EDUCATION

Hindu College girls top in MSc exams 
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, August 23
Girl students of local Hindu College have set a record by grabbing the first five positions in the MSc Chemistry (Previous) and first three top positions in MSc Physics (Final) examinations of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, this year.

According to information, Geeta Devi of the college with 80 per cent marks topped in the MSc Physics (Final) examinations. She is followed by Meenu Rani with 79.3 per cent and Sunita Rani with 79.1 per cent marks. Suman Lata with 76.2 per cent marks came fifth in the university, Vikas Sharma with 76.1 per cent marks sixth and Manju eighth position in the university.

In the MSc Chemistry (Previous) examinations, Deepika Kuahsik of Hindu College topped the university with 79.1 per cent marks; Kapila got the second position with 74.2 per cent marks and Meenu Munjhal the third position by securing 73.2 per cent marks.

The fourth and fifth positions went to Payal Bansal 71.4 per cent and Silky Malhotra 71.2 per cent marks, respectively.

In MSc Chemistry (Final) examinations also, the students of this college made an outstanding performance. Suman and Prachi Yadav, both with 68.2 per cent marks, got the fifth position in the university. Shushila with 68 per cent marks came sixth in the rank list.

In the MSC Physics (Previous) examinations, Bhawna with 72.11 per cent marks got the seventh position in the university; whereas Bindu got 72.7 per cent marks and eighth position in the university.

A number of lecturers of the college said that the girls managed to secure top positions beating the boys because of their hard work and regular studying habits.

SFI, Chhatra Lok Janshakti to jointly fight DUSU polls
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 23
The Students Federation of India (SFI) and the Chhatra Lok Janshakti (CLJ) today announced their decision to take on the “communal” Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the “ideologically inconsistent” National Students Union of India (NSUI) in the coming Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections.

Addressing a joint press conference here, SFI Delhi state committee secretary Prasenjit Bose and CLJ national president Kunwar Asim Khan said the ABVP had furthered the communal and divisive politics of the Sangh Parivar, while the Congress-sponsored NUSI had failed to challenge it.

“It is with this perspective of providing a secular, democratic alternative that we have decided to contest this year’s elections jointly,” they said. It was pointed out that the Sangh Parivar had used its hold on the state power to propagate its “communal myths and ideas” through the education system. As a result, education was being denied to a vast section of the student community due to the policies of privatisation that had taken the form of massive fee hike and resource cuts.

Spelling out their agenda, they said they wanted that the use of funds generated by the colleges-under the head of development charges-be monitored by college level committees consisting of academics from outside the college concerned and student representatives.

Such development charges had led to the steady increase of fees for different courses, though the tuition fee had not risen much, they said.

They also expressed their strong opposition to the introduction of self-financing courses, which, they said, excluded a large section of students, especially those belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, because of high fees.

A demand for the activation of the university-level ‘Committee Against Sexual Harassment’ and setting up of similar committees at the college and faculty levels to provide redressal in cases of sexual harassment and to carry out the task of gender sensitisation was also put up.

Among their other demands are introduction of U-special service for South Campus colleges, validation of subsidised bus passes for students in private buses running under STA, filling up of the 22.5 per cent quota of seats for SC/ST students and establishment of more hostels.