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CBSE amendments: rules for spot evaluation revised
Chandigarh, February 6 Also the compartment examination date has been advanced and it will be held in the third week of July each year instead of end of July and the same will be held on July 20, 2006. Even the candidates appearing in six subjects at the Senior School Certificate Examination having been declared `pass' by virtue of securing pass marks in five subjects may appear in the failing subject (sixth subject) at the compartment examination to be held in July/August the same year. Under the guidelines for spot evaluation, the penalties for errors have been amended. Different penalties have been imposed on the functionary from India and abroad. Against Head Examiners/AHE for not doing sample checking to the extent of 10 per cent of the answer books evaluated by each examiner working under him, a penalty of Rs 10 per examiner per day has been imposed. For errors in the answer books checked by the Head Examiner/AHE, a fine of Rs 10 per answer book has been fixed. However, if an examiner leaves answer or part thereof unassesed in an answer script, then a penalty of Rs 20 will be fixed whereas there is penalty of Rs 10 against the examiner for giving more marks for an answer to a question than assigned to it or deviation from the marking scheme in addition to not signing on the answer book and also if the marks in words and figures do not tally. For wrong totalling and wrong transference of marks from the inside pages of the answer book to the title page, there is a penalty of Rs 15. The penalties against the co-ordinators have also been amended. If the wrong verification of marks has been done by the co-ordinator then there is a penalty of Rs 15. In addition to this if the co-ordinator fails to enter the marks of a candidate in the award list, does not sign each page of the award list and does not sign on the title page of the answer book, the board has decided on a penalty of Rs 10.
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“India needs more engineering graduates”
Chandigarh, February 6 He said the council was a body created to facilitate the imparting of quality technical education in the country. “The council is not a controlling body”, he added. He said that there was a need for producing more talented engineering graduates in various fields to meet the requirement of the market. “More jobs in various engineering sectors would be created in coming years and there would be demand for engineering graduates having good academic record”, he added. Mr Yadav came here as the chief guest at a seminar organised by the council in collaboration with the Punjab Unaided Technical Institutions Association. At the seminar, various speakers representing Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh highlighted the problems faced by engineering colleges. The Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University, Mr K.N. Pathak, who also spoke, laid stress on providing quality education to the youth in engineering institutions. He urged the managements of the private institutions to ensure job security and respectable salary to faculty in their organisations. Dr J.S. Dhaliwal, president of the association, said there was a need to relax age for recruitment of good teachers in engineering colleges. He said because of non-availability of good teachers, relaxation in age was the need of the hour. He focused on other problems faced by private engineering colleges. For instance at present there were 5,132 seats vacant in various engineering courses in Punjab. And most of these seats were vacant in private engineering colleges. In states like Bihar and Assam the number of engineering colleges was inadequate to accommodate students. Non-availability of students had emerged a big problem. Raising this issue, Dr D.S. Grewal, said only 12,000 students were available for admission in Punjab’s engineering colleges against the availability of 15,000 seats. He said 35,000 persons went abroad every year for admission in engineering colleges. He said he had seen that there were no teachers to teach science subjects in rural schools. Another point raised by Dr Grewal was with regard to the quality of students. He said students lacked knowledge. There concentration level was also poor and there was also lack of confidence in students by and large. The change in courses in engineering colleges was slow compared to the demand of market, he said. Among others who spoke were Dr G. D. Goyal, Mr G.M. Bhatia, Dr S.C. Gupta and Lieut-Col Karamjeet Singh (retd). Mr Ashok Mittal present the vote of thanks.
