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CISCE to introduce three new subjects in Class X Chandigarh, June 1 Sources informed Chandigarh Tribune today that computer applications, economics applications and commerce applications have been included in the list of optional subjects forming a part of group-III. ICSE subjects are divided into three groups. Subjects in group-I include English, a second language, history, civics and geography, which are compulsory for all candidates. Groups II and III contain optional subjects. As per the ICSE provisions, candidates are required to choose three subjects from group-II or two subjects from group-II and one subject from group-III. Group-II includes mathematics, science, economics, commercial studies, technical drawing, foreign language, computer science, environmental science and agricultural science, while group-III includes art, performing art, home science, cookery, fashion designing and physical education yoga. According to teachers in local ICSE schools, students can opt for subject combinations by clubbing computer science from group-II with computer applications from group-III. Similar combinations can be worked out with economics and economics applications, and commercial studies and commerce applications. Teachers here are of the opinion that this move by the ICSE would initiate students towards specialisation in a subject at a relatively junior level, besides boosting the school results as 50 per cent marks in these subjects account for internal assessment. This is unlike the Central Board of Secondary Education, where students can opt for specialist subject combinations only in Class XI. Besides, ICSE has recently introduced bio-technology as an optional subject at the Class X level. Several schools in Chandigarh have expressed an interest in this upcoming field. Panjab University here has a Department of Biotechnology, which could provide requisite academic and technical support to this subject. |
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Science comes to
summer workshops Chandigarh, June 1 Floating an altogether new concept of electronic hobby projects and digital animation for summer workshops is a group of five computer professionals. Running Agro-Mass, a non-government organisation, these professionals stumbled upon the idea during a visit to the south.“So many professionals are holding such science related workshops down south. However, science does not seem to have evolved as a hobby in this region. Depending on the response we will come back with more workshops of this kind,” says Mr Jagdish Singh, project coordinator. The workshop would be run by the NGO in collaboration with the All- India Rajput Students Aid Society. Adopting an application-oriented approach in the sensitisation process, the hobby projects would be so devised that the children are able to use the circuit for multipurpose models with small alterations at a very nominal cost. To be conducted at the auditorium of Maharana Pratap Hostel, Sector 25, students would be able to make educational software at the digital animation workshop. The participants would be educated on designing software and graphic formats for education related concepts. However, the main emphasis of the workshop would be to create animated presentations for science related topics. Open to secondary and senior secondary-level students, the students would be trained to make different types of sensors for fire and theft alarms, remote controls and timers. The workshop would be conducted in two sessions i.e. morning and evening. While the first session would be open to all, the second session would be reserved for school children from the slum and rural areas. “It is these children who are deprived of exposure to such classes despite being very interested and enthusiastic. For them special classes would also be conducted at Kajheri as well. As an incentive to them, we are not charging any fee. However, if they choose to buy a kit from us they would be charged nominally,” he added. |
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GGDSD College excels in commerce results Chandigarh, June 1 In B.Com III, the college has bagged three out of the top five positions and five out of the top 10 positions. Purnima from Government College for Girls, Sector 11, has bagged the top position. Shikha Bansal, Sirjana Mer, Bhawna Ranjan, Suhani Malhotra and Reena Hans stood second, third, fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively. As many as 100 students of the college got first division which is the maximum amongst all affiliated colleges of the university. MCM DAV College got 53 first divisions, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana,got 48 first divisions, GCG, Sector 11, got 47 and Government College for Women, Ludhiana, got 46. In B.Com II, GGDSD college has bagged the first position. Suangna Singh is the topper. Infact, four out of the top five and seven out of top 10 positions have been bagged by SD College. As many as 15 students have been placed in the top 25 positions.The college has bagged 89 first divisions which is the maximum among all colleges. DAV College, Sector 10, has 48 first divisions and Government College for Women, Ludhiana, has 42. GGDSD College has two units of commerce classes which means 140 students while MCM DAV College and DAV College among others have just 70 students each. The big difference in the number of toppers can be judged from this. In B.Com I, the college has