vocational courses at the higher-secondary level. As per the guidelines laid down by the CBSE, pre-vocational education may be offered in lieu of work experience and a minimum of six teaching periods per week would be allocated for it. Pre-vocational courses are to be introduced only in schools where vocational courses at the 10-plus-two level are being offered and regular infrastructure is available for the chosen courses. Basic office procedure, basic computer practices, basic accountancy procedures, fruit and vegetable preservation, basic bakery, basic confectionary, basic electronics, air conditioning and refrigeration, repair of electrical domestic appliances, textile printing technology, textile silk screen printing technology, cutting and tailoring, skin care and beauty culture, automobile and food preparation and service trades are available for pre-vocational education. |
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DAV movement branches out into villages Chandigarh, April 30 “With increasing awareness about the need for education and rising expectations among the people about a better and more fulfilling life, we have started getting a large number of requests from people in the villages to open educational institutions there”, says Mr Gyan Prakash Chopra, President, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi. “In many cases, the villages also offer us land for setting up the school. We are happy to be of service to them.” “As a matter of fact”, points out Mr Chopra, “the spread of education was the sole aim of the founder of the DAV movement, Swami Dayanand, one of the greatest reformers of the 19th century. He used to say that while India will be free one day, real freedom will come only when its people become literate”. Mr Chopra was in town in connection with the inauguration ceremony of the new school building of DAV Public School, Mohali. In an interview with TNS, he recalled that the first temple of learning was set up in Lahore in 1886 to perpetuate the memory of Swami Dayanand. A sum of Rs 7 lakh was needed to set up a college but despite the best efforts of the admirers of the Swami, not more than Rs 70, 000 could be collected. It was then a young man by the name of Hansraj came forward and offered to work free of cost for raising the institution. In those days, all colleges had Englishmen as principals and they laughed when they heard that a black Indian who was yet to grow whiskers was planning to set up a college. But soon not only the college was established, it also became a great success. A large number of people became life members of the DAV movement and offered to work free for the spread of knowledge and education. Even the partition of the country in 1947 did not deter them. There are now as many as 700 institutions in the country, including 70 colleges and about 500 schools. Besides it is also running engineering colleges, medical colleges, dental and business management colleges. The total strength of students exceeds seven lakh. There are as many as 148 DAV schools in Punjab, 120 in Haryana and about 65 in Himachal Pradesh. “Incidentally, there as many as 120 DAV schools in Bihar and all of them are doing well. Their results are also outstanding. The other day when I told the Prime Minister about the performance of DAV institutions in Bihar, he could not believe it because the record of educational institutions in that state is not exactly shining.” “It is a matter of pride for us that the present Prime Minister of India, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, is a product of DAV College, Kanpur. Another former Prime Minister, Mr Inder Kumar Gujral, had studied at DAV College, Lahore,” says Mr Chopra. He, however, did not agree that the DAV movement, with its emphasis on ancient Indian history and heritage and moral and religious values, was perhaps closer to the BJP’s ideology than that of any other party. “We are strictly a non-political organisation and we do not encourage any political outfit”. He also skirted a question about his views on the BJP’s attempt at saffornization of history. He regretted that several state governments had curtailed provisions for grants-in-aid colleges with the result that a large number of colleges had become sick. At the same time, the government did not allow the colleges to hike the tuition fees. In many colleges, salaries had not been paid to the staff for several months. This was not a happy situation. The DAV Colleges were facing a deficit of Rs 1.50 crore. The managing committee was trying to tide over the crisis by getting an overdraft from the banks. But he wanted the governments to adopt a more liberal attitude while promoting higher education in the country. |
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DAV School opens in SAS Nagar SAS Nagar, April 30 Mr Chopra while addressing the gathering said the school would be equipped with all modern facilities to impart quality education to the students. “We have ventured into this satellite town to offer educational opportunities to the residents of Mohali. The institution due to its close proximity with the union territory would also provide educational facilities to residents of the southern sectors, of Chandigarh, remarked Mr Chopra. Chandigarh has four DAV institutions but none of them is situated in the southern sectors. Ms Sheetal Sharma, Coordinator and Director (Public Schools) said the management would leave no stone unturned to make this institution flourish. “This institution is our prestigious representative in the region. All academic and allied facilities of modern education system would be made available here,” announced Ms Sharma. Ms Jaya Bhardwaj, Principal, read out the report of the school. Justice A.L. Bahri, chairman of the local managing committee of the school, welcomed the guests. The colourful function started with the ‘saraswati vandana’. It was also an opportunity for the tiny tots to express their concern for environment as they came swaying to the tune of a song inspiring everybody to help protect environment. |
