EDUCATION

GNK College wins trophy
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, February 14
The two-day inter-college cultural festival organised by Ramgarhia Girls College concluded at the college here yesterday.

Competitions in group song, ghazal, folk song, mehndi, embroidery and rangoli were organised. More than 80 students from different colleges participated in various competitions.

The winners:

Rangoli: Divya of KCW-1, Satinder Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls College-2 and Inderjit Kaur of Guru Nanak Khalsa College-3.

Mehndi: Shruti of KCW-1, Taruna Khanna of Ramgarhia Girls College and Chitvan Chadha of Guru Nanak Khalsa College-2 and Shilpi Rastogi of SDP College-3.

Embroidery: Anu Dogra of Arya College-1, Santosh Rani of DD Jain College of Education-2 and Sonia Gupta of Guru Nanak Khalsa College-3.

Group song: Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Guru Nanak Khalsa College-2.

Folksong: Maninder Bawa of Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Gulrez Akhtar of Guru Nanak Khalsa College-2.

Ghazal: Arshpreet Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Liza Malhotra of Guru Nanak Khalsa College-2.

Traditional song: Ramgarhia Girls College-1.

Running trophy: Guru Nanak Khalsa College-1.

Inter-college fest concludes
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Ludhiana, February 14
A state-level inter-college cultural festival organised by Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Model Town, concluded here today.

Mr S.K. Sharma, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, presided over the function. Ms Dolly Guleria, a folk singer, and Mr Devinder Singh Cheena were the guests of honour. Dr Anup Kaur Bansal, Principal, was also present.

The results:

Folk song: Gurwinder Singh of GGN Khalsa College-1, Gulrez Akhtar of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women-2, Sarabjit Kaur of Master Tara Singh College and Gurpreet of SGG Janta Girls College-3.

Advertisement writing: Sajili of GN Khalsa College for Women-1, Neha Arora of Khalsa College for Women-2, Harpreet of Ramgarhia Girls College-3, Amandeep Kaur of GN Khalsa College for Women (consolation).

Web-site development: Baljit Kaur and Simrat Kaur of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women-1, Neelam Goyal and Isha Oberoi of MTS College-2, Harinder Kaur and Tejinder Kaur of GN Girls College-3.

Poem writing: Hardeep Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Mansi of DD Jain College of Education-2, Shama Grover of Khalsa College for Women-3.

Short story writing: Jatinder Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Hardeep Sandhu of Malwa Central College of Education-2, Ravdeep Garcha of Khalsa College for Women-3.

Essay writing: Anjana Nayyar of Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Geetanjali of Malwa Central of Education-2, Impreet Kaur of GN Khalsa College for Women-3.

Poster making: Pooja of GN Khalsa College for Women-1, Preety Devgan of Government College for Women-2, Amandeep of Khalsa College for Women-3, Meenakshi of GN Girls College (consolation).

Still life: Varinder of Government College for Women-1, Naina of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women-2, Jasmine of Khalsa College for Women-3.

Composition: Navjot of Ramgarhia Girls College-1, Shveta of Khalsa College for Women-2, Anuradha of GN Girls College-3.

Landscape: Neetika of Government College for Women-1, Jaspreet of Khalsa College for Women-2, Satwinder of GN Khalsa College for Women-3.

Life-drawing: Anu of Khalsa College for Women-1, Sonjeet of Khalsa College for Women-2, Prabhjot of Government College for Women-3.

Histrionics: Karamjit Kaur of Malwa Central College of Education-1, Deep and Manu Dawar of GN Girls College and GN Khalsa College for Women-2, Kuljinder Kaur of Ramgarhia Girls College-3. Jaswant Singh of DAV College, Jalandhar (consolation).

Students awarded degrees
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Ludhiana, February 14
The convocation of Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana, was held here today.

Prof K.N. Pathak, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh, was the chief guest and delivered the convocation address. Principal Gurdip Singh presented the annual report of the college, highlighting its academic, sports and extra-curricular activities.

Professor Pathak congratulated teachers and students on their success in the education field. He further stressed the need for a change in attitude of students in the era of globalisation and information technology.

About 225 graduates and postgraduates were conferred degrees by the Vice-Chancellor.

D.D. Jain Memorial College, Ludhiana, also held its convocation here today. Professor Pathak exhorted the graduates to get ready to face the challenges of the third millennium.

Mrs Kamla Jain, Principal of the college, presented the annual report and highlighted the achievements of the college and students.

CBSE to start grading system for Class IX
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Ludhiana, February 14
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to start a grading system for Class IX students from the coming session.

This was stated by Mr G.Balasubramanian, Director (Academics), during his visit to DAV Public School for a routine inspection here today. He said grading for Class X students was likely to begin from 2006.

The Director also said that applications had been invited from the CBSE affiliated schools for a new course in fashion designing for Classes XI and XII. He said nearly 150 schools would be given approval for the subject in the forthcoming year. More schools would be added every year, he said.

Mr Balasubramanian said there would be no examination for Class I and II students from the coming session. But students from Classes III to V would be promoted on the basis of their assessment all the year round. He said one final examination at the end of the session could not adjudge their performance.

PAU students continue protest
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Ludhiana, February 14
Continuing their protest against lack of employment opportunities, students of Punjab Agricultural University boycotted their classes for the fifth day on Thursday.

The students assembled on the campus and marched towards the residences of Mr Malkit Singh Birmi, Minister for Jails, Punjab, and Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, MP. Students doing Ph.D and working as research fellows also participated in the rally.

Carrying banners with the messages like “We feed the nation, who will feed us?”, the students of agriculture sat on dharna outside the residences of the minister as well as the MLA.

Mr Gurbir Singh Bhullar, spokesperson, Punjab Agriculture Students Association (PASA), said every year more than 220 BSc, 150 MSc and 35 PhD students completed their degrees in agriculture but they remained unemployed for years.

Under such circumstances, he said, nearly 3000 agriculture graduate and postgraduate students all over Punjab were without any jobs at this stage. While there were 2,400 posts for agricultural officers, posts of only 700 ADOs had been filled at this stage.

Meanwhile, the association held a meeting with Mr Ajmer Singh, Director, Agriculture, Punjab, during a state-level workshop on kharif crops held at PAU on Thursday. The students said that the director assured them full support.

CULTURE

Cultural programme organised
Our Correspondent

Mandi Gobindgarh, February 14
Dashmesh Club of Chinaru village, 4 km from here, organised a cultural programme yesterday. The programme was inaugurated by an NRI, Mr Harpal Singh, while the MLA, Sirhind, Dr Harbans Lal, distributed the prizes.

The minister exhorted the youth to organise awareness camps against female foeticide, drug-addiction and dowry menace. He said the state government would provide all possible help for such activities.

Mr Raj Kumar and Mr Hardeep Singh, president and general secretary, respectively, of the club, welcomed the guests. Chairman, Block Samiti, Gurvinder Singh Dhillon; Kulvinder Singh; former district Youth Congress chief Gur Satinder Singh Jalla; Sirhind Council chief Charanjeev Channa; and circle president, PSEB Employees Union, Gurpal Singh; also spoke on the occasion.