bagged four out of the top 10 positions and 10 out of the top 15 positions. The college secured 120 first divisions which is the highest and is followed by GCM, Sector 11 and Khalsa College for Women,Ludhiana, which secured 73 positions, each. Shilpa Ahuja of Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, is the topper. In BCA III Mini Mittal of SD College is the topper. The college bagged three out of top five positions and has 39 first divisions which is the highest in the university. In BCA II Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana topped the list with 32 first divisions followed by GGDSD College with 30 and Dev Samaj with 29. Kanika of Dev Samaj, Sector 45, was the topper. Manisha Amitabha of GCG, Sector 11, topped the BBA II examination. The college topped the list of first divisioners with 28 while GCG, Sector 11 got 25 first divisioners. Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, recorded 18 first divisions. Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, is another college which has recorded overall excellence in the commerce streams. |
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Conference on careers ends Chandigarh, June 1 Mr Vineet Raj Kapoor, academic head, Arena Multimedia, delivered a talk on “Careers in multimedia” for students aspiring to make a career in this field. The Alternatives-2003 saw fair amount of response from students. Exhibitors offered an array of career options to students ranging from MBA, call centres, aviations, hospitality, education options abroad and much more. For the first time the State Bank of India and the HSBC also offered easy educational loans to students for studies both in India and abroad. The WWICS offered a one-stop-shop for students seeking admission in foreign universities and also looking for career options abroad. Institutes like Air Hostess Academy and the ITFT also offered variety of courses in the field of aviation and hospitality. |
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SCHOOL WORLD somehow get power, position and money. This has led to the belief that intellect and success are synonymous. Until very recently a lot of emphasis was given to the role of logical thinking, ability to learn efficiently, and memorize the material in determining the conventional Intelligence Quotient (IQ). But with the dawn of the new century great stress has been placed on the emotions working behind the intellect. So with the changing times, student as a whole has become the center of concern, not only his reasoning capacities, but also his creativity, emotions, and interpersonal skills. So comes in picture Emotional Quotient. What is EQ? “It is a person's ability to understand his or her own emotions and the emotions of others and to act appropriately based on this understanding. It consists of five components: Knowing our emotions (self-awareness), managing them, motivating ourselves, recognizing emotions in others (empathy), and handling relationships.” While laudable efforts are being made to raise academic standards, this new and troubling deficiency is not being addressed in the standard school curriculum. Teaching emotional and social skills is very important at school, it can affect academic achievement positively not only during the year they are taught, but during the years that follow as well.Teaching these skills has a long-term effect on their achievement. There is a great need for lessons in handling emotions and settling disagreements peacefully. So we as teachers and parents need to make the children realize that no matter how good and sharp they are in learning a particular subject and how well and efficiently they solve the problems (or make correct decisions) unless they have optimum control over their emotions (measured and indexed in terms of EQ), they will not be able to achieve the best possible results. A frequently faced situation is the loss of memory during the examination in spite of a deep understanding of the subject--just because their mind is overflowing with unwanted emotions that the general intelligence is unable to handle. Thus arises the need to have higher EQ also in order to be absolutely successful at the given task. Some impulses seem easy to control than others. Anger, not surprisingly, is one of the hardest, perhaps because of its evolutionary value in priming people to action. Researchers believe anger usually arises out of a sense of being trespassed against--the belief that one is being robbed of what is rightfully his. Studies have shown that dwelling on anger actually increases its power; the body needs a chance to process the adrenaline through exercise, relaxation techniques, a well-timed intervention or even the old admonition to count to 10.So it is not simply ones abilities related to high IQ but also ones abilities related to high EQ that determines ones overall success in any field. In fact it is the combination of IQ and EQ that makes one successful in various activities of general life including examinations. Thus it would not be wrong in saying that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human
intelligence *Ex-senior lecturer, Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36-B & Best Teacher State awardee, 1987 |
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TRICKY CROSSWORD-15
