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Smart schools set to storm city
Chandigarh, October 16 In a proposal sent to the Government of India a fortnight ago, the department has identified Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, for the “smart school” status. It will entail a grant of Rs 25 lakh for the computerisation. The school will be required to have one computer per student for classes IX to XII. Thus, the smart school will be required to have 160 computers in all, implying thereby that 40 computers would be available to each class. However, keeping in view that this target cannot be achieved in one go, it has been proposed to provide 40 computers initially in the identified school. “The idea is to ensure that each student can have a computer to himself rather than sharing it with three or four students as is the case now. This would enable the students to get first-hand training on the use of computers during their classes. Though we would like to introduce this in as many schools as we can, paucity of funds is a stumbling block. This scheme would at least help us make a beginning,” says the DPI (Schools), Mr D.S. Mangat. Though the GOI scheme had proposed conversion of one Kendriya Vidyalaya School (KVS) or Navodaya Vidyalaya School (NVS) in a state as a smart school, the UT Education Department, has made out a case for a government school to be changed to a smart school. “This scheme was primarily meant for big states and NVS and KVS’ were specially chosen since they have requisite infrastructure for imparting computer education. Government schools, generally, have poor facilities which makes it unsuitable for computer-related teaching and learning. However, government schools of the city are quite a contrast to their counterparts in some states which makes them eligible for this government proposal,” the DPI added. Meanwhile, training of teachers for implementing the computer-aided learning is in full swing. The Administration will tie up with Intel for imparting this 20-day training mandatory for each teacher before they can transform lesson-teaching through computers. This project is likely to be launched on Children’s Day. While it will kick off from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, initially, it will be extended to 15 senior secondary and 10 other schools, provided with computers, within the next month or so. Schools which have no infrastructure will be covered gradually and all schools will be covered by the end of the year. The computer-aided teaching programme has been designed for students from Class I to Class XII.
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Ruskin Bond, Munjal get doctorates
Chandigarh, October 16 President of India Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presented the degrees. Others who received Doctor of Letters included Padma Bhushan Dr Brijmohan Lal Munjal, chairman of the Hero Honda Group, for his contribution in the field of industry; Padma Vibhushan Justice M.N.R. Venkatachaliah, presently the Chancellor of the Central University of Hyderabad, in the field of justice, law and protection of human rights; Upadhaya-108 Muni Shri Guptisagar ji Maharaj, for social work, and well known author Ruskin Bond for English Literature. Degree of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa were conferred for the outstanding contribution to Sri Kailash Joshi, a well known business and community leader, in the field of entrepreneurship and information, and Padma Vibhushan Prof Jayant Vishnu Narikar in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. The convocation was also addressed by Shri N.D. Tiwari, Chief Minister of Uttaranchal.
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Youth festival concludes
Chandigarh, October 16 Students participated in mimicry, debate, cartooning and classical dance solo, play, tribal dance, elocution and poster making. The event was presided over by Mr A. P. S. Virk, SDM, Rajpura, chief guest and Mr and Ms S. P. Johar, Prof of chemistry in Panjab University, Chandigarh as guests of honour. Mr M.S. Garewal, Registrar, PTU, Jalandhar was also present on the occasion. Mr. D.S. Guru, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, gave away the prizes to the winners. The results of the various events are as under: Mimicry: 1st Naresh Kumar, GNE, Ludhiana; 2nd Anmol Chhabra, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Rajpura; Debate: 1 st Shabnam Arora & Jagnoor, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College of Engineering and Technology, Fatehgarh Sahib, 2nd Mohit Sharma and Pritesh SUSCET, Tangori; Elocution: 1st: Jagnoor Singh, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College of Engineering and Technology, Fatehgarh Sahib, 2nd: Gagan Trivedi, GNIMT, Ludhiana; Cartooning : 1 st : Nitin Kumar, Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture, Rajpura; 2nd: Harpal Singh, GNIMT, Ludhiana; Classical dance (solo): 1st Gaganjot Kaur, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College of Engineering and Technology, Fatehgarh Sahib; Poster making: 1st: Amanjot Kaur, Gaganjot Kaur, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur College of Engineering and Technology, Fatehgarh Sahib, 2nd Monika Verma, Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture, Rajpura; Play: GNIMT, Ludhiana
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College holds Fiesta-2005
Mohali, October 16 This was followed by a colourful cultural programme -Fiesta-2005. Solo dances, solo
songs, skits and bhangra were performed by students. Mr J.S. Sidhu, chairman of the college managing committee, Dr
J.S. Dhaliwal, vice-chairman, Prof S.K. Giridhar, Principal of the college, were present on the occasion. Prof
M.L. Wadhwa, Principal of the polytechnic welcomed the audience and presented the annual report.Bharat Kumar, Rohit Prasher, Anil Bansal were chosen as Mr Fresher, Mr Personality and Mr Charming respectively.
