EDUCATION

‘90 per cent govt teachers remain on leave’
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, March 5
Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, MLA and president of the Haryana Olympic Sangh, has expressed his grave concern over the declining trend of education in the government educational institutions in the state and elsewhere. He also said that the government should take more stringent measures to improve the standard of education in them.

Speaking at the annual prize distribution function of the Kanya Mahavidyalaya at Kharkhauda town, 19 km from here yesterday, he regretted that at least 10 per cent teachers of the government schools and the government colleges were performing their duties well and they were providing education to the students in them. Other 90 per cent teachers always remain on furlough and they have failed to perform their duties well. This, he said, has resulted in the falling standard of education in the government educational institutions in the state.

He, however, lauded the role of the teachers of the privately-managed educational institutions for exhibiting their good performance in providing studies to the students and said that the parents of the students were giving preference to their institutions when they wanted to admit their wards in them thereby ignoring the government educational institutions. Mr Chautala appealed to the teachers to provide job-oriented education to the students, particularly the girls.

COURTS

Committee told to construct street within 40 days
Our Correspondent

Jhajjar, March 5
The District Consumer Forum has directed the Municipal Committee to constructed a street within 40 days, failing which the concerned official of the civic body could be penalised with Rs 5,000.

According to information, a resident of the Haripura Mohalla, filed a complaint in the district consumer forum that the residents in the colony are paying house tax regularly. The resident also complained that despite the raw material available for construction of the street, work was not being initiated and the resident have to face difficulty in absence of proper pathway. The forum ordered the civic body to pay Rs 500 to the consumer as litigation charges and directed to expedite the work, which must be completed within 40 days.

EC to impart training on EVM

The Election Commission has decided to impart training to the workers of the recognised parties and the local mediapersons about the usage of the Electronic Voting Machine to be used in the coming Lok Sabha elections throughout the country. These trained workers and mediapersons would further inform the people about the proper use of EVMs, so that they can vote to their desired candidate.

According to information, the State Election Office has directed all the District Election Officers-cum-Deputy Commissioners to start the process of training sessions.

SI denied bail in graft case

Ghaziabad: Caught red-handed for taking a bribe of Rs.5000, Sub Inspector RR Dixit was presented in an anti-corruption court in Meerut. His bail application was rejected by the court. The accused SI has been placed under suspension by Ghaziabad SSP Jai Narain Singh, who has also ordered a departmental inquiry into the matter.

A report had been lodged in City Kotwali against Dixit, after he was arrested. He was presented in the Meerut’s special anti-corruption court, which refused him bail. OC