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India’s impact on life in West dwelt upon
Chandigarh, February 6 Organised by the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Panjab University, Prof Ashvini Agrawal, Dean, Faculty of Arts threw light on the life and works of Prof Jagannath Agrawal, who was an eminent Sanskritist, epigraphist and Indologist. “He dedicated his whole life to the study of various facets of Indian history, literature and culture. This lecture series is a real tribute to the scholar of international fame,” remarked Professor Agrawal. Prof R.C. Sharma, in his lucid lecture, dwelled upon the significant contributions made by India in different fields, which influenced life and thinking of the Western world from the earliest times. The subject had not been adequately addressed by scholars till date. He traced the flow of Indian wisdom to the West through travels, movements, migrations and trade. “Our Vedic literature is full of references to journeys undertaken by the merchants, which helped in the spread of Indian culture abroad. Students came to important universities in India for studying various subjects and were infused with Indian conventions and philosophical ideas, which helped in the dissemination of Indian ethos and culture in their homeland,” he said. According to Professor Sharma, with the advent of Aryans in India, the real foundation of Indian civilization was laid. Through trade not only Indian philosophy and thought but also animal and birds were imported by the West. Folk literature also travelled with the navigators. With the missionary zeal of Buddhism, teachings of Lord Buddha spread in all directions, which popularised Buddhism in foreign lands. Dr Radhay Shyam Sharma, Chairman, Haryana Sahitya Academy, and Fellow, Panjab University, in his presidential remarks, highlighted the contribution of India to the advancement and development of learning to the western world. Prof N.K. Ojha, Chairman, Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology proposed the vote
of thanks.
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Ikjot gets Best Graduate award at GMCH-32 convocation
Chandigarh, February 6 All three students had achieved distinctions in various branches and had a number of firsts to their credit. They received a tremendous round of applause when they received their MBBS degrees from the Director-Principal, GMCH-32, Dr H.M. Swami. As many as 150 students of three batches received their degrees while 35 students were awarded medals for their achievements. After the academic procession entered the auditorium a “Saraswati vandna” was presented by the students. After this Prof Ravinder Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, declared the convocation open. The students were administered the Hippocratic oath before being handed over their degrees. The Professor in charge (Academic), Prof (Ms) K. Sri Nageswari, conducted the convocation while Prof Swami gave away the degrees. The medals were handed over to the outstanding students by the chief guest. Presenting the annual report of the college, Prof Swami highlighted the achievements of the students and the faculty and informed the audience about various post-graduate courses introduced at the college. He said a consultant was being appointed by the college for complete computerisation and connectivity of various sections of GMCH. He added that the foundation stone of the Regional Institute of Mentally Handicapped in Sector 31 had been laid. The chief guest, Prof Ravinder singh, in his convocation address, urged the doctors to be “caring, compassionate and service oriented”. He said, “Medicine is not merely profession but a mission and people qualifying to be doctors are not mere professionals but missionaries. Being patient and serving with compassion will not cause poverty but give a felling of contentment.”
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Secy fails to take charge in education board
Mohali, February 6 The board had on January 10 appointed Mr Vinod Kumar Bhalla as Secretary. His name was selected from a panel sent by the state government. The post had been lying vacant after the term of Mr Mohinder Bir Singh expired on August 31 last year. No senior board official today could spell out the reasons for Mr Bhalla not taking charge of the important post. The board had on September 2 authorised its Chairman, Prof Harbans Singh Sidhu, to appoint the new Secretary of the board on a temporary basis. Accordingly, the Vice-Chairman of the board, Mrs Hardyal Kaur, was given additional charge as Secretary on September 7. The work of the board is suffering with the government failing to ensure that a regular Secretary takes over. The indifference of the government to board affairs can be gauged from the fact that it took about four months to draw up a panel of names from which the board could select its Secretary. The government had earlier issued the Punjab School Education Board (Amendment) Ordinance under which the board was to appoint its Secretary only from a panel prepared and sent by the state government consisting of officers of the government and eligible officers of the board. Before the change in the law the board had the powers to appoint its Secretary which was usually done as early as possible so that work was not adversely affected.
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MC notice to schools in residential areas
Chandigarh, February 6 According to an official spokesman of the MCC, in case the schools in residential areas are not closed or shifted from the residential buildings, the building shall be sealed without any further notice and electricity connections disconnected. It may be mentioned that last year in view of the direction issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, it had been ordered that all schools being run in the residential buildings were to be closed at the end of the academic session of April 2004-2005. The court further ordered the constitution of a high-power committee to take a decision for shifting or closing of schools from the residential buildings in the city. The committee, at its meeting on April 6 last year, had decided that all schools running in the residential buildings in the city shall be closed at end of the academic session by March 30. Earlier, the school managements were asked to close the schools running in residential areas by the end of April 2005. But later, as per a decision of the Administration, they were further given one-year more extension till March 2006 subject to the approval that they will file an affidavit to this effect. However, despite repeated reminders sent by the MC, they had failed to do so.
