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Students posted on stamps
Chandigarh, January 22 It was for the first time that the Chandigarh Postal Division and the Chandigarh Philatelic Club
organised a stamp-collection competition and a workshop for schoolchildren. “The two events attracted over 50 students who showed keen interest in improving their skills on collecting stamps”, said Mr Rakesh Walia, a member of the Chandigarh Philatelic Club. The participants were asked to write an essay on zoo animals and fill in the left-out space with stamps of animals. This enabled them to learn about animals, their habitat and food habits, said an organiser of the event. Apart from the young philatelists, 11 veteran stamp collectors were invited to showcase their collection. A total of 57 frames were on display at the exhibition hall. Interesting facts about India’s glorious history of postage stamps were part of the exhibition. Subjects like miniature India, aerospace, sports, defence forces and world wars were the themes for the exhibition. A frame was dedicated to postal stamps released on Chandigarh. For the first time, the Philatelic Bureau Chandigarh, had put up a sale counter in addition to five counters put up those dealing in philatelic material. A special CD show was also organised. At the concluding function, Ms Manjula Prashar, Chief Postmaster-General, Punjab and Chandigarh, gave prizes to the winners of different contests. Mr Nirmaljit Singh, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Chandigarh, also spoke on the occasion. The participants in the invitation class were Rakesh Walia, Jiwan Chopra, R.S. Sodhi, Vipin Kumar Thakur, Col Suresh Bagga (retd), Mehar Singh, Mohinder Singh, Abnash Luthra and M.L. Kuthiala. The winners of different contests are as follows: Junior
wing: Nalin Taneja 1, Aditya Sharma 2 and Sahil Wadhawan 3. Senior wing: Jannat Talwar 1, Sumit Taneja 2 and Eema Rehal 3. Design-a-stamp painting competition
Senior group: Nirvair Singh (Shishu Niketan Model School) 1, Jaskeerat Singh (St John’s High School) 2 and Bahvneet Singh (St John’s High School) 3. Junior group: Arushi Saxena ( Sacred Heart School) 1, Tanya Sridhar (Tribune Model School) 2 and Kritika Dhupar (Sacred Heart School) 3.
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Students, read on...
Chandigarh, January 22 Pubby advised students that the principal object of their reading should be the acquisition of useful knowledge and the strengthening, refining and ennobling of their character. Earlier, Mrs Jaspal Kaur, President, Chandigarh Librarians Association (CLA), welcomed the chief guest. She said the CLA had launched a campaign, “Let’s popularise books and libraries” in 1993, the objective of which was to educate school and college students, their parents and teachers and the public about the need for reading good books through library-related competitions which were organised every year. Mr I.B. Verma, general secretary, CLA, presented the annual report. He said library-related competitions were organised between 20th and 30th November 2005 in three parts. The first set of competitions was for the teachers, parents and the public. The second set of competitions was organised in collaboration with the Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, Chandigarh. More than 5,000 students from various schools and colleges participated in eight events inaugurated by Mrs Raji. P Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Finance-cum-Director, Public Instruction, Chandigarh Administration. In the third and final phase, inter-school/inter-college competitions were organised. The first in the series was and inter-school debate held at the Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, on November 21, 2005, where Mr Sushant Banerjee, Manager, British Library, was the chief guest. An inter-school quiz was held on November 22, 2005, in the British Library, Sector 9, Chandigarh, where Dr V.K. Anand, Librarain, Panjab University, had presided. The inter-college quiz this year was hosted by Government College, Sector 46, where Prof K.K Wig, Deputy Director, Higher Education, Haryana, was the chief guest. Both these quizzes were conducted by Prof Rita David from Lucknow and Prof Surinder Kaur of Government College, Sector 46, Chandigarh. The next in line were inter-college/inter-school best reader and books and reference-hunting competitions which were organised in the Central State Library, Sector 34. Mrs Ramola, State Librarian, TS Central State Library, Chandigarh, presided over this programme. The last programme in this phase was an inter-college debate which was organised on November 29, 2005, at the Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, Chandigarh, where Prof H.R. Chopra, Chairman, Department of library and Information Science, presided and gave away the prizes to the winners. A readers’ motivation programme was also organised by this association in collaboration with the Library Department of the Dev Samaj for Women, Sector 45, Chandigarh, on January 14, 2006. This year, as many as 267 participants won prizes in various events. Of these, 99 prizes relate to the inter-school and inter-college competitions. The remaining 168 prizes were awarded today which include 46 first, 48 second and third each, and 24 consolation prizes. Six running shields were bagged by Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, St. John’s High School, Sector 26, and the Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, respectively. A running shield for motivating maximum number of teachers and parents to take part in these competitions this year was awarded to the Lawerance Public School, Phase VI, Mohali. The Chief Coordinator (Competitions), Mr P.V. Rao, proposed a vote of thanks.
