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An ordeal for parents and teachers
Chandigarh, August 12 The biggest ordeal is for parents and teachers as it is only after going through the next day’s newspaper that they come to know about the holiday for August 16 and 27. Interestingly, it has never happened that UT Administration has announced the holiday for both these days in advance. The confusion used to prevail on January 27 when most of the newspapers have holiday the day before and there is no issue on
January 27. Tomorrow being second Saturday, every government school will be closed along with a few public schools also, and for them, till August 16, there will be four holidays. A few of the local public schools have acted wiser and already announced holiday for August 16. When asked Mr D.S. Bedi, Director Principal, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, says,” We have Independence Day function on August 15 and would notify a holiday on that day. Moreover, we do have a ‘Parents Alert’ system in our school send SMS to parents. We will also put a holiday notice on the notice board in our school.’ Mr Inderpreet Singh, a parent, said when it is almost certain that a holiday will be announced, then why does the Chandigarh Administration not declare it a holiday for educational institutions in the 2005 holiday list. Mrs Radha Khanna another parent, said both these days are really taxing days for us. She said it is only when we personally go to school on August 16 and January 27 do we come to know that these are holidays.
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Punjabi Department dormant
Chandigarh, August 12 The department was established in the mid 70s and was merged with the School of Punjabi Studies in 1980. Its statutory status which was on a par with other teaching departments was abolished. It comprised Department of Punjabi, Sheikh Baba Farid Chair in Medieval Literature and Bhai Veer Singh Chair in Modern Literature. Later, the Punjabi lexicography unit became the part of the school. Up to 1980, a number of publications of Punjabi books added to its prestige. After 1980, the productive phase of the school began to fall. Almost no book or journal in the general category was published. “Parkah” a bilingual research journal of the Punjabi Department was published regularly only up to1980. In the past 25 years, over 50 research books and journals were to be published out of its research grant, but only eight have been published. The department of Punjabi lexicography has failed to produce even a single dictionary after 1983. According to sources, eight to 10 faculty members have been working for the compilation of dictionaries for more than 20 years. Approximately, Rs 5 crore to Rs 8 crore have reportedly been spent
on it. The department has a research project on the history of Punjabi literature in five volumes. Three volumes were completed by 1980 but after that no volume could be compiled. The project of Panjabi sahitkosh in three volumes is also in abeyance since 1991 and no chairperson has taken up its revision work. Similarly, no structural or qualitative change could be made in the syllabi of postgraduate Punjabi studies since 1990. It has affected the performance of students at the national level tests like UGC fellowships and eligibility for lecturership. The performance of the school in research projects has also declined. For the past 25 years, no common project related to research or teaching has been taken up, which was the basic aim of the department. The Chairperson of the department, Prof Nahar Singh, said: “The statutory status of the department which it used to enjoy in pre 80s should be restored so that it could grow in the areas of research and teaching. Moreover, the department is getting meager research grant which amounts to Rs 4,000 whereas for producing a journal you need more”. Vice-Chancellor K.N. Pathak said: “This issue has not been brought to my notice. I will definitely look into the matter”. According to the sources, however, a letter raising the issue
had been sent to the Vice-Chancellor on August 9.
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Blue Bird students celebrate green day
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, August 12 The students planted saplings, and many children of nursery section came dressed as various trees and explained the importance of trees in our lives. The students also exchanged saplings, which they promised to plant near their homes and pledged to water and take care of these saplings. Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14: Aninter-school patriotic scene competition was organised here today to celebrate the International Youth Day. Participants from Holy Child School and St Soldier Divine Public School put up a fabulous display of contemporary and past India. Students of Little Flower Convent enthralled the audience by singing patriotic songs. Satluj Public School, Sector 4: An oral health symposium was conducted for the faculty of the school by eminent dentist, Dr J.S. Batth. He gave a presentation on techniquies of keeping oral hygiene. The event was organised in association with the Indian Dental Association and Colgate- Palmolive.
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Student body council meets
Chandigarh, August 12 Members of Senate and Syndicate, Ms Meenakshi Malhotra, Dean, Students Welfare, women, (DSW) and Mr Nirmal Singh, DSW, men, were also present. The students agreed to first submit their memorandum of demands to DSW or DUI. But the final decision was not taken at the meeting and it was decided that one more meeting should be called after the elections to these bodies. All students’ bodies, including INSO, ABVP, PUSU, SOPU, HSO, were present.
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Farewell for students going to Canada
Mohali, August 12 The institute has provided support in the form of up to 100 per cent of fee amount in scholarships and financial assistance. A special farewell was organised for the students at the institute today. Speaking on the occasion, Lieut-Gen K.S. Mann (retd), Director,
CIIS, said on completion of the degree these students would have an option to avail of a two-year graduate work permit to work full-time in Canada to gain experience in their field. The students are a part of the first batch out of the 50 plus students who opted for the international degree and career.
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PUTA elections: campaign picks up
Chandigarh, August 12 Launching its election drill, the group which has Mr Rajan Gaur as its vice-president, took up the issue of appointment of a separate Dean, Research. Several leaders, including joint secretary Asha Maudgil and treasurer Emanual Nahar, demanded that discretionary housing allotments should be withdrawn. Besides filling of vacant posts, the group sought two increments to all those who had done Ph.D in service.