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Hamara School The Baba Mal Dass Charitable Trust was established in 1996 with the aim of serving the humanity. It has successfully organised eight eye and polio under the guidance of Mr Baldev Singh, chairman, and Dr Bal Krishan Sharma; vice-chairman, of the trust. B.M.D. Public School, being managed by the trust, was established in 2003. The objective of the school is not to earn profit but to do something for the society. The institution is committed to impart quality education to all without any prejudice or discrimination. The school stretches in 4 acres with lush green surroundings and a peaceful atmosphere. The school has vast playgrounds for football and volleyball and proper courts for kho-kho, badminton and basketball. It has a separate amusement park for tiny tots having rides, splash pool, sandpit and a play corner. The school is divided into pre-primary, primary and secondary levels. At the pre-primary level, effort is being made to provide early childhood care, healthy, enjoyable and stress-free environment through playful activities leading to sensory development and nurturing aesthetic sense. Emphasis is laid on conceptual learning and creative inputs for building a strong foundation for tiny tots. Keeping this in view no formal examination is held up to Class II. Field trips are an integral part of the curriculum. These trips are planned by class/subject teachers depending upon the topic and class level. Some field trips like visits to press museum, industries, village panchayat, Vidhan Sabha, traffic lights, bank, post office are followed every year. To have a close rapport with parents and for comprehensive development of the child the school holds an orientation programme at the commencement of the session, in which the expectations of parents from the school and the expectations of the school authorities from the parents are mutually exchanged. An inter-active session is held where parents come out with open suggestions and criticism, which helps in the betterment of the school. Class III onwards the school has been divided into four houses — Bhagat Singh, Tagore, Shivaji and Mother Teresa. Inter-house competitions are held once a month. These competitions are poetry recitation, paper-reading, GK quiz, rangoli, debate, drawing and painting and calligraphy. To inculcate the habit of extra reading among the students, a library has been set up where books covering all age groups and tastes have been provided. The school has an excellent computer centre equipped with modern peripherals.
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As an educationist I totally believe in the saying by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore that ‘A lamp can never spread light until it keeps burning its flame.” The teacher has to remain a learner throughout because learning is a process which never comes to an end. The role of the teacher now a days has to be something extra. He/she should be able to think beyond textual contents and by not merely becoming the slaves to textbooks. He/she must have the capacity to accept individual differences among children. Instead of being a dictator, they should act as a guide, co-learner and a motivator. The teacher must have update knowledge of the latest techniques of education. He/she must have the knowledge of child psychology. Gone are the days of “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” Now a days children are very sensitive and so are the parents. The teacher has to use such methodology that she does not feel the need of a rod. I feel myself privileged to have got a chance to serve the society in the position of a Principal of a school. As a good team leader, I also feel that if you want to convert other person to your point of view, go over to the person, take him/her by hand and guide instead of degrading him/her. That is called actual leadership. The real objective of running an institution can be achieved only through working as a team. At the same time, I am quite fortunate to have a team of hardworking, dedicated and devoted teachers who are cooperating with me in every form to take the school towards perfection. The day is not far away when we will be able to make it as one of the best schools in the area.
