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Two-day national seminar: 160 scholars brainstorm the status of English
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, February 2
The two-day national seminar on ‘Prevailing Scenario of English—A Realistic Appraisall’ concluded in the Government College at Gohana town, 35 km from here late last evening.

The seminar was organised for the first time by the Department of English, Government College, Gohana, under the aegis of Directorate of Higher Education, Haryana, and it was attended by at least 160 English scholars and eminent educationists from all over the country. This seminar proved a success and Mr Desh Deepak, Principal of the college earned kudos from the speakers.

Inaugurating the seminar, Mr Dhanpat Singh, Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana, said that English has become an important language in today’s time as it is used around the world. This language, he said, can help the youths get success in the time of information technology (IT).

He hoped that this seminar is going to be a promising venture which will provide a platform for intellectual discussions, exchange of ideas and scholarships for the participants. The interaction, he said, will be beneficial for the formulation of future strategies and methods of teaching.

The Commissioner praised the efforts of the Department of English and the Principal of the Government College, Gohana, for organising such a seminar on English and appealed to all other colleges to follow suit.

Prof. Rukmin Bhaya Nair, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), IIT Delhi, in her keynote address, stressed the need for making English the language of the masses and asked the people to read and write English if they want to compete with other countries of the world.

She said that the use of English should be the same in the primary, middle, high and higher secondary levels for the benefit of the students.

Prof K Venkata Reddy of S K University Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh), in his presidential address, stressed the relevance of holding such seminars in a rural college like Gohana. Rural India is real India, he said and pointed out that the English language should be made simple.

The first plenary lecture was delivered by Dr K K Kathuria, a professor, Department of English in Kurukshetra University.

He said it is ironical that even though English enjoys a high status in the wake of globalisation, its teaching and learning in the educational institutes is rather inadequate and unproductive.

Prof. K Venkata Reddy, Prof. S K Sharma, Prof. S M Gupta, Prof. G L Narang and Prof. R K Dhawan also spoke in this session.

Speaking at the valedictory function of the seminar, Mr P K Das, Divisional Commissioner, Hissar and the Vice-Chancellor of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, highlighted the importance of English and said that the rural students should be encouraged to use the language openly without hesitation.

He stressed the need of making English simple for the masses.

At least 60 research papers were presented by the delegates in the two-day seminar held in three different venues. The general theme of the research papers was mainly to discuss the status of English in the country.

Effective methods of teaching English in the present scenario were also discussed. The relevance of the prescribed syllabi in B A (Pass) and B A (Hons) was extensively discussed.

A book “Flowering of Indian Drama” was released by Prof S K Sharma on the occasion. This book is edited by Prof K Venkata Reddy and Dr R K Dhawan. Prof S K Sharma called it a step in the right direction. This book is written by Dr Vinod Bala Sharma.

The seminar ended with a resolve to encourage the students to use English at all levels.

Principal Desh Deepak lauded the concerted efforts of the lecturers Miss Sangeeta Sapra, Ms Neerja Sangwan, Dr D C Spah, and Pawan Kumar for their cooperation in making the seminar a success.

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Students block highway
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, February 2
Hundreds of the students of the new Tagore Girls Senior Secondary School, Bahalgarh blocked the Sonepat-Meerut highway for more than half an hour in protest against the attempts of the police to lock up the school today. They raised slogans against the police and the school management and supported the school principal who opposed the police attempt to put a lock on the school building.

As informed by a number of girls, the manager of the school, Mr Suresh has allegedly taken away the records of the school following differences with the principal of the school. The police reportedly reaching the school on the complaint of the manager.

However, after stiff resistance from the students of the school, the police returned without locking the school.

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‘Young Ambassadors’ for the needy children 
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 2
Students of Red Roses Public School were bestowed with the status of “Young Ambassadors” by SOS Children’s Villages of India when they along with their Principal, Mrs Anuradha Mehta called upon the President, SOS+ India, Mr J N Kaul and presented a cheque towards the welfare of children of SOS villages. Mr J N Kaul awarded the school with a Young Ambassadors certificate and a memento.

Red Roses Public School has often been involved in the social activities. Mr J N Kaul was quite pleased with the school for their support to the SOS Children’s Villages of India.

He said that such awakening is necessary for social uplift.

He asked the students to spread across this message of goodwill so that more people are encouraged to contribute their mite for the social cause.

Mr J N Kaul said that work of this nature will enable the young children develop their personalities.

Earlier, the children of SOS Children’s Villages of India interacted with the students of Red Roses Public School, Saket, at Greenfields, Faridabad.

Many students of Red Roses Public School, from class three up to class 12th, participated with a lot of zeal in the Young Ambassadors programme, conducted by SOS Children’s Villages of India.

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