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Admission for kids,
anxiety for parents
Ludhiana, November 26 Ms Mona Singh says, “Obviously we want our child to go to the very best school, but I am not sure whether my daughter will be able to get admission into it. In
fact, both my husband and I have been on tenterhooks on this account. We have been coaching her. But on meeting other children we get more nervous when they appear not very shy. Our daughter is too shy and in front of strangers she just becomes tongue tied. We are so anxious. The interview is on Sunday.” “The problem is that most of us parents do not know what is the criteria for selection of the children. So we keep asking other parents whose children got admission last year. They all tell us different things. We are confused and our child gets further
confused," said Mr Dheeraj, an anxious father. Another parent, Mohit, said, “Since my wife is not very fluent in English, the onus of training my little son for his KG interview falls on me. I have taken leave from office to make him familiar with the topography of three schools where we have applied for his admission. My wife is a nervous wreck and is pressurising me to tap all sources who are remotely connected with any of these schools. The schools should do away with interviews. After all what do they expect a three-plus child to know. The schools should have a definite criteria and should conduct admissions with regard to that. The sad thing is that there is no transparency in the admission process.”
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‘Spectrum’ of talent at BCM Arya school
Ludhiana, November 26 It was a multi-disciplinary show exhibiting various charts , innovative working and non working models of science, maths, dance, computers, art/craft, home science, gardening, postal stamp exhibition, economics / commerce, fashion designing, spiritual quest and entrepreneurship etc that showed students’ creativity and hard work. The chief guest on the occasion was Mr Darshan Singh , Principal , Govt College for Boys, Ludhiana. In Junior Section , the various themes displayed were inventor’s gallery, srijan saubdrya, magnum, punjabi virsa, bells & whistles, beat the band and world of art. In the mathematics Section, models of easy calculation tricks, 100-year calendar, trigonometric calculations, pie-charts, pascal’s triangles, fun with maths, different parts of circle, types watches were the main attraction. Economics and commerce section presented various working and non-working models such as economic growth and development, insurance, computerised social infrastructure, forms of market, wheels of economy etc. An exclusive section — president’s gallery — displayed live CD show based on interaction of President with BC Mites, give letters of appreciation by President to principal, teachers and students. Another attractive model was based on President Kalam’s moods and his poems.
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Broad base research, Governor tells PAU
Ludhiana, November 26 During a presentation by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, on the PAU’s achievements, future thrust areas and problems, General Rodrigues made several suggestions. He said the PAU should constitute multi-disciplinary teams and put different districts under these, where scientists could interact with farmers and suggest new cropping patterns. “There is also need for reclamation of salt lands, conservation and recharging of subsoil water”, he added. When Dr Aulakh briefed the Governor on PAU’s international linkages, the Governor said: “It is time we got better of developed countries, which have been benefiting from our brain and knowledge quotient. The trend must he reversed by not allowing developed countries to exploit us.”
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Folk singer honoured at ‘Kehkashan 05’
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, November 26 On the occasion folk singer Mohammad Saddique was honoured with a citation, shawl and a cash reward of Rs 11,000. Principal D.S. Gill extended a hearty welcome to the chief guest, Ms Indira Bhatia, former principal of the college. A noteworthy feature of the evening was Punjabi heritage items such as “sithinan”, “kavishari”, “vaar”, “sarangi” and “suhaag”. Prof P.S. Sohi, Prof Rajdeep Singh Gill and Prof Harblas Heera conducted the proceeding of the program. Extension lecture:
The postgraduate Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Girls College, organised an extension lecture on “Governor’s discretionary powers and Constitutional law” here on Saturday. Mr Anil Kumar Thakur, lecturer in the Department of Law, Panjab University regional centre, Muktsar, presented his paper in this regard. Head of the department Sarita Dadwal welcomed him. Principal Dr Charanjit Mahal suggested that more such extension lectures should be conducted.
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SNAS schools’ sports day
Our Correspondent
Mandi Gobindgarh, November 26 Sports were an integral part of education and it helped in the mental and physical development of students besides saving them from the increasing menace of drug-addiction, asserted Mr Dharmasot. He gave away prizes to winners. Mr B.L. Bassi, secretary of the school management committee, welcomed the chief guest. Council Chief and president of SNAS management society thanked the guests. Ms Usha Sharma, Principal, SANS Senior Secondary School and Mr Rameshwar Dass, Principal Model School read the annual reports of their respective schools. Flag-foisting, march-past, torch ceremony, oath ceremony, mass P.T. Show and other items besides a cultural programme were presented on the occasion. The players won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively in their respective events as under:- (+2 classes) 200m – Nukul, Sanjay and Amarjeet; 400m– Sonu, Pankaj and Krishan Dev; shotput- Nukul, Gaganjeet and Harwider; long-jump – Sanjay, Nukul and Amninder; javelin – Nukul, Gaganjeet and Amninder; (class X) 100m–Pankaj, Sonu and Manish; 400 Meter- Sonu, Pankaj and Krishan Dev; long-jump – Sonu, Pankaj and Sajjan; shot-put – Aftaab, Ravinder and Lalit Mohan; (middle classes) 100m– Chandan, Lal Pratap and Pintu; frog race–Arpinder, Tej Singh (1), Ravi Azad and Sanddep (2),Sanjay and Pintu (3); three leg race - Amit and Varinder (1), Saddam and Arvind (2) & Amarjeet and Ajay (3); (primary section) 100m– Dharmender, Sukhwinder and Harshul; shoe race – Sanjeev and Sumit; frog race – Baljit and Pankaj (1), Hardeep and Deepak (2), Ravi and Pawan (3); three leg Race - Harikesh & Ashu (1), Sahil and Atul (2), Shiv Shankar and Sonu (3). Students honoured
Gopal Mandal and Ankit Guatam students of B.Tech, ECE and CSE at Desh Bhagat Engineering College, Mandi Gobindgarh, who won the top slot of Gold Trophy in the national-level technical festival held at Rayat Institute of Engineering and Technology on November 19 and 20, were honoured at a function here today.
