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PU plans private security on campus Chandigarh, October 19 The matter will come up for discussion in the forthcoming meeting of the university syndicate on October 26, sources said. The university is considering the “deployment of additional security guards for hostels on contractual basis on same terms and conditions as prevalent at the PGIMER and making salary payments out of the hostel funds”. The matter will likely be cleared by the House but opposition is expected, as had been the case when the matter had featured in one of the syndicate meetings earlier. One group supports contractual appointments in the name of more professionalism, while the other group thinks guards from the private sector are often exploited by their agencies. This will also “harm the interest of the security guards working on the campus at the moment,” they feel. The university will consider granting permission to colleges to conduct examination in practical classes of undergraduate classes for those who had missed their examination in April this year. These students are said to have missed their chance on medical grounds, court cases, late or non-receipt of necessary documents by the university office or due to late admission. The case of re-appear chance for Master of Computer Application courses will also come up for consideration. Instead of the existing provision of having improvement examination along with the annual examination in April, students are seeking the examination to be conducted in December also. The PU will look into the case of delay in investment of Rs 10 crore by the office concerned in 2002, which had caused a financial loss to the university. Interestingly, it is said that syndics on the committee who were appointed to look into the issue did not attend the meetings. The university will also consider inspection report of 29 affiliated colleges. It will feature detailed discussion and recommendations for improvement. The university has appointed Prof J.K.Chauhan, Department of Laws, as the director of the university regional centres in Ludhiana and Muktsar. The syndicate will accept the resignation of Prof R.P.Gupta as the director of the Ludhiana centre.  |
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Poor students get
financial assistance Chandigarh, October 19 Children have been drawn from at least 38 government schools in the city. The trust is being promoted by Indians and NRIs in the United Kingdom. Mr Tarlochan Singh, chairman of the Minorities Commission, handed over the cheques to the principals of respective schools. Mr R.S.Gujral, Adviser to the UT Administrator, commended the endeavours of the trust. Justice Kuldip Singh, chairman of the trust, said the students had been identified by a panel of the trust with the assistance of the UT Education Department. Children from the weaker sections of society, who secured more than 60 per cent marks in their classes, have been selected for the financial assistance. Justice Kuldeep Singh said the financial assistance will be available to students till the time they secured more than 60 per cent marks in their career in future. |
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students awarded prizes Chandigarh,
October 19 Nearly 150 students were given prizes for excellence in academics after a well-coordinated cultural performance, which showcased India, its various states and folk-dances. The programme took off with the “shabad” followed by “Saraswati vandana” and classical dance. “Yeh matti sona hai” gave a dash of patriotism, while the vibrant Rajasthani dance added colour and life to the show. Dances transported the audience to Kashmir and Haryana as students gave a lively dance performance. William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caeser” was also staged by the students. The show concluded with a bhangra performance. The chief guest, Dr Amit Ghosh, Director, IMTECH, went around the exhibition and was appreciative of the work done on models of science. Those of social science, representing the northern states of India, brought the cuisine, topography, folk dance and industry of the states into the classrooms. The officiating Principal, Ms Navjot Dhindsa, read out the annual report in which she highlighted the achievements of the school. |
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Kids have a gala day Chandigarh, October 19 Starting the show with “shabad gayan”, the tiny tots presented well-choreographed nursery rhythm, while students of pre-school as well as LKG and UKG paraded around as brides and grooms, doctors, engineers and teachers. The main attraction of the morning session was a baby show in which more than 40 babies in the group of six months to two and half years of age took part. Mr Subhash Chawla, Mayor, who was the chief guest gave away prizes to the winners. In the evening session, a solo dance competition was organised in which members of the audience took part. The result of the baby show: Healthy baby — Rajkaran Singh and Khushi, Prince — Aryan, Princess — Mansi, Best baby —
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HAMARA
