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School awaits aid as ministers forget promise
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 12 Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Local Bodies Minister, Ms Gurkanwal Kaur, Social Welfare Minister and Ms Razia Sultana, MLA of the constituency, had been invited to a function held at Gandhi School on September 19, 2004 by the local unit of the Ambedkar Society. Chaudhary Jagjit Singh had then announced a grant of Rs 1.5 lakh for the renovation of Dr B.R Ambedkar Complex after inaugurating it and Ms Gurkanwal Kaur had declared to send Rs 1 lakh for opening a library in memory of Dr Ambedkar. Ms Razia Sultana had also announced a grant of Rs 50,000 for supplementing computer section of the institute. Though Ms Razia Sultana kept her promise and sent a cheque for the promised amount, the grant announced by Chaudhary Jagjit Singh and Ms Gurkanwal Kaur was never received by the school authorities. ‘‘Despite our repeated requests to the leaders concerned, we have not received any amount so far. As we had dedicated the complex to Dr Ambedkar we could not divert funds meant for other purposes to the project’’, said Mr Mangat Rai Jain, president of the management committee. He said the school was not in a position to complete the renovation work and update the library without the financial help, promised by the ministers. Mr Pardeep Sharda, Principal of the school, said he hoped to receive the grants declared at a function organised to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar. ‘‘We have requested the local Congress leaders to impress upon the state leaders to keep their promise and enable us maintain the complex accordingly’’, said Mr Sharda.
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PCMA blames PU
Ludhiana, April 13 A lot of hue and cry has been raised by members of the PCMA over reducing the internal assessment marks for M.Com classes from 50 in each paper to 20 only. The reason for the reduction of marks given by PU was that internal assessment had been misused by some of the teachers and more marks had been awarded to certain students, who had scored just pass marks in written tests. Talking to the Ludhiana Tribune, Prof Ashwani Bhalla, General Secretary
PCMA, said, ‘‘What is the guarantee that these 20 marks will not be misused? Instead of reducing the marks, PU should take serious steps to reform the whole system’’. He further added that the old model examination system, which relied more on external evaluation, had failed miserably to give concrete results. Evaluation of students on the basis of external final examination was in vogue in all institutions. Under this system it often happened that a subject was taught by one person, the question paper was set by another and the student’s answer scripts were evaluated by a third person. ‘‘The decision to scrap the internal assessment system just because of fault of certain teachers, is just unfortunate’’, said Mr Bhalla. Dr Vijay
Asdhir, vice-president of the association, said, ‘‘The present type of written examinations tempt the student to prepare for the examinations by memorising lecture notes for reproduction in the examination. Not only this, the students are subjected to unnecessary stress and fear during examinations. Secondly, the percentage of failure in the system is very high with the result that a student is likely to resort to malpractices to clear the exams. This is because the way the examinations are structured in the university’’. He suggested that daily monitoring of the students by their class teacher played an important role in assessing their performance. The students should feel that teachers had the power to bring down their percentage, if they did not attend lectures, study or misbehaved in the class. At this juncture when all academic bodies like the University Grants commission (UGC) and the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) were laying stress on continuous internal evaluation of the students, the decision of the academic bodies of the PU to reduce internal assessment marks in the wake of faults of some of the teachers of colleges needed some orientation and raised many question on the way these bodies were performing, said Mr
Asdhir.
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B.Com I students demand grace marks
Ludhiana, April 13 Prof Deepak Dhingra, joint secretary, PCMA, talking to Ludhiana Tribune said as per university syllabus, students were required to attempt two questions of 15 marks each from both sections B and C out of the four questions. "But in today's question paper, students were asked to attempt three questions of 10 marks each out of the five questions (from section B and C). The students were not only confused but this new style made the paper very lengthy. Such lapse on the part of one of the highest ranked universities in the country is unfortunate", said Professor Dhingra. Confusion prevailed among the BCom I students. Meanwhile, the PCMA members, including Dr Prem Kumar, president, Prof Ashwini Bhalla, general secretary and Mr Rajesh Marwaha, district president, have urged the university authorities to take corrective measures and ensure that other papers should not find such lapses. The members also demanded 10 grace marks for every BCom I student.
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Fashion institute holds Creative Baisakhi Hungama
Ludhiana, April13 The event was organised by all students and staff from the fashion, knitwear and interior designing
departments. The programme was appreciated by Ms Anupam Kler, Assistant Commissioner-General, Ludhiana, and other guests who attended it. The event was organised to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Punjab among youngsters on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi. Students from the Knitwear and Fashion Design Department showcased a new collection of garments, fabric and latest screen printing. The event was full of fun and frolic with a series of activities organised and performed by the students on April 11 and 12. The main attraction of the function was a fashion show which was presented and designed by final-year students of the Fashion Design Department. Again Baisakhi was the theme. The chief guest gave away the prizes and certificates to the students. The function was appreciated by industrialists from the hosiery segment and the apparel organisations of Ludhiana.
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Baisakhi spirit rules city schools
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, April 13 The Principal of the school, Ms Manjeet Kaur, threw light on the importance of the occasion by telling the students about the events that took place on Baisakhi. On the occasion 49 students of the school were baptised in a specially organised Amrit Sanchar function. It is part of the Amrit Chhako Singh Sajo movement initiated by Avtar Singh Makkar, president of the SGPC, who is also the Chairman of the school. Bhartiya Vidya Mandir:
Baisakhi was celebrated at Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Kitchlu Nagar, with great zeal and zest here today.
