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Public information available at CBSE office
Chandigarh, October 18 Mr D.R. Yadava has been made the group coordinator and can be contacted at 0172-2604248 and 26061184 while Mr Khushal Singh has been made Assistant Public Information Officer and can be called at 0172-2606941. They have jurisdiction in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh and Panchkula. A seminar-cum-workshop for PGT teachers in the subjects of chemistry and physical education was organised at Chaman Lal DAV Senior Public School, Sector 11, here today. Dr S.N. Sharma, former Chairman, Department of Physical Education, Panjab University, was the chief guest. He spoke about the need of such programmes to update and upgrade knowledge and expertise for the harmonious development of children. He also stressed upon the importance of physical exercise as it enhanced one’s immunity and resistance to tackle diseases. “This subject should be made compulsory”, he opined. Dr V.P. Paul, the Principal of the school, said that this event was being held under the guidance of DPPI, New Delhi.
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Cambridge programme to enthuse students
Panchkula, October 18 This was stated by Mr Mark Bartholomew, Regional Manager, South Asia, University of Cambridge International Examination (UCIE). He was at The British School, Sector 8, here today, to announce the launch of the CIP programme for the region at the host school. “We have to teach the children to explore and use all kinds of resources right from textbooks to Internet. We have to catch them young to develop that kind of mindset. This cultivates independent thinking and changes the role of the teacher from
one of rattling out lessons to enthusing the students. The CIP programme is aimed at this,” he said. The CIP programme also gives the school an option of choosing whether or not they want to conduct examinations at the end of the year. “The teachers know exactly how a student is faring with or without an examination. They don’t need tests. So, it would be upto the school to decide whether they want to promote the child on the judgement of the teacher or hold examinations,” he states. As many as 150 schools of the country have adopted the UCIE curriculum and more institutions have expressed their keenness for the same. “With the launch of the programme for the primary classes, we are looking at a lot more interested parties,”
he held. The UCIE has also started an international diploma for teacher training which, too, have become popular with schools, wanting to make a shift from book-driven teaching to practical teaching. “We want the teachers to apply the knowledge from the books to teaching in the classes. It’s not a pre-service course but a diploma where working teachers can brush
up their skills,” Mr Bartholomew maintained. The diploma has received an overwhelming response from Mizoram and Gujarat where a number of teachers have enrolled for it. “We give the teacher three
years to complete the diploma considering the fact that they are working and can have domestic compulsions which may not permit enough time for the course,”
he said.
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Bid to boost students' interest in space technology
Chandigarh, October 18 It will be holding a competition for school and college students, which would require them to explore and study the feasibility of a moon landing and prepare a theoretical project report. Vice-chairman of the society's Chandigarh chapter, Wg Cdr
D.P. Sabharwal (retd), said letters had been sent to about 200 schools, asking them to send their teams to participate in the competition. This is the first competition of its kind and if it elicits a good response, AeSi plans to rope in the Indian Space Research Organisation and hold such competitions regularly. Students can obtain basic material from published literature on the subject and the Internet, but would not be allowed to directly copy down the material, except for certain technical drawings or pictures. They can also add their own perceptions on moon landing. The idea behind the competition, Wg Cdr Sabharwal said, was to generate interest among students in the upcoming field of space technology, as it will be them who would be at the helm of affairs when projects like moon landing and other space programmes at present in their infancy, become a reality. The AeSI has fixed December 5 as the last date for receiving project reports, which would be evaluated by four independent judges. Five teams would be short-listed to give a presentation in front of a panel of judges at Chandigarh to select the winner and runners-up team.
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Emeritus fellowship for Dr Kohli
Chandigarh, October 18 A communication to this effect has been sent by the Joint Secretary, UGC informing that decision had been taken on the recommendation of an expert committee. Dr Kohli will be given an honorarium of Rs 10,000 per month in addition to a contingency grant of Rs20,000 per annum.
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M. Com students to meet VC today
Chandigarh, October 18 The students are protesting that it was unfair of the authorities to take such a decision mid-session. The students will tomorrow after meeting the VC stage a dharna outside his office.
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Police heads for contempt of court in jailbreak case
Chandigarh, October 18 According to sources, the reimposition of the sedition charges under Sections 121, 121-A and 123 of the IPC on the accused almost four months after a former Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Balbir Singh, dropped the sedition charges, may bring the police in conflict with the law. In June this year, almost 15 months after three alleged assassins of former Chief Minister Beant Singh escaped from the high-security Burail Jail, Mr Balbir Singh had framed charges against 13 persons. The prosecution had not challenged the dropping of sedition charges against the accused in the Punjab and Haryana High Court within a stipulated 60 days. Instead the police slapped sedition charges on the accused recently. As Mr Balbir Singh’s order on the dropping of sedition charges had not been challenged, the re-imposition of the same charges would amount to contempt of court, alleged Mr Arvind Thakur, a defence counsel. And going by the fresh sedition charges, the accused, who are on bail and being tried by the judicial magistrate, will have to be arrested again. This would set a bad precedent if a bailed out person is arrested again, added counsel. Meanwhile, the arrest of Gurdeep Singh, a proclaimed offender in the jailbreak case and an alleged aide of the BKI chief, Jagtar Singh Hawara, would further delay the trial. This, coupled with the adding of sedition charges, would only lead to multiplicity of litigation, sources added. On the other hand, police sources said the investigating agencies had every right to add any Sections to the main case in the light of subsequent investigation.
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Music album launched
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