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Dental college organises freshers party
Chandigarh, October 16 He also received the first runners up trophy in the inter college volleyball tournament held recently. He inspired his students to strive for higher goals in life. He also said the students must keep the campus tree of polythene, alcohol, tobacco and ragging.
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Programme on medicinal plants in Carmel
Chandigarh, October 16 It was followed by the final round of slide presentation depicting various environmental topics like Green Technology, Chipko Movement and Project Tiger. The Principal, Sister Maria Christi, encouraged the students to plant saplings. The school had conducted a graffiti competition, environmental quiz and mock drills for evacuating the school building in case of an emergency. Smiti Yadav and Mehak of Class VIII stood first while Vaudha and Pavit of Class VIII came second. The programme was attended by Dr Maninder Karan, a lecturer of Panjab University, Mr Chanchal Singh, lab technician , Ms Supriya Modi, a landscapist.
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Stress on protecting rights of common man
Chandigarh, October 16 Delivering the inaugural address on the topic "Justice for common man" at the North Zone Conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad(ABAP) here, Justice Gupta pointed out that we had the judicial system which was the best among the neighbouring countries. Legal education required awakening the people so that the rights of the common man could be protected, he remarked. Presiding over the inaugural session, Justice Pravat Rao, a former Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and the working president of the ABAP, suggested that the parishad should start a "nyaya kendra" for the common man. The general secretary of the parishad, Mr Bhupinder Yadav, introduced the subject, while Mr Baldev Raj Mahajn conducted the session. Mr RK Jain, president of the local unit, proposed a vote of thanks. Mr NK Sanghi deilvered a lecture on the right to information and Ms Kumud Bansal on the Legal Services Authorities Act. Mr RK Mittal briefed the delegates about the role of the district lawyers in public interest litigation by making reference to Section 91 of the CPC. Over 200 delegates from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh attended the conference.
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Wadali Brothers cast magic
“Nahin motaaz zevar ka , jise khoobi khuda ne di” was a veritable lyrical comment on the unique quality of Wadali Brothers, at a glittering ‘Sham-e-Nagma organised in Chandigarh tonight. As the soulful strains of Sufiana qalaams by Puran Chand Wadali and Pyare Lal Wadali wafted across the serene and tranquil ambience of Rock Garden, the audience was spell-bound.
The maestros through the pristine vigour of Sufism in their melodic renditions touched the spiritual depths in all their compositions. The mysticism of Bulle Shah, Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu was revealed. Be it “Damadam Mast Qalander” “Assin naina de aakhe lagge” ‘Damdam karo Farid...” they were virtually revelling in the glory of the God, with an absolute surrender to the almighty. Both
ustaads, through enunciation of sufiana couplets not only augmented the level of performance but established an instant rapport with the audience , drawing great applause. Both visualized the incantations embalmed in the lyrics especially in “Tujhe Takya” and “Alaf Allah chamber di booti” weaved with more couplets from Baba Bulle Shah. They were in sync with each other with an immaculate perfection in the rendition of sargams and taans. |
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Call for social change
Chandigarh, October 16 And with a view to ameliorate the conditions of the Valmikis, the Safai Karamchari Cooperative Groups have been created. Besides, the target group of the other proposed self-help groups will include the domestic servants,richshaw pullers, auto richshaw drivers, masons, plumbers, electricians, construction workers, artisans and single women and widows aspiring to pursue self-employment. Describing Mahrishi Valmiki as a great spiritual ambassador and father of Indian poetry, General Rodrigues said he authored the sacred epic Ramayana, which set out the path of ideal and virtuous living, universal humanism and oneness of mankind. As a social reformer and messiah of the downtrodden, the contribution of Mahrishi Valmiki in emphasising the concept of social
justice, equality and emancipation of oppressed groups will always be remembered, he added. |
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