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Plea to withdraw varsity fee hike Chandigarh, April 30 Mr Khusbaz Singh Jattana, president, said at a press conference that the fee had been increased three times in the past four years. A yearly increase was unjustified. Besides the fee, the university had hiked the price of the entrance forms also which was massive in a number of subjects. The university should take a serious view of the situation keeping in mind the student’s interests. The SOPU highlighted its achievements during the past one year. The conference was also addressed by Mr Santokhwinder Singh Nabha, a former president of the Panjab University Campus Students Council. The list of achievements included improvement chances for B.Sc (honours school) students;
reconduct of Ph.D entrance examination; five-day week norm in the University Institute of Engineering and Technology; and water cooler facilities; besides several others. |
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Dev Samaj college annual function Chandigarh, April 30 The Advisor to the UT Administrator, Mr Virendra Singh was the chief
guest. Mamta and Loveleen were declared the best allround students in B.Ed and M.Ed respectively. The first three toppers in B.Ed were
Sanju, Prabhjeet and Kirandeep while the top three students in M.Ed were
Rupal, Loveleen and Monica, and Rajveer. The adviser also released a VCD titled “Dev Samaj College of Education — A journey through a college of values”. |
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M.Sc I students’ complaint Chandigarh, April 30
“There was an intermixing of sections. Some statements and symbols
were wrong and misleading. Some questions were outside the scope of
prescribed syllabus”, the press note said. Students met the
Chairman of the department and the Vice-Chancellor. The authorities
have assured the students to look into the matter. |
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SCHOOL WORLD
KNOW YOUR WORDS naive\adjective MEANING Someone who is naive believes that things are much less complicated, difficult, or dangerous than they really are, for example because they have very little knowledge or experience of life. Used also of people's ideas or behaviour. SENTENCES We are surely not so naive as to believe that this will change everything. He was always careless about money and naive
in the ways of the world. They naively assume that things are going to get better. knave\noun MEANINGS Rogue, a dishonest man. SENTENCES It’s sad that you take me as a fool as well as a knave. partake\verb MEANING Patriciate; if you partake of food or drink, you eat or drink some of it. If you partake in an activity you take part in it. If something partakes or a particular quality, it has it to some extent. SENTENCES He refused to partake of the delectable meal Suman had prepared for him. People in this country have no right to partake in the process of decision making. In the West the process of education partakes of the nature of discovery. scrappy\adjective MEANINGS Disjointed; untidy Not well-organised. SENTENCES A scrappy
education. is not going to serve any purpose. The play was well presented, expect for its somewhat scrappy set. IDIOMS Scrape through Meaning If you scrape through an examination or a difficult situation, you
just succeeded in passing it or dealing with it. SENTENCES I just managed to scrape through my exams this summer. It began to look as though he would scrape through the imminent crisis. Scrape together MEANING If you scrape together or scrape up an amount of money, you manage, with some
difficulty, to get the amount of money or a number of people you need to do something. SENTENCES He scraped up the money to open his new restaurant. If we could scrape together a dozen people, we could get the project rolling. "The best education consists in immunising people against systematic attempts at education. |
HIGH COURT Chandigarh, April 30 Delivering the verdict in an open court, the Bench, comprising Chief Justice Mr B.K. Roy and Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed his release upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs 15,000, along with two sureties of the like amount. He was also asked to maintain good behaviour and not to commit any offence in future. Bajaj was earlier asked asked to show cause why he should be not punished under the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act “if found guilty” of violating Court directions on the use of black films on car windows. The notice was issued after an affidavit was submitted by Chandigarh’s former Superintendent of Police Balbir Singh. Bajaj, he had claimed, was using a vehicle with a “jet black” film. This was not all. The car had a fake number plate. The permission sticker too was bogus. Standing counsel for UT Administration had added that Punjab’s Director General of Police had informed them regarding the sticker being bogus. The fact was confirmed by Punjab’s Deputy Advocate-General. Mr Justice Kumar, it may be recalled, while taking up another petition, had stated that persons violating the Court directions, “operation of which had not been stayed by the Supreme Court”, were liable to be dealt with under the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act, besides being punished for violation of traffic offences.
Rathore did not visit CIA Centre: cops Patiala, April 30 The police officials who registered their statements in the court include Sub-Inspector Sewa Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector Haripal, Head Constables Ram Prakash, Ram Kumar, Jagat Singh and Lakshmi Lal and Constables Ganpat and Satyavan Singh. They were all on duty in the Panchkula CIA Centre when Ashu was brought there for investigation. Sub-Inspector Sewa Singh, who was the investigating officer in the robbery case registered against
Ashu, and ASI Haripal said all cases registered against Ashu Gilhotra were done in a proper manner and that
neither the former DGP or any of his representatives visited the police station to inquire about the cases. They said no Deputy Inspector-General of Police or Inspector-General of Police visited the CIA Centre with regard to the cases registered against
Ashu. They said Ashu was never tortured in the CIA Centre and that his parents regularly visited the centre brining food and clothes for him.