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Competitions held at Mount Carmel School
Chandigarh, August 12 The results of various contests are: English declamation contest: (classes VII and VIII) — Ishrat Singh Banwait 1, Angel Chiday 2 and Gurleen Kaur 3; (classes IX and X) — Isha Jalan 1, Tanweer Hussain 2 and Mohit Chanra 3. Poster making — Yashica Gupta 1, Nishant Chhatwal 2 and Jasleen Kaur 3. Collage making: (classes VII and VIII) — Pallavi Sharma 1, Sukhpreet Kaur 2 and Sukhmeet Singh 3; (classes IX and X) — Mohit Kumar 1, Navjot Singh 2 and Abhishek Bohat 3.
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I-Day celebrated at Bhavan Vidyalaya
Panchkula, August 12 The Principal, Ms Shashi Banerjee, said Independence Day would be celebrated in grand style on the school premises on August 15. The annual prize distribution function would be organised on that day besides inaugurating the annual project day.
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Teachers meet Dullo over demands
Mohali, August 12 Mr Dullo assured the delegation that their demands regarding pension, lifting of ban on recruitment and shifting of the school employees with seniority to government schools would be considered. He also wrote to the Minister for School Education, Mr Harnam Dass Johar, in this regard.
TNS
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Youth MINDS
Chandigarh, August 12
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International firm to recruit students
Chandigarh, August 12
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High Court
Chandigarh, August 12 During the hearing of a bunch of petitions filed by former university employees, including members of the faculty, seeking directions to PU to allow them to continue in service till the age of 62 years as is the norm in all central universities. However, PU has taken the stand that the same cannot be done as PU is not a central university. Sometime back, the court had directed PU to release salaries of the faculty from January 1, 2004, onwards. Today, the counsel for PU sought a clarification from the Bench as to what should be done since the varsity did not have any budgetary provision for the payment of salaries to the petitioners after March 31, 2005. He said passing the budget would need time and, further, the release of salary without the clearance could invite audit objections, and, therefore, PU needed clarification from the court. After hearing him, the Bench directed that its July 12 order for the payment of salaries is to be meticulously complied with regardless of the budgetary restrictions.
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Tehelka case: arrest warrants for Mathews Chandigarh, August 12 The prosecution counsel, Mr Arvind Moudgil, said the witness had failed to appear before the court on August 3 and then again on August 8.The court had taken a serious note of his consecutive absence. He was in the process of being cross-examined by the defence. He said the witness Mathews would be arrested and produced before the military court on August 17, when it re-assembled at Patiala after a brief adjournment. The prosecution had earlier cited Mathews being unwell as the reason for his non-appearance.
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Book on children’s valour
Chandigarh, August 12 At the book release held at the Press Club today, Nupur described her endeavour as, “an attempt to make bravery appear within everyone’s reach at the same time highlight the extraordinary deeds of these youngsters.” The guest of honour noted Punjabi film actor and comedian Mehar Mittal, expressing his admiration for the children said, “I am here for my popularity and not for bravery.” In his inimitable style he had the audience chuckling with laughter at his comic stories on perceptions of bravery. The wife of an Army officer, Nupur is standing today under the same spotlight her father did 23 years ago, when he composed the first chronicle of children who attempted heroic deeds, in a book called “Bahadur Bacche” in 1983. The book was released by Indira Gandhi. “Bravery is not just the job of those wearing uniforms and fighting at the borders, bravery is about each one of us, how we contribute to the world we live in and what we can do towards each other,” says Nupur. “History is full of formidable characters that have performed great feats; I wanted to write these remarkable stories to inspire youngsters and show them how easy it is to do the right thing,” she says. What would a brave deed be in everyday life? “I tell my daughter, courage for me is that you do something wrong and you come up and tell me about it as courage has to be thought out and judicious. It is not about jumping off the fourth floor!” says Nupur. She had asked National Award winning artist, Satwant Singh, to make sketches. She wants the book to be part of every library and personal collection, for these children have shown exemplary spirit that needs to be highlighted. What is the distinguishing feature that she saw in these children? “They have love for humanity”, she says.
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THE degeneration of moral values was the theme of two short plays staged at Tagore Theatre today on the opening day of a drama festival, jointly organised by the Chandigarh School of Drama and the Pracheen Kala Kendra.
The opening play ‘Sirjana’ projects the struggle of women, against female foeticide. The play written by Pali Bhupinder, was directed by Anita Shabdeesh. The cast included Sumiti, Kamaljit, Shikhadeep, Par and Javir. In ‘Khooh de Dadoo’, written by Gursharan Singh brought alive Parliamentary proceedings. Directed by Gaurav Sharma the play focuses on bigotry of leaders. The cast included Bikramjit Singh, Baljit Singh, Iqtar Sahota, Harpinder, Ashish Jasvir Rinku, Daler Singh, Sukhwinder Mukesh and Gurdeep Kaur. ‘Haveli’ and ‘Rahat’ will be staged tomorrow.
— OC
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Sangeet honoured
Chandigarh, August 12 The architecture of the hostel is low-cost and in harmony with the overall design of the complex done by Sangeet’s father, well-known architect S.D. Sharma. Using natural brick façade, this curvilinear building is aesthetically pleasing with efficient light and ventilation.
Author of two books, Sangeet is a visiting lecturer in Chandigarh college of Architecture.
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70 donate blood
Chandigarh, August 12
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Hutch now in Punjabi
Chandigarh, August 12
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