Students of classes I and II took part in a fancy dress competition with great enthusiasm. Students of classes III to V participated in folk song and dance competitions. Students of classes VI to IX made colourful and attractive posters on the theme of “Baisakhi Mela”. Mr Mitter Sen, president, BVM Trust, blessed the students on the occasion. Ms Santosh Mehra, Principal, told the students about the significance of Baisakhi. St Bawra Public School:
Students of St. Bawra Public High School, New Lajpat Nagar, Ludhiana, celebrated Baisakhi on the school campus today. The students were told about the cultural, religious and historical significance of the festival and its
importance for the farmers. The students were also informed about the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh that took place on April 13, 1919, and its impact on the Indian freedom movement. The Principal, Ms Chander Prabha, asked the students to nurture patriotic feelings. The Director, Mr Satish Soi, said it was the moral duty of the school as well as the parents to make the students know the importance of these festivals. Green Grove
Public School: Green Land Senior To mark the Founders Day, Mr Rudra announced a cash award of Rs 25,000 each for the teachers who had completed 10 years in the school. A cash prize of Rs 10,000 was announced for Accounts Manager for his dedicated service. An investiture ceremony was also organised and the Prefect Council for the new academic session was announced. Principal Baldeep Kaur highlighted the teachings of Guru Gobind Singh and told the students to imbibe the same. Tagore
Public School:
Baisakhi was celebrated at Tagore Public School here on Thursday. The chief guest, Mr Ram Bansal, was given a warm welcome by the Principal, Ms Anita Gakhar. An audio visual room with LCD projector was inaugurated in the occasion.
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Doraha institute celebrates Baisakhi
Ludhiana, April 13 Mr Sukhpal Singh, Chairman DIMT, Ms Manjula Puvyal,Principal, and Ms Umal Kaur, Director, Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Doraha, etc participated in the celebrations. The institute was decorated with typical Punjabi adornments like charkhas, phulkaries, pakhies and rangoli. The students came dressed in traditional Punjabi dresses. Interacting with the students, Prof Raman Bagga spoke about the educational, cultural and historical importance of Baisakhi. She also told the students about the creation of Khalsa. The students participated with great enthusiasm in the pakhi decoration competition, turban tying and kikli competitions.
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Study circle awards students
Ludhiana, April 13 The chief guest, Mr Sarabjeet, in his address said students had shown a lot of talent in the cultural items presented. He appreciated the efforts made by the faculty and students of the study circle for organising such an event. The roll of honour was presented to Parvinder, Inderbir and Jagdeep. The Star Performer Award was given to Kulwinder, Sachkirat, Deepak.The Speech Award were given to Vipin, Parampreet, Raman, Manpreet, Surinder, Mandeep, Bhupinder Jolly, Aman Jaiswal and Sandeep Kumar.The Cultural Items Award was given to Simran and Kulwinder, Manish Bajaj and Harsimrat. Mr Sethi Study Circle title was bagged by Amardeep and Ms Sethi Study Circle title was given to Harpreet. Bhagya was the first runner-up (girls) and Parvinder was first runner-up (boys).
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Punjab visually impaired cricketers leave for Pak
Ludhiana, April 13 The members of the team gathered at Guru Nanak Stadium here today where they were given a warm farewell by representatives of the local administration and the Sports Department, Ludhiana. Those who attended the function to wish good luck and safe journey included Ms Anupam Kalere, GA to Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, Mr Gianinder Singh Sandhu, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana, Mr Darshan Singh Shivalil, Mr Surinder Pal Singh Baddowal, Mr Jagpal Singh Khangura, Mr Rattan Singh Kamalpuri, Mr Parminder Singh and Mr Ranjit Singh Mangat. The members of the team are Gurpreet Singh of Mandi Gobindgarh, Gurbir Singh of Dehlon, Lalinder Singh of Rajpura, Gurpreet Singh Machhiwara, Balwinder Singh, Rajinder Singh Cheema of Jalandhar, Murari Lal, Satwinder Kumar, Harjinder Singh and Manvinder Singh , Sandeep Kumar Trivedi and Raj Kumar of Ludhiana. Mr Gurjant Singh Kaler and Mr Darshan Singh Seera are accompanying the squad as manager and technical manager, respectively, while Mr R D Singh, former Punjab Ranji player will be the coach.
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Tennis academy in rural settings
Jagraon, April 13 Brig Surjit Singh, general manager of the academy, said Mr Saran wanted to produce players of international standard in this academy. A month before 7 players from Pakistan visited this academy and had training from coaches. More players from Vietnam are expected to visit this academy for training from July 9 this year. This academy has been established in the area of about 4 acres, where a huge building is under construction to accommodate coaches who have come from far-off places. At present top class
accommodation has been provided to coaches in tents under the supervision of Brig Surjit Singh. One of the coaches, Mr Kanwaljit Singh, disclosed that at least 10,000 hours spread over 10 years are required to create one player of international standard.
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Cricket trials today
Ludhiana, April 13
The selected probables will undergo training before the Ludhiana team is finalised. This will take part in the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the M.L. Markan Trophy to be organised by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) at different venues in the state from May 3 onwards. Meanwhile, trials to select the trainees (u-17) for the regional cricket coaching centre being run at the same venue by the LDCA under the scheme of the PCA will also be held tomorrow, Mr Pawan Kumar added.
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