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British Council selects Landran
institute for BEC
Mohali, January 22 Mr Adhikari said the British Council was Britain's international network for education, science and technology, culture and development services. Hence, the council was also undertaking the administration of examinations for Business English Certificate (BEC). He said the value of this certification had already been understood by hundreds of organisations, including Infosys, TCS, Satyam, HCL, Wipro, SPIC etc. In present scenario of globalisation, it had become all the more important for Indian students to acquire communication skills acceptable at international levels. The council has proposed to introduce BEC in institutes imparting technical education here. For which they had selected the CEC to make a beginning. Welcoming the guests, Mr Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chairman and Mr Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, said the English language played a vital role in all organisations throughout the world. Its appropriate use was absolutely essential for all students they added. Sharing the experience he had with a number of companies holding campus interviews in the college for the past few days, Dr G.D. Bansal, Principal of the college, said employers wanted staff who could communicate effectively in English. In view of this requirement the college had already introduced various personality development programmes, including Chandigarh Administration approved C-TOSS. He said the council would extend full co-operation to the college in imparting the necessary training to students and administering their examinations. The papers would be assessed overseas and certificates would be awarded by the University of Cambridge.
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Micro-teaching stressed
Chandigarh, January 22 “Let language of infinite love become the medium of education and teaching, as in the language of love no communication goes wrong” was the message given by Dr S.S. Bhatti, eminent scholar and former Principal, College of Architecture, to college teachers on Friday. Dr Bhatti delivered an extension lecture on physics and metaphysics of education. Presenting his model of education based on the concept of di-acronymisation, he wanted education to develop “consciousness” of man through the hierarchical stages of “minerality, vegetality, mentality, intellectuality, spirituality and ultimately leading to divinity”. Today’s lecture by Dr Malwinder Ahuja, Reader, Department of Education, Panjab University, was to enhance skill on “micro-teaching”. Dr Ahuja said learning was a life-long process and fell within the jurisdiction of effective behaviour. He emphasised that teaching was much more than communication. Tracking more than three decades of history of micro-teaching, she identified “training, instruction and indoctrination” as three popular modes of teaching.
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Inter-school painting contest
Chandigarh, January 22 The participants were divided into four age groups and judged accordingly. Prizes were given to those bagging the first three positions in different categories. A special prize for “best achievement” was awarded to Arushi Saxena. She won 32 awards in various painting competitions held during 2005 as also the state-level Balshree
Award. Saba Mehra stood first in group A, Tanveer Singh in Group B, Akanksha Sharma in Group C and Kritika in Group D.
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GGSGW-26 celebrates founder’s day
Chandigarh, January 22 “Akhand path” of Sri Guru Granth Sahib was also organised. After the “bhog”, a community kitchen was organised by college staff and students. During the three days of celebrations, students and staff participated in large numbers. Students from various colleges also attended the function. Members of the management committee of the Sikh Educational Society, Chandigarh, were also present. The Principal of the college, Dr Harinderjit Kaur, addressed the congregation and exhorted students to live a life on ethics and follow the path of righteousness as preached in Guru Granth Sahib.
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Aerobic classes
Mohali, January 22 Students joined enthusiastically and learnt a lot about this exercise for over 40 minutes. Mr Pandey a winner of 70 awards of body building intimated the students that aerobics was an exercise based on dance steps which builds up the stamina of the body. It included warm up, stretching and other exercises. He intimated that even the patients with joint problems could tone up their bodies by step aerobics. Ms Ranjeet Bedi acquainted the students with the importance of such exercises.
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CBSE helpline from Feb 1
Chandigarh, January 19 According to Ms Sarita Manuja, the students can also call up any time if there is an emergency but most important is the support from family, friends and teachers. The school had already received many such distress calls. She also said that often students and parents confused them later as career counsellors once the exams were over.
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Exhibition at JPA Toddlers’ World
Panchkula, January 22 Over 175 exhibits of crafts made by students of pre-nursery, nursery and KG were on display. The children displayed their ideas, which they had learnt throughout the year, including finger painting, thumb painting, collage, rag painting, vegetable painting and other forms of art. The creations of the innovative toddlers drew appreciation from the parents and other visitors. Kitchen boards, pencil holders, saree covers, lamp shades, towel racks, height charts, chimes, bells, Christmas rings, snowmen table mats, crowns etc made by the toddlers were displayed at the exhibition. The exhibition is also open on tomorrow.
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