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Chaos at exam centres Ludhiana, September 8 While in many schools, the examinations were postponed for no question papers reached the centres, the tests were delayed for almost an hour at some other centres. Government elementary schools were the main sufferers as both the District Education Officer (DEO) and the Deputy DEO were out of town and the headmistresses found it difficult to handle the situation. The situation was the worst at Government Elementary School, Cinema Road, where the date sheet for mid-term examinations reached the school through the Block Primary Education Officer (BPEO) at 7.30 a.m., barely an hour before the scheduled start of the examination. As a result, the students came unprepared for the tests. The two teachers attending the five classes were unable to handle the situation. No printed question papers were supplied to them. On the backside of the date sheet, it was mentioned that they should themselves get these printed. The two teachers could not get these printed in an hour and they immediately sat down to prepare the question papers by hand. The entire exercise took more than four hours. Students of Classes I to III were given handwritten question papers. However, for students of Classes IV and V, questions were written on the black board and the students were told to write solutions on the sheets provided to them. But since the students were unprepared for the tests, they found it difficult to attempt the paper. The situation was similar in four other schools falling in the same cluster. The BPEO of the area, Ms Santosh, said the cluster in charge, who had been given the duty to send date sheets to the five schools, was absent for some time. “I was not aware of the problem. This morning I had to rush to all these schools to give the date sheets and brief the teachers about alternative arrangements that could be made.” The examination was also delayed for students of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Dholewal, where poor seating arrangement was the problem. Some Class VIII students said they were sitting in their classrooms waiting for their question papers for almost half an hour when all of a sudden they were called up in the basement. The seating arrangement took almost another half an hour, before the examination finally began. There were also reports of examinations being postponed in over 10 schools falling in Mullanpur block due to delay in supply of question papers. The DEO and the Deputy DEO of the elementary wing were away to Chandigarh and the superintendent in the department expressed ignorance regarding any such incident. |
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Workshop
to promote Hindi Ludhiana,
September 8 The resource person of the workshop
was Ms Sanyukta Luthra from a group of publications. The aim of the workshop was to find solutions to grammatical usage and pronunciation problems, being faced by teachers. Other topics included, ‘How to make students interested to read Hindi’ and ‘How to make teaching simple and easy’. Teachers from Ludhiana and other nearby schools participated in the workshop. Students from Bhartiya Vidya Mandir, BCM Senior Secondary School, CFC School, Greenland School, Nankana Sahib Senior Secondary School, and DN Model School also attended the workshop. Ms Neena Khanna, Principal, presided over the workshop. She expressed her gratitude to all other principals for their cooperation and thanked the organisers for holding an informative workshop. |
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Board-affiliated schools’ sports events
from Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 8 Mr Rajinder Sharma, state president of the association of Punjab School Education Board Affiliated Schools, said a meeting of the core committee of the affiliated branch was held recently under the chairmanship of Ms Veena Dada, OSD to the board Chairman. He said sports events would be organised solely for affiliated schools of the state. There will be two categories — juniors up to Class VIII and seniors from Class IX to plus two. Mr Sharma said all districts had been divided into two zones for sports competitions. Sports events for the Bathinda zone comprising Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepore, Mansa, Moga, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib and Muktsar will commence on October 7. These will be followed by sports events for the Jalandhar zone comprising Ludhiana, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Gurdaspur, Ropar and Jalandhar districts. Meanwhile, Mr Data Ram Sharma, founder of the local Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, confirmed having received a communication from the board office in this regard. Schools have been asked to deposit a registration fee of Rs 100 with their respective coordinators by September 30. Mr Dharam Paul Sharma, a retired teacher, said this decision would bring students of affiliated schools on a par with others as now they would be entitled to get more marks in practical exams in physical education on the basis of their performance in zonal and state sports events. |
Man acquitted Amloh, September 8 Talking to mediapersons Mr Kesar Singh
Randhawa, advocate from the defendant’s side, pointed out here today that on the complaint of Mr
R.S. Jangu, former SDM of Amloh, a case had been registered against Gurpreet Singh at Amloh police station. Mr Jangu had alleged in the FIR that a case was pending in his court and the alleged accused had tried to bribe him to get his case favourably decided. |
‘Surmai Sham’ at Punjabi Bhavan Ludhiana, September 8 ‘‘Jasdev Singh presented some folk tunes on tumbi and some popular tunes of his father. He sang ‘‘Das ni bhala mein ki khateya...’’. Dr Surjit Patar, president of the Punjabi Sahit Academy, Gurbhajan Gill, senior vice-president and Ravinder Bhatthal, general secretary of the academy, and Dr S.N. Sewak, were present on the occasion. Ru-ba-ru The Punjabi Sahit Academy organised a ‘Ru-ba-ru’ with famous Punjab novelist, Mohan Kahlon, on Sunday morning at Punjabi Bhavan. Mohan Kahlon, who lives in Kolkata, shared his experiences with the audience and also told them how he changed from a hard hearted person to a humble man. The sight of the widows of 1947 moved him beyond words and his feelings are reflected in his novels. Kahlon's latest novel ‘‘Bai Gaye Paani’’ is about the First World War. It is the seventh novel in the world on First World War. The first novel on the World War I was written by William Falkner, who won a Nobel prize for this book. Kahlon said the bitter experience of the widows of the first war have been included in his novel. Kahlon has six novels to his credit which reflect the human relations. While summing up his latest novel he said, ‘‘Woman gives birth to human beings, while dictatorship gives birth to Satan’’. This, he said, was the theme of the novel. After this, the Punjabi Likhari Sabha held a seminar on his novel. Dr Guriqbal Singh read a paper on the novel. The seminar was presided over by Gurbhajan Gill, senior vice-president of the academy. |
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