Ludhiana, June 15
ITI students and Punjab Students Union (PSU) today held a protest rally at Gill road against the dillydallying attitude of the state government in accepting their demands. The students raised anti-government slogans and condemned the lathi charge on the students of Kharar and Ropar units.

The agitated students demanded that Principal Tejinder Singh be reinstated soon, there should not be privatisation of ITIs, hike in fee structure should be withdrawn and regular instructors be recruited at ITIs.

Addressing the protest rally, Mr Rakesh Azad, secretary, Punjab Students Union (urban) and the district convener, Mr Balbir Singh, said that government wanted to crush the struggle of students by using force, which would not be tolerated at any cost. This struggle would be intensified further. Education was the basic right of every citizen and state government had no right to snatch it from common man. “In case the government fails to withdraw police cases on 48 students of Kharar, we will further intensify our agitation. We will never bowdown to the pressure tactics of government, said Mr Azad.

Ludhiana, June 15
B.C.M Senior Secondary Sector - 32 A, Chandigarh Road, Ludhiana, organised the closing ceremony of its summer camp which started from June 1. The function was presented by Geetika of Class VIII.

The ceremony of summer camp started with a welcome song,’ The bells of B.C.M “ to welcome the chief guest, Mr Satyanand Munjal. It was followed by a report of summer camp of computer and cooking, read by Manpreet of VII and Riya of VI.

Certificates for music, cooking and computer classes were given by the chief guest. The next item was Western dance ( disco dance) presented by senior students.

With an aim to create health consciousness, personality grooming, and to enhance their vocabulary a host of activities were conducted on Spring Dale Senior Secondary School , Sherpur, Ludhiana. The camp started on June 1 and concluded here today.

A spoken English course was organised by M/s Career Maker and Ms Diviya. Skills were taught with the help of audio and video aids. More than 150 students were divided in two groups (Juniors and Seniors) and pedagogy skills were taught.

Vocal music training was given by Ms Satinder Kaur to the students.

A group of 32 students from Classes I to IX was taught DOS, MS-word, MS-paint, excel, power point, use of web cam, scanner and printer at an computers class by Ms Parul Rao and Mr Harmandeep Singh.

Besides imparting coaching in cricket, training of martial art and yoga also attracted a large number of students. Karate, judo and grappling art of taekewandoo were taught by Rajneesh. Special yoga training was also given to the students by Rajesh.

Paintings techniques like embossed, metal painting, rim zim painting and stone painting were taught to the students. In craft students were taught to make various things. They were also taught to make art pieces from waste material by Richa.

Western dance was also taught.

Gurbaani classes were taken by Mrs Reena Mangal. Where moral education and tenets of Sikh dharama were taught to students.

Ludhiana, June 15
Students of institutions affiliated to Punjab Technical University (PTU) have alleged that they were being cheated and harassed by the university authorities.

A meeting of various students’ federation was held at Guru Nanak Engineering College here yesterday to impress upon the government about CET re-examination. Students and parents expressed dissatisfaction over the way the exams were conducted and results were declared by the university.

Ludhiana, June 15
The city is fast developing into a metropolis but ironically there is not a single college offering co-education. During the three years of undergraduate classes, local colleges have segregated both sexes for inexplicable reasons.

The issue of the graduate classes being co-ed has always been a subject of controversy among teachers and students. Both of them toe opposite lines in favour or opposition of the non-co-educational system. Most of the teachers are against this system being adopted at graduation level. On the other hand students are in favour of the system.

Mr Malkit Singh, acting Principal, Government College for Boys, said he was against co-education at graduation level. He said dealing with opposite sex requires certain kind of maturity, which comes only with age.

Only in one course of Industrial Microbiology there was co-education. The principal said with the permission of the higher authorities the college had started industrial microbiology as a co-education class last year as there was no other branch providing the course.

Mr Trilochan Singh, Principal, GGN Khalsa College for Boys, said the graduate classes should not be co-ed because of transitional period both boys and girls undergo a lot of changes.

He said during this period students were attracted towards the opposite sex and frustration sometimes might lead to the immoral activities. He said the co-education system would deteriorate the performance of students.

Ms Prabhjot Kaur, Principal, Government College for Girls, said there was no harm in co-educational system but students could flourish in colleges meant for boys and girls. She said both systems had its advantages and disadvantages. It depends upon students as to how they study in a co-education system, she added.

As principals of the respective colleges opposed the co-education system, the students were fairly in favour of the system.

Talveer Singh, a BA-I student, said the graduate classes must be co-ed as boys behave better in company of girls. Harwinder Singh, BSE-I student, said it was due to the absence of the co-education that crime against women like eve teasing, kidnapping, elopement, depression and illegal abortions had increased to a large extent.

The students were frustrated and indulged in immoral activities. So, graduation should be co-ed, he added.

Ludhiana, June 15
Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, has been nominated as a member of the state-level Agricultural Mass Media Committee.

The first meeting of the committee will be held on June 23 as per the letter from Mr Govardhan Sharma, Director, Doordarshan Kendra, Jalandhar.

The meeting will be chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.

The Ministry of Agriculture has taken up a scheme — “Mass Media support for agriculture extension” — with a view to inform and educate the farming community.

The Prasar Bharti has introduced telecast of area-specific agricultural programmes under this Central-sector scheme from 36 Doordarshan Kendras across the country.

These kendras will ultimately telecast programmes from 180 transmitters in 36 clusters from all over the country.

In addition, the telecast of thematic agricultural programmes has also been introduced.

Ludhiana, June 15
The District Courts will remain closed from June 16 to July 15 for summer vacations. However, for the convenience of the general public, the District and Sessions Judges, Mr Harbans Lal and Mr Gurbir Singh will attend to urgent civil and criminal work falling under the jurisdiction of the Sessions Courts from June 16 to 30.

The Additional Sessions Judge,Mr S.P.Bangarh, will attend to work from July 1 to 15. In his absence, Mr Satvinder Singh, Additional Sessions Judge, will take over from July 1 to July 8 and thereafter the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.S.Sodhi.

In subordinate courts, urgent civil work will be entertained by the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Mr S.S.Dhaliwal from June16 to 30. Mr Jagdeep Singh Morok, JMIC, would entertain urgent criminal work from June 16 to June 30.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr K.S.Cheema will deal with urgent criminal as well as civil matters from July 1 to 15. The Judicial Magistrate Khanna, Mr K.K.Goyal, will deal with cases of Samrala and Khanna and in his absence by the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Ludhiana, Mr Cheema, will deal with cases.