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Parents protest against
“high-handedness” of
Panchkula, September 1 Maintaining that the in charge often got school toilets cleaned from students, the villagers said yesterday she insulted five teachers for coming to the rescue of students who had been turned away for coming late to school. “The science and maths teacher, Ms Bharti Gupta, is always concerned about the welfare of the students. The in charge, however, leaves no stone unturned to insult her and openly abuses her as also other teachers of the school. We have complained against her to everybody — from the District Education Officer to the Deputy Chief Minister — but nothing has been done,” said Mr Jasbir Singh, sarpanch of the village. Stating that spats were common between Ms Kaushik and Ms Gupta, the villagers said a few months back, both teachers had virtually come to blows. “During admission too, the in charge created fuss in admitting students. She is forever creating hurdles in school functioning. We are tired of her tantrums and studies of our children are suffering,” said Mr Ram Krishan of Beriwal village. The villagers said students were forced to run errands for the school in charge and everything except studies was a priority with the school. “This is reflecting in the results of children though they are not at fault,” another villager claimed. When contacted, the District Education Officer, Ms Kanta Malik, and other officials of the District Education Department said they were aware of the problem. They said senior officers of the department, had been apprised of the situation and some punitive action was likely next week.
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PUTA presents demands
to Sobti
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 Professor Sobti assured the executive that the interviews of all candidates, who had applied against the open post or under career advancement scheme were going to start very shortly and the entire process, would be over before Divali. It has also been decided that for the candidates such as SC, handicapped or women, an observer from the respective category would also sit in the selection committee. He also assured to the PUTA executive that after procuring the relevant documents from GNDU, Amritsar and other universities he would simplify the application procedure under CAS and all eligible candidates would automatically apply for the promotion three months in advance to the date of eligibility. Research
journal of UBS
Prof R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, PU, released “Research Journal of
University Business School” at a simple function in VC’s office here today.
Dr Sobti lauded the efforts of the University Business School to come out with
a research journal, which is of a high standard. The university is always ready
to help in the research outputs of the department. Prof Satish Kapoor, Chairman, University Business School, highlighted the fact that the research journal is a two-stage refereed journal. The journal would be published twice a year and this issue contains articles from international contributors also. The articles in the present issue have been selected after a very careful review. Out of about 25 articles submitted, six had been selected for publication. The reviewers were from leading institutions of India. The next issue of the journal would be published in December 2006. Orientation
course
The 71st general orientation course for college and university lecturers began at Panjab University campus here today. The course is being conducted by the Academic Staff College. Twentyfour lecturers from Punjab, Chandigarh, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Orissa, belonging to 14 different disciplines, are attending this course. Speaking on the inaugural function of the course, VC R.C. Sobti, congratulated the Academic Staff College on organizing such excellent courses of high quality throughout the year. Prof S.K. Sharma, Honorary Director, Academic Staff College, also apprised the participants about the particulars of the training programme. PU
lab office-bearers
The following have been elected to the Punjab University Lab and Technical Staff Association: president - Preet Singh Tanwar; vice-president - Shiv Singh Negi; secretary - Kulbir Singh Pathania; joint secretary - Mangal Singh and treasurer - Manmohan Kumar.
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Rid education of corruption: journalist
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 In his talk, titled “Ethics in education”, Mr Ramachandran expressed concern over issues being prioritised in society for which he drew parallels between two latest events: the student outburst over use of cellphones on a city college campus and the death of Professor Sabharwal on the campus of a university in Ujjain. He said challenges posed by ethical questions in education opened a Pandora’s box involving deep dangerous waters. Complicated decision-making was involved in solving ethical issues revolving around corruption, he said. He asked the future teachers to be sincere. Earlier, the Principal, Dr Beantjit Kaur, welcomed guests and students. Ms J. Chahal proposed a vote of thanks. Personality development
A talk on personality development for students of B.Com (IIIrd year) was organised at GGDSD College here today. The Principal, Dr A.C. Vaid, was the key speaker on the occasion. He gave an enlightening presentation on various mantras of honing ones personality and obtaining success in varied career options, including admission to various prestigious MBA programmes. He motivated the students to inculcate the habit of reading newspapers and quality magazines. Concentrated effort coupled with the right amount of motivation and positivity, he stressed, was the key to success. Teenage Day
The Medical Society of MCM DAV College, in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, celebrated Teenage Day today. The day was dedicated to problems faced by teenagers. A panel of specialists, headed by Dr B.R Thapa (president of IAP) answered queries of students. Various topics relating to psychiatry, gynaecology, cosmetology and adolescent problems were discussed. The panel, comprising Dr Samita Malhotra, Dr Nirja Chawla, Dr Veena Parmar and Dr I.S Murlidharan, addressed the problems of students from various colleges. Students from six colleges participated in the proceedings. Eye donation
The Eye Bank Society, PGI, organized an eye donation awareness camp at the Dev Samaj College of Education on the inaugural day of the session 2006-2007. Dr Parul, a senior resident from the Department of Ophthalmology, PGI, oriented students about eye donation. In her multi-media presentation, she created awareness about the misconceptions of people towards eye donation. Enlightening the students with myths and fallacies of donation, she said there were 30 million blind people in the developing world, of which one-fourth were in India. Mr Amarjeet Singh and Mr Amrit Pal, social workers attached with the eye bank, also shared their views. Orientation course
The in-service education department of the State Institute of Education, Sector 32, here conducted a five-day orientation course for teachers teaching Hindi, which ended today. Resource persons discussed in detail new challenges and needs of the newly adopted curriculum of Hindi in Class IX.
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From Schools Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 1 This competition was open for students of classes VI to IX. Eight teams participated in category A (classes VI and VII) and 12 in category B (classes VIII and IX). Vishal and Himani from the Chandigarh branch of the school, and Aditya and Arshdeep of the Mohali branch shared the first position in category A. Divya and Sakshi of the Chandigarh school stood second. In category B, Jitesh and Maninder of the Chandigarh school bagged the first position. Bikram and Sanchit of the Mohali school stood second. Founder’s day
Ryan International School, Sector 49 celebrated its founder’s day. A special assembly was conducted by the students in the form of a TV show. Students displayed their talent in vocal and instrumental music. Many inter-house competitions in football, lawn tennis and skating were conducted on the school premises. Various class activities such as collage making, salad making and fruit chat making on the theme “Health is Wealth” were also conducted. Sweets were distributed on the occasion. The staff of the school donated a potted plant each, on this day. Science seminar
The State Science Seminar on ‘Conservation of Biodiversity’ organised by the National Science Centre, New Delhi, was held on Tuesday at the State Institute of Education, Sector 32, Chandigarh. Shayer Majumdar, a Class IX student from Vivek High School, was adjudged first in order of merit. He will represent Chandigarh, at the National Science Seminar 2006 to be held in Bangalore on October 6, 2006.
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Students’ body holds protest
Chandigarh, September 1 As per the directions of the Supreme Court of India, now 85 per cent of the seats would be filled on all India basis through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) and the remaining 15 per cent of the seats have been kept under the discretion on the college management, subject to the condition that such seats should be utilised bonafide by the NRIs and their children/ wards, with the condition that merit should not be given a complete elapse. Seeking immediate revocation of the decision, the HAS alleged that the government had sold interests of the Haryanavi students to the private professional Institutions. The students of Haryana would be deprