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UK varsity plan to give affiliation to schools
Chandigarh, January 7 The advantage of the programme in which the examination system is based on a curriculum was that it was reasonably priced for middle-class families, which could afford to send their children to upmarket schools. The programme offered was compatible with the boards like the CBSE and the ICSE, he said. Like the CBSE, the examinations were conducted for Classes X and XII and it offered around 58 subjects. In city to inaugurate a newly affiliated school, Mr Mark, in a press conference, said the school, already affiliated with the CBSE, could at the same time seek affiliation with the University of Cambridge, subject to intimation to the board. He claimed that he had a talk with the Chairman of CBSE, Mr Ashok Ganguly. The manager said the university was running the examination system in 158 countries, including many in South Asia. In 12 years of schooling, the total fee for appearing in the examination conducted by the university came to around Rs 25,000. However, he clarified that there would be no direct control on the fee being charged by the affiliated schools. He said the system adopted by the university was compatible with the CBSE and the university was working in partnership with state boards and the CBSE. The university was adopting several of the successful programmes run by the board. He said the university charged around Rs 90,000 per year for giving affiliation to a school. The main requirements for affiliation were extensive library, IT lab, modern science laboratory and around 25 students in a classroom.
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Two-day workshop on international law
Mohali, January 7 The workshop which is jointly being organised by the AIL and Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) will be inaugurated by Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd), Governor, Punjab. Prof Veer Singh, Director-General, AIL, said at a press conference here today that the purpose of organising the workshop was to discuss the emerging trends in international law. He said the workshop would focus on primacy of international law and recent developments, emerging international criminal law and courts and issues of international trade law. He said the workshop was important as it would provide a common platform to law teachers, lawyers and jurists who could discuss important issues under international law and suggest measures for its implementation. He said nearly 70 faculty members from various universities and colleges in the northern region would participate in the workshop. The aim was to upgrade the knowledge of faculty members in international law as updating was a must. The workshop was a sort of refresher course. Prof Veer Singh said awareness about international law was to be created even among the public so that the issue could be debated at every level. The workshop would have three prolonged working sessions and each session would be presided over by a High Court judge. He said Prof B.C. Nirmal, member, Executive Council, ISIL, would present the keynote address on the first day. The chief guest at the valedictory function would be Dr A.R. Kidwai, Governor, Haryana.
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Qual Tech convention on January 10
Chandigarh, January 7 Addressing mediapersons here today, Mr. Chandra Mohan, Chairman of the Governing Council of PTU’s Gian Jyoti School of TQM and Entrepreneurship said that 32 companies from the region were participating in this competition. Organised by PTU’s GJ School of TQM and Entrepreneurship, nominations for the awards were invited in two categories i.e. business with over Rs 50 crore turnover and with less than Rs 50 crore turnover. The Vardhman Quality Navigator Trophy and the Winsome Quality Pathfinder Trophy would be awarded in the two categories. A high profile jury comprising Mr H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune, Mr A.P. Gandhi, Chairman, FAG Bearings India Limited and Chairman Claas (India), Mr Ashok Kundra, Insurance Ombudsman, Chandigarh, Mr K.L. Khurana, consultant and formerly Head of Chemical Division, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Dr O.P. Bajpai, Director, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chandigarh and Dr.Suresh Lulla, an internationally renowned TQM Trainer of Mumbai would adjudge the Awards. The awards would be presented by Mr Surinder Singh Singla, Finance Minister, Punjab Government.
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School contributes 50,000 to PM’s fund
Chandigarh, January 7 The Principal and teachers of the school will donate their one-day salary to the fund. Meanwhile, students of Bright Star Public School , Zirakpur, have donated Rs 11,000 for the tsunami victims. The students along with their teachers, visited various localities to collect the amount. The relief amount was handed over at the Tribune Office. Employees of the office of the Accountant General, Punjab, have contributed Rs 6.75 lakh as one day’s salary contribution to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. Similarly employes of the Accountant General, Haryana, have donated Rs 6.50 lakh. Regional offices of the Planning Commission and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal here have also contributed one day’s salary of their staff (15,000) to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Joint action committee
The Joint Action Committee of Teaching and Non-teaching Employees of Panjab University on Friday decided to launch a drive for mobilising teaching and non-teaching employees of the university to intensify its agitation for the implementation of a pension scheme in the university.
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Street children given books, bags
Panchkula, January 7 These children have been adopted by the Forum of Senior Citizens in Education so that they can be initiated into a non- formal learning programme. Mr P.S. Serai, Director of Satluj Public School, was the chief guest on the occasion. Most of these children, between the age group of 6 to 13, have never received any kind of education. Sitting pretty in their new school uniforms and shoes, it was a pleasant change for these children, whose life, till a few weeks ago, included loitering, taking care of their younger siblings or doing odd jobs to supplement their family’s meagre earnings. And it would have remained so, had it not been for Dr S. Kumar, former Deputy Director, Secondary Education, Haryana. Dr S. Kumar says that about 20 days ago, he went to the Sector 15 market in the morning and found several street children loitering. “I went to their jhuggis, and inquired from their elders why they did not go to schools. I was told that they had to help around in the house, while their parents went out as labourers. I again approached their parents in the evening and offered to give free education,” he says. After most of the labourers agreed to send their wards to school, Dr Kumar, along with Mr S.S. Kaushal, former Director, Primary Education, Haryana, approached the Block Education Officer and Principal of Sector 15 Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Ms S. Sihag, who allowed them to use a classroom for teaching in the afternoon. However, the parents were reluctant to send their children, because they had to take care of their siblings. “The school is unique in the sense that other than providing education to these street children, they are also allowed to bring their younger siblings here,” informs Mr Kaushal. Though the forum had started the school almost a month ago, the Non Formal Education Centre at the Sector 15 Government Girls Senior Secondary School was formally inaugurated today. Dr Kumar said that he started the school on Monday with 20 children, but on Tuesday, there were no children. “Later, I found that the children had gone to a temple to beg. It is not just reading and writing that we plan to teach them here, but also self respect and dignity of labour, “ he says.
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Teenage section at British Library
Chandigarh, January 7 The collection will have more than 1,000 books and 500 CD-ROMs.
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Interim bail to Kang in murder case
Chandigarh, January 7 Kang, who is accused in the murder of two children at Siau village in 2001, surrendered in the court before he was granted the interim bail till further orders of the High Court. The Additional Sessions Judge had earlier declared Kang a proclaimed offender (PO). Kang had appealed to the High Court against the decision.
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