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Workshop on personality
development
Chandigarh, February 6 Mrs Madhu Sharma, senior faculty member in the Department of English, presented the first lecture in the series. Her talk centered around the key aspects of spoken English with special reference to public speaking. She dwelt on the need to hone communication skills, which played an imperative role in the success of any professional in the current competitive global scenario. Technical aspects of English like phonemes, syllable, accent and intonation were emphasised on along with practical tips like improving voice quality, tonal effects and modes of handling stress while making presentations. The talk was followed by an interactive session where common lacunae were highlighted by means of practical exercises. Speaking on the occasion, Dr AC Vaid congratulated the team and described their efforts as innovative and commendable.
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IT fiesta begins on colourful note
Chandigarh, February 6 Mr. Vivek Verma, Technical Director, NIC was the chief guest. He inaugurated the event by lighting a lamp. He addressed the students and encouraged them to hold more such events. Teams from prestigious colleges of the region participated and displayed their technical as well as creative skills. Various contests like debate, quiz, software development, debugging, cartooning, caption writing, web designing and ad-mad show were held. The winners included students from Ramgarhia Girls College, DAV Sector 10, Govt. College Sector 11, UIET (PU), PEC, GGSCW Sector 26, GGDSD, Sector 32, MCM DAV College, SGGS College, Department of Computer Applications, PU, GGSC Modern Technology Kharar and GCG Sector 11.
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Teachers resent Marriya’s remarks
Chandigarh, February 6 According to a press statement issued by the president if the union, Mr Anil Sarwal, the principal should clarify his stand. Meanwhile, the Panjab University Finance and Development Officer, Mr Ashok Raj Bhandari, today stated that the Punjab Government and the UT Administration had not “cut” grant to Panjab University but only delayed payment by a year.
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City gets taste of Jazz
Chandigarh, February 6 During the show the group members Espen Rud, Tore Brunborg, Terje Gewelt and Knut Alfsen presented both puppetering and Jazz. Each puppet was the main character in a short story that was narrated with musical theme. Also present on the occasion was Dr BNS Walia, former Director PGIMER, Chairman, National Educational and Development Trust, and an active promoter of classical music in addition to Sanjeevan Singh, actor, director and a famous Punjabi theatre personality.
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Passionate about dance
Chandigarh, February 6 Accepting diversity, different cultures is now an essential aspect of the educational process at the Weber State University where the students are required to take a class on diversity training to graduate. Dance is one of the several courses on offer “to bring balance into the curriculum.” He is passionate about what he does for he believes his craft is the “bridge” between the educational experience and creative development. “It is important for young minds to learn, think, do instead of the ‘drill and kill’ method of instructions our schools are employing today.” Providing instruction in dance aesthetics, dance and cultural diversity, international folk and ethnic dance and social and recreational dance forms Michael also works on professional development within his community, which in simple terms means training teachers how to teach dance. For, this is Michael’s way of creating “multi-disciplined” people. “Pre-conceived notions about what one can do and cannot are all in the mind, the body has no such inhibitions.” For him dance is orienting conventional forms of teaching towards the special learning needs of a child. “You can learn through the arts, through what children succeed at. I once taught a child who just wanted to sing and that was her sole aim in life. So to get her to go through her school curriculum I had to go through music.” With a graduation in modern dance and music, travels to 40 countries including a stint with the Folk Dance Performing Ensemble around Europe at the age of 18, his exposure started young when his father told him to stay away from bars and Native American Indians as a child! “This statement was like a magnet to me. I spent a lot of time at a Native American reservation in Arizona and was fascinated early on with cultures of difference which included their folk dance.” So movement it is to cast reticence out, to learn of space and shape and to imbibe the richness of diversity through dance. |
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Haryanvi songs album released
Chandigarh, February 6 According to Om Sharma and Gurcharan, both producers, Som Dutt Sharma and Bharati have rendered voices to the album. The music was composed by O.P. Jawar and Dimple. The album was released by Haryanvi actress Usha Sharma of “Chandrawal” fame. While Pooran Chand has penned the lyrics, Ashwani Sharma and Sushma Sagwan have given commentary. |
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