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Bid on Saini’s life: 6 issued notices Chandigarh, April 30 The case came up for hearing before the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr H.S Bhalla, who after accepting the prosecution plea issued notices to the six accused to appear and file reply in the court till July 30. The UT police had filed a challan against the six persons — Partap Singh, Gurcharan Kaur, Devinder Singh Bhullar, Balwant Singh, Manmohan Singh and Manjit Singh — levelling charges under TADA and various other sections. |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, April 30 Khan was caught by the CBI while accepting a bribe of Rs 4000 from a shopkeeper in Manimajra yesterday. The shopkeeper, Harbans
Lal, was running a business of repairing refrigerators and air-conditioners. A team of CBI sleuths led by the ASP, Mr Surinder Pal Singh, laid at trap at the Manimajra house of the complaint when the Inspector, Sanauwlha Khan, came to receive money. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been
registered.
Challan filed against CA The police today filed a challan against Chartered Accountant
N.K. Garg who had been arrested by police in connection with a scam related to income tax returns on the basis of fake TDS certificates. The police had recovered number of files, fake TDS from various places, CPU of the computers and other record files from the accused possession. As per the prosecution, Garg had opened 74 bank accounts in various banks on false grounds and he had been withdrawing refund from Delhi firm on the basis of the forged
TDS. The police further stated that Garg had prepared a forged ration card on the basis of it, he had open accounts in various banks. It was alleged that Garg had been maintaining the record of the firms which do not exist in reality.
6-month RI for assault A city resident, Anil, was today sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment by a local court for assaulting court employees and preventing him from performing official duty. As per the prosecution, Anil had assaulted process server,
Daljit, when he had gone to accused house in Sector-27 to serve him summons issued to him by a local. The police had booked the accused under Sections 332, 353, 406 and 181. |
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Judge retires Chandigarh, April 30 At a ceremony attended by the High Court Judges, the Registrar and other officers in the afternoon, Mr Justice Kathuria was also given a salute by a ceremonial guard. Prior to his elevation in May 2000, Mr Justice Kathuria was posted as Gurgaon district and Sessions Judge. He had also served as Deputy Registrar (Rules), Joint Registrar and Registrar (Judicial) in the High Court. |
First all-girl music band comes to city Chandigarh, April 30 In the city for the promotion of Popstars 2 — the second in the line of Channel V’s music talent hunts — Viva spoke as a unit, yearning to go international with their music. It was refreshing to hear of a collective effort that has resulted in encouraging results for the first all-girls music band of India. Formed after a nationwide search last year, Viva managed to sell over half a million copies of their maiden album, VIVA! The real target remains to be achieved, as the zesty girls declared today. “Channel V has been a home away from home. The initial days were marked with nostalgia. We were trying to fit into an extremely rigorous schedule that demanded perfection on all fronts — music, performance, technique, fitness and appeal,” said Neha, the vibrant undergraduate from Lady Sriram College, Delhi, who has an added advantage of being a lyricist, a choreographer and a stage planner. Before things fell in place for Viva, life was not a piece of cake. Working with the best professionals in areas of fitness, music, dance, recording and all else, they were required to put forth better than the best. Naturally the pressure of rising to the occasion was immense. As Pratichee, the Mumbai-based daughter of a naval officer says, “There were apprehensions that shroud every project before it has taken off. There also were moments so laden with nervousness that we just wanted to step aside. But then music came to our rescue, so did Channel V people who pampered us throughout. We unlearned old things and learnt new ones. The making of the first album was an opportunity to understand all about music — harmonies, techniques, recording styles, mike usage. presentation and all that.” Trained perfectly, Viva is now armed with what it takes to go international. As Anushka, the youngest member who plays the piano, the guitar, the flute, the dafli, the tambourine and the mracas, says, “It took time to get used to the public eye. And it feels good to have attained an icon status. Youngsters look at us with awe. That is why we are here to tell aspirants what it takes to make a good band. When auditions happens on May 2, they must guard against aping
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V auditions on May 2 Chandigarh, April 30 The panel of judges comprises Palash Sen, the lead singer of Euphoria, Mehnaaz, well-known pop singer and Purab, a Channel V veejay. The inclusion of boys in the contest this year is being labelled as a heartening change from the last year when renowned judges Shubha Mudgal, Sandeep Chowta, designer Manish Malhotra and veejay Sushma Reddy selected five VIVA girls after a nationwide search. This year the strategy will be different. Mr Keertan Adyanthaya, vice-president (communication) Channel V, said: “We are excited to be back in the city. The response last year was tremendous with over 600 girls turning up for the auditions. We have a lot of expectations from the girls and boys of this city.” The hunt for musical talent has been launched across the country. The announcement of winners will be made in June. The band will be trained in June and July and the album will be launched in August. Last year’s winning band VIVA today went around the city, attracting participants. They visited NIFD, Sector 8, NIFD, SAS Nagar, Las Vegas, Sector 34. Aerizzona, Sector 9, Fun City, Sher-e-Punjab and Mr Burger.
Information on auditions Auditions begin at Hotel Mount View on May 2. Registrations open at 9 a.m.; accommodation on first-come-first-served basis. After registration, the jury will audition participants in batches of 5 (combination of 2 boys, three girls or vice versa) Every participant will get 30 seconds to perform. Shortlisted candidates will again be auditioned; 24 will be chosen. |
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