Management colleges poor in retaining teachers
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 17
“Ludhiana has about four colleges offering MBA, MCA courses under Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. Though these colleges are getting good response for admissions, yet the reputation of these colleges among the students is giving down. The good admission rate is mainly because of Ludhiana being a metro city. Recently the Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE) got its name registered in Limca Book of Records. Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), Model Town, was declared Best Chapter by Indian society for Technical Education, Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT), Civil Lines owes its success for being an old college. But the real face of the story is that the students are facing many problems in these colleges. The biggest problem they are confronting is the frequent change of teachers” says Harpreet Singh MBA a postgraduate diploma holder in journalism.

He further says that almost 10 teachers of GNIMT, two teachers of PCTE, one senior most teacher of GGNIMT recently left their jobs within a span of one year. Before the students develop a close relationship with a teacher, he or she leaves the job. The students face new teachers in every semester. As per students, some of the teachers were good in teaching and other activities, but they leave the jobs because of job dissatisfaction.

The colleges have to suffer a lot on this account as it is difficult to train a new teacher every time. One big factor of the teachers leaving the jobs seems to be poor pay structure. These colleges are not giving full pay scale with basic, dearness allowance, house rent allowance and medical as per university or government rules, though it is mandatory. It is to be noted that Ludhiana even being a metro city like Bangalore and Hyderabad, could not come up on the IT map of the country. The major reason behind is poor interaction between industry and institutes. 

From Schools & Colleges
Arya College students shine
Asha Ahuja

Ludhiana, June 17
Lajpat Rai DAV College, Jagraon, has maintained a tradition of excellent achievement in academics and other activities. It has attained 100 per cent results in B.Sc. II, examination of which was held in April, 2004. Sukhwinder Singh obtained 83 per cent marks while seven students got first division. Principal K.G. Bansal congratulated the staff and students on their achievement.

Non-govt colleges: A general body meeting of the Non-government Colleges Management Federation was held at the Guru Nanak College for Women, Model Town, Ludhiana, on Wednesday. The House unanimously elected Mr S.C. Sanwalka, president of the federation for Punjab and Chandigarh.

The members viewed with great concern the reported move of the state government to scrap 95 per cent grant-in-aid scheme and to replace it by another so-called 100 per cent payment scheme without taking the managements of non-government colleges into confidence. The house was of the opinion that the scheme was discriminating and is unviable.

The house resolved to urge upon the Chief Minister and the Higher Education Minister to immediately open a dialogue with the representatives of the federation and the Federation of Association of Principals of non-govt affiliated colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh. Eminent financial crisis will engulf these institutions if the govt goes ahead without introducing amendments like covering all the unaided posts of the aided colleges and extend this scheme to the 47 unaided colleges of the state.

Saraswati scholarships: The Fair and Lovely Foundation has extended the last date for receiving Project Saraswati Scholarship applications to July 15.

Application forms can be downloaded from www.hll.com. For additional details, applicants can contact the Fair and Lovely Foundation Centre at (022) 23734147 or Mr Vikram Sardana at (022) 35454443 and Mr Shrinivas Shetty at (0)9819060154.

Application forms should be mailed to: Project Saraswati, Fair and Lovely Foundation, P.O.Box No. 11281, Marine Lines Post Office, Mumbai 400020.

The scholarships are for postgraduate studies in India and granted to deserving young women who have the aptitude, drive and ambition to achieve their goals, but are constrained due to their financial resources. The scholarships will be given on the basis of academic performance and a personal interview by a panel of eminent judges; and as per terms and conditions laid down by the Fair and Lovely Foundation Charter.

Arya College: Arya College, Ludhiana, has achieved an excellent result in BSc II and BSc III examination. Mr Uday Singh (BSc II) secured 1163 marks and Mr Sekhar Bisht (BSc II MM) 1106 in the BSc examination conducted by Panjab University in April. The college has achieved 100 per cent result in BSc III and 85 per cent in BSc II.

GGNIMT students excel: Kawalpreet (BBA III) of the Gujranwala Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GGNIMT) stood first in Punjab Technical University (PTU) by securing 90.6 per cent marks.

Gautam Garg and Richa Jain got second and fifth positions, respectively, by securing 86 and 83 per cent marks in the university. Director S. Kuldip Singh and Coordinator, Prof Gunwant Singh Dua, congratulated the students and teachers for their excellent performance.

Training programme: During the fourth day of the STTP, lectures on various topics were taken by eminent speakers like Dr D.R. Singh and Mr H.S. Sidhu. Dr D.R. Singh, who is Dean-Management faculty, PTU, delivered two lectures in a session on ‘Financial engineering and new forms of securities’. Mr Sidhu, Executive Director, Ludhiana Stock Exchange, delivered lectures on ‘Present day efficiency of capital markets. The participants, who have come from far-flung states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Punjab, were also taken for an industrial visit to Vardhman Spinning and General Mills.

PCTE results of MCA-Ist semester: Maneet Kaur, an MCA student of Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE), has stood first in the first semester university examinations held in December, 2003, by securing 88.14 per cent marks. Ela Sharda of the PCTE achieved sixth position in MCA-Ist semester examinations with 86 per cent marks. Sandeep Bhardwaj of IIM, Phagwara, stood second in the university by securing 87.8 per cent marks.

Maneet, when asked what she attributed her success to, stated, “This is only due to a practical approach in studies”. She was also thankful to her teachers who always helped her by providing right guidance.

Abha Bajaj of the PCTE has bagged the first position in MBA third semester university examinations, Sunny Bansal (PCTE) has bagged Ist position in BCA fifth semester, Deepika Narang has bagged Ist position in BBA fifth semester and Gurjot Kaur has bagged Ist position in BCA third semester examinations held in December, 2003, by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.