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14, 886 cases settled at lok adalat
Ludhiana November 26 Justice Viney Mittal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court inaugurated the lok-adalat. He along with Mr H.P.S. Mahal, Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, the Sessions Judge, Mr Justice Harbans Lal, the Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Justice S.P. Bangarh, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr K S Cheema, the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Mr S S Dhaliwal, the Additonal Civil Judge Senior Division, Mr Tarsem Mangla, Judicial Magistrate, Mr J S Marok, Bar president, Mr Balwinder Goel monitored the working of all the Benches. Listing the achievements of the lok-adalats, Mr Justice Harbans Lal said 54,979 cases were disposed off out of the 80,804 in Ludhiana district. A free medical camp was organised by the Civil Surgeon. Earlier, Mr Justice Mittal was given a guard of honour by a contingent of the Punjab Police at Circuit House on his arrival. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, SSP Ludhiana, Mr Narinder Pal Singh, SSP Khanna, Mr Naunihal Singh, SSP Jagroan, Mr R K Jaiswal, District Bar Association Secretary, Mr Rana Harjasdeep Singh, and all Judicial Officers were also present on the
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Punjab schools athletics meet begins
Ludhiana, Novmber 26 Earlier, the meet started with a lot of fan fare in a colourful inaugural function at Guru Nanak Stadium. Capt Amrinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab, who was supposed to come to inaugurate the meet but failed to turn up and in his absence, Mr Harnam Das Johar, Education Minister, Punjab, presided over the function and declared the meet open. An impressive march past was organised by the contingents of athletes from all the 17 districts of the state. School students displayed a cultural programme on the occasion. Mr Johar said the state government had formulated a comprehensive plan for the promotion of sports in all the government schools. During the current financial year, funds amounting to Rs 4 crore had been exclusively spent for the purpose, he added. He said to encourage the students for sports, suitable employment opportunities would be provided to the outstanding players. He said the Education Department had launched yoga and gymnastic in the schools. Mr Johar honoured Ramandeep Singh, former Captain of the Indian hockey team, and Director, Sports, PAU, and Olympian Hardeep Singh Grewal. Ms Tejinder Kaur, Principal Secretary, Education, said in this five-day sports event both boys and girls from all the 17 districts of the state comprising around 3,000 would compete for the top positions. Among others who were present on the occasion included Mr Sadhu Singh Randhawa, DPI (S), Mr Jagtar Singh Khatra, DPI (E), Ms Susheela Gupta, Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, Mr Yash Pal Mehra, DEO (S), Ms Harvinder Kaur, DEO (P), Mr Balkar Singh and Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu (both councillors). Results: 800 m (boys u-19)- Navneet Singh of Sports School, Jalandhar 1, Balbir Kumar of Hoshiarpur 2 and Ravideep Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib 3; 800 m (girls u-17)- Ramandeep Kaur of Sangrur 1, Simarjeet Kaur of Amritsar 2 and Supinder Kaur of Fatehgarh Sahib 3; 800 m (boys u-17)- Sandeep Singh of Gurdaspur 1, Pritam Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib 2 and Taranjit Singh of Ferozepur 3; 600 (girls u-14)- Pardeep Kaur of Hoshiarpur 1, Rajdeep Kaur of Jalandhar 2 and Bhupinder Kaur of Sangrur 3; triple jump (girls u-19)- Ramdeep Kaur of Fatehgarh Sahib 1, Parminder Kaur of Hoshiarpur 2 and Rajvir Kaur of Amritsar 3.
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Sports fraternity honour Pargat Singh
Ludhiana, November 26 Talking to the media after the function, Pargat Singh said he was still going through the exercise of understanding the working of the Sports Department. He said since we had a meagre budget for conducting various programmes to promote sports in the state, we would chalk out plans to generate funds on our own. We would seek cooperation from Punjabis settled abroad. We would try to rope in these NRIs to promote sports in the region, Pargat added. He further said we would like to channelise the activities of all sports departments and associations and organise them under one banner to promote sports effectively, he added. He agreed with the opinion of enhancing the daily diet allowance being given to the players of the Speed Fund Academies and other sports centres being run by the department. Ms Surinder Dhir, former Director, Sports, Punjab, Mr Gianinder Singh, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana, Ramandeep Singh Grewal, former captain of the Indian hockey team, Deputy Director, Students Welfare, Punjab Agricultural University, Teja Singh Dhaliwal, secretary, Punjab Basketball Association, Olympians Jagdev Singh and Hardeep Singh Grewal, Mr Gurpreet Singh Toor, SP (Dectective), and president, Ludhiana District Basketball Association, Dhanwant Singh Bhogal were among those who attended the function.
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Athletics meet at KVM School
Ludhiana, November 26 Earlier, Pargat Singh, Director, Sports, Punjab, formally inaugurated the meet. He took salute from the participants who trooped into the stadium in a march past. This was followed by a yoga display by the
middle section students. Kids of primary section presented a PT drill. The main attraction of the opening ceremony was aerobics by the senior section girl students. Addressing the students, Pargat Singh said schools must lay emphasis on sports. Mr S.C. Saxena, Principal of the school, along with member of the management committee, faculty members and parents of the students were present on the occasion.
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Hockey trials on Nov 30
Ludhiana, November 26 According to Mr Harinder Singh Bhullar, honorary secretary, Ludhiana District Hockey Association, the selected players would represent Ludhiana in the Punjab State Championship to be held at Bahini Sahib from December 4 to 7.
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