Down 1 A kind of exhaust chamber for fishes, amphibians and reptiles (6) - 2 To associate familiarly (6) - 3 Inflammation of the ear causing pain (6) - 4 Reasoning power (3) - 5 Brushed up to the top of the head (7) - 6 Monkey nut (6) - 7 An old French currency (3) - 8 Anagram from Ann (3) - 9 It is supposed to be the building block of life (3) - 15 evil jinni from Arabic mythology [pl.] (7) - 17 Archaic word for cheat (6) - 18 One who sifts (6) - 19 Eroded by the wind (6) - 20 Harsh sound made by air passing violently through the nose (6) - 24 Prefix used to denote 'before' (3) - 25 To assemble (3) - 26 The female gamete [pl.] (3) - 27 The generalised female pronoun (3). Solution to last week’s crossword: Across: 1 Hoc, 4 Steps, 9 Ado, 10 Polloi, 12 Declaimers, 14 Karl, 15 Art, 16 Ashy, 18 Easel, 20 Gloss, 22 Vale, 23 O'er, 24 Aeon, 26 Resonantly, 30 Averts, 31 Rya, 32 Essay, 33 Yew. Down: 1 Had, 2 Ode, 3 Cockhorses, 4 Spar, 5 Toile, 6 Elm, 7 Pleasantry, 8 Sorrel, 11 Istle, 13 Lays, 16 Agora, 17 Sleeve, 19 Avon, 21 Santa, 25 Easy, 27 Ors, 28 Lye, 29 Yaw. Copyright Dr. M . Rajivlochan |
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DAILY NEWS QUIZ Answers to the following questions are hidden in the last one weeks’ Tribune. Happy Hunting!!!! 1. Where in Haryana did people flock to during the solar eclipse? 2. Which person related to Dr B.R. Ambedkar died this week? 3. When was the Mount Everest scaled for the first time? 4. Who received the Patron’s medal of the Royal Geographical Society this week?? 5. Which religious leader of the Sikhs fell seriously ill this week? 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 June 4, 2003 Answers to last week’s quiz:1Indian National Lok Dal 2.M.S.Romana 3.USA 4.Fatehabad 5. Avtar Chiera Correct entries sent by : Preetinder Singh, Kartar Singh, Rajinder Thakur |
When art blends with nature Chandigarh, June 1 The two-day workshop organised by the akademi under the leadership of renowned sculptor Shiv Singh provided new a challenge to the artists — to work with raw soil and basic elements like water and air to give shape to their imagination. “The workshop aimed at giving a free reign to the artists in the natural backdrop,” said Shiv Singh. The messages came loud and clear. Vinay Wadhera used the drought area to make a human head conveying the message of utilising the nature’s gift in a judicious manner. With symbolic human forms, he established the man-environment relationship. Madan Lal and Viren Tanwar mocked at the human nature to convert everything into a ritual, even something as serious as death. With a human form covered with red cloth, a pitcher of ashes and a figurine of Goddess Durga, the duo celebrated the slow death of Sukhna lake and people’s indifference towards it. Shiv Singh made a sculpture using water, soil, air and a few bamboo sticks. Another upcoming sculptor Rajinder went beneath the surface of Sukhna lake and gave it a historical angle by creating an excavation site. Others like Paramjit Singh Rana tried to reach out to the people through a communication bridge, while Harbinder used a huge water body and its underlying topography to create “Om Namah Shiva” complete with devotees taking holy dip. Others who took part in the workshop were Jagdish Ahuja, Goldie Gurmeet, Gurpreet Kaur, Manmadha Rao, Harmeet, Gunjeet, Mukesh Guru, Paraminder and Anu. |
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NIPM organises national council meet Chandigarh, June 1 It was for the first time that the Punjab Chapter of NIPM hosted the national council meet and council members from all over the country, human resource professionals from the region and CEOs from corporate sectors participated in it. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Partha Chatterjee, national president of the NIPM, said “attracting, managing and nurturing human resources will be the single most critical issue that we will have to grapple within the new economy”. It is in this backdrop that the NIPM can play a prominent role by providing a platform for extensive information sharing and dissemination of knowledge. Among others who attended the meet included Mr Manish Bagrodia, Chairman, CII North Zone region, and MD Winsome Yarn Ltd., Mr Partap Aggarwal, MD, IDS Infotech India, Mr HPS Lamba, MD Beverly Beverages, Mr Sam Baufun, president, RCI of Canada, Mr Anupam Malik, Deputy Labour Commissioner, Haryana, and Mr Ravi Sodi, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. |
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In this cyber age, all the societies and its members are going through a tough competition. The rapidly growing population, desire for higher standard of living and sudden and intense exposure to western world of glamour has greatly enhanced the pressure of competition. People want too much, and too rapidly. Education is not the goal, it has just become the media to gain materialistic aspects of the world. Unfortunately, even parents most often encourage their children in this direction i.e. 
Across 1 Food (4) - 5 to stand on end (5) - 10 the currency from Lesotho (4) - 11 A large hickory nut tree (5) - 12 Obituary (4) - 13 Hot steam bath (5) - 14 It bites hard and can lift weights many times its body weight (3) - 15 The end of one of the slender bristles of grass (3) - 16 female hair dresser (10) - 21 The process of absorbing (10) - 22 To lay a stake (3) - 23 Mrs. Joyner of Olympic fame was better known by this name (3) - 24 To poke and investigate (5) - 27 To shake well as with a spoon (4) - 28 A hard bolt of metal used to hold two pieces together (5) - 29 that which makes a thing hot (4) - 30 Oh God! (5) - 31 Eagle with a white tail [pl.] (4).