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Heavy schoolbags! Forget it
Ludhiana, February 9 Ludhiana Tribune tried to investigate whether the city schools are making efforts in this regard and the information collected was encouraging. Some schools were taking steps to reduce the burden of schoolbags. Mr R.S.Patial, Principal of DAV Public School, said,“We have told the students not to bring mathematics books daily. We give them photocopies of assignments to be done in the class. They have to bring mathematics books only on a certain day. They do not bring extra copies. Similarly, we have asked the parents also to oversee that the students do not bring all books.” He further said from this academic session they would provide smaller schoolbags. “We have to teach them writing and reading skills primarily. So we concentrate on teaching these in school. Time-table is also planned in such a way that the students do not have to carry heavy textbooks on the same day.” Similar efforts are being made by other school principals. Mr R.S. Gill, Principal of Guru Nanak Public School, said,“ Till class II we have done away with books. The children have only to bring the bags for tiffins only. Gradually we are going to reduce the burden of senior classes also.” Ms Jaishree, Principal of Ryan International School, said, “We tell the parents to directly deposit the drawing books, stationery, work books, general knowledge books with the class teachers. We keep their scrapbooks and barring their diaries, rhyme books and tiffins the students have nothing extra to carry.” “Finally some positive measures are being taken and at least a beginning has been made in this regard,” was what Ms Pragati, a parent, said.
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From Colleges Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, February 9 Dr M.S. Sharma, Principal, Arya College, said competitions provided a platform to the budding artists. Such talent-hunt shows would be organised in future also, he added. Renowned literary personality Dr Surjit Patar was the chief guest on this occasion. The judges were Mr Mohamad Sadiq, Prof Ambey Mala and Dr Jograj. The participants from over 14 colleges participated in the contest organised under the supervision of Dr P.D. Gupta and Dr T.L. Joshi. Ms Sonia Ahuja, a student from GCW, stood first in solo-singing category. Robin Sharma of Government College for Boys stood second while Pawandeep Sohal of Ramgarhia Girls College came third in the category. Arshpreet of Ramgarhia College stood first, Ravish from BCM College of Education came second while Gurvinder Singh and Gulrez Akhtar were adjudged third in the folk-song competition. The over all trophy was won by the students of GCW. Dr Patar and Mohd. Sadiq were presented with mementoes and shawls by the organisers on this occasion. DAV college fete
DRV DAV Centenary College, Phillaur, organised a fete in their college here recently. A lot of brightly decorated stalls dealing in eatables and interesting games were set up by the students, under the guidance of the staff-members. At the ‘music stall’
youngsters danced to there favourite tunes. Swings were the main attraction for all. The fete was inaugurated by Mr Raj Paul Ghai. Mr Avtar Singh, sarpanch, was the guest of honour. Both of them were welcomed by Principal Dr R.K. Mahajan. Mr Ghai expressed his happiness to be at a leading educational institution. Famous Punjabi folk singer Mr Lakhwinder Lucky was the special guest in the afternoon session of the college fete. He held the young audience spell-bound with his melodious songs. The much-awaited evening session was of Raffle Draw and Prize Distribution Ceremony. The fun-frolic event was attended by many others.
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Seminar on personality development ends
Ludhiana, February 9 Dr Ranjit Singh, former Dean of the College of Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana, and presently Director of the Communication Centre of the PAU, said communication, negotiation and leadership skills were the foundation of personality development. He said communication was the most vital concept and demonstrated on the techniques of focus group which primarily facilitated group interaction. Further to give a first had experience of the practical knowledge of group focus techniques, the entire pupil-teacher force was divided into several groups each comprising of eight to ten students under the able guidance of apt teachers.
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3 sets of board question papers mooted
Mohali, February 9 The board chief called for transparency in the examination system and laid stress on reevaluation of answersheets and not merely the recounting of marks as was being done by the PSEB. Prof Sidhu, who is also the Vice-Chairman of the Council of Boards of Secondary Education in India (COBSE) said at present five sets of question papers were given at random to examinees. It was not easy to maintain the level of difficulty in all five sets of question papers, he said.
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Judicial custody for soldier
Ambala, February 9 The MES Builders Association of India, Haryana branch, Ambala secretary Mr Rajesh Jain, said that the compensation issue had not yet been decided by the authorities. “We were told that the issue will be decided today but it has been deferred till tomorrow,” he said.
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Music is her calling
Ludhiana, February 9 She said it was a life-time opportunity for her. “I worked hard to improve myself. My parents, my teachers and above all my gurus have played a significant role” she said. She has got an offer to sing in a Punjabi film, whose music director is Ravinder Raj. She performed in front of music maestros like A.R. Rehman, and Sonu Nigam, besides Yash Chopra, Khayyam, and Ravi Chopra. “To get an award from Rehman was like a dream come true”, she said. Upcoming artistes should not get frustrated as they would get an opportunity to prove their worth but they should continue with their practices religiously, she added. A student of Arts, she has won many trophies and prizes during inter-college competitions even though she has no music background.
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