SCHOOL SATLUJ Public School was established in 1976 with the motto of “Live With Effort” and strives to do things differently. The school lays emphasis on enhancing the students’ talent. A structured plan has been designed on Indian, American and British models of education to ensure efficient functioning of academic and extracurricular activities. For the development of the potential of all students, the school is divided into various departments and committees which are supervised by the school management and teaching staff. The school has a separate junior wing in Sector 2 and senior wing in Sector 4. Children in the junior wing (from Classes Nursery to V) study in a stimulating environment. Numerous play structures, science laboratories, audio-visual rooms and computer laboratories, landscaped gardens, beautiful decorated rooms have been set up to make learning process attractive and lasting. The senior secondary section is in Sector 4 and is located in an area of 10 acres. Apart from extensive sports facilities, it is equipped with multi-purpose stadium, laboratories with latest apparatus and excellent library with over 30,000 books. A fine arts and music complex adds to the beauty of the infrastructure. The school offers an extensive incentive system, whereby “merit marks” is an immediate incentive awarded to a student for his good performance in various activities, be it academics, sports or cultural. Filling of one merit mark card results in a further award to a merit certificate. The student getting the maximum number of such merit certificates gets a trophy at the annual function of the school. The progression of incentives is to encourage the child to strive more to work hard to achieve great heights. The idea is to make teaching and learning more conducive in the school. The well maintained gardens and lawns and water bodies make the atmosphere inspiring as well as relaxing. Emphasis is also laid on health and sports. The training imparted by the school has resulted in making many state, national and also international sportspersons. Suruchi Chandel has brought accolades to the school. She is an international player in roller skating and has represented the Indian team several times in Taiwan and presently in Portugal. The school provides a wide choice of sports activities like snooker and pool club, swimming and splash pool, horse riding, basketball stadium, badminton courts, chess, athletics track, roller skating rink, lawn tennis etc. The school has produced national players in roller skating, cricket, athletics and chess. The school has produced international players in cricket and roller skating. To develop a child’s overall personality is the school’s main objective and to achieve the same an equilibrium is maintained between academic and other co-curricular activities. The needs and interests of all students are identified and a special programme is designed and executed. |
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We provide healthy educational environment On staff training programme:
To ensure personal as well as professional growth of teachers, regular staff training programmes are introduced which are instrumental in making our staff well prepared, competent and full of enthusiasm to carry on their day-to-day task of teaching. These programmes recharge their energy and makes them more innovative. They always emerge enriched with such experiences. On students’ participation in decision making:
We have set up a Parliament of our school with 40 members. It aims at generating healthy educational environment in the school to encourage all members of the school community to get involved in the process of democratic functioning. Programmes are organised to develop positive traits in the personality of students in an effort to make contributions to their emotional, social, moral, intellectual and physical growth. |
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Poems by students The Sky This unknown blue sky,
How wonderful and high, Here and there stretched everywhere, Seems a far cry. In the night, it looks black, Dotted with so many stars, And everchanging moon, With big brown scars.
O Great blue sky! You are the ground of birds; They fly high and high; Making sweet words. Ankita; Class IX A At Night! At night Fearful sounds I hear, But I Quieten myself, Saying to my heart, Oh dear, don't be afraid, Of fearful sounds you hear Its only the owl Screeching from tree to tree But something dodges in my eye, Of course a tear, A symbol of my fear. Omica Sahni; Class IX
The Kitten At Play See the kitten on the wall Sparting with the leaves that fall, Withered leaves, one, two and three Falling from the elder tree, Through the calm and frosty air Of the morning bright and fair. See the kitten, how she starts, Crouches, stretches, paws and darts, With a tiger leap half way Now she meets her coming prey, Let it go as fast and then Has it in her power again. Gayatri Majumdar, Class VI
I Saw I saw an elephant, Trying to wipe, the sweat on his trunk, While smoking a pipe! I saw a camel Trying to jump Right over a hill That was only his hump! I saw a horse As swift as a gale Trying to catch up With its own tail! I saw a tiger Trying to wash Himself in a tub Of lemon squash. Kritika Bhardwaj,
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Youngsters showcase dancing skills Chandigarh, October 19 The contest, initially announced as a one-day event, was extended for another day due to overwhelming response of the participants, said the event manager of Futurama, Ms Anoop. The contestants were divided in two age groups — four to seven years and eight to 12 years. She said the entry to the contest was free. The final contest would be held on November 2 at Tagore Theatre. |
‘Gayaki’ strikes the right chord Chandigarh, October 19 The programme started with Brajesh Ahuja’s “Ji nahi lagda tum bin sajna”, which struck the right chord with the audience. Maintaining the mood, other singers Neelam Chauhan, Veenu Kaushik, Vinod Sood and Rimpy Chopra presented a bouquet of Punjabi and Hindi love songs. The programme also presented duet songs. Vinod Sood and Rimpy Chopra got together to present a romantic duet “Milenge hum” which was followed by Brajesh Ahuja and Neelam Chauhan singing “Dil bhi tera, hum bhi tere”.
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Lecture on interpreting poetry Chandigarh, October 19 It takes you out of the ordinary and connects you to your higher-self,” said Dr Rana Nayar, of the Department of English, Panjab University, while delivering a lecture on ‘How to interpret poetry’ at GGDSD College, Sector 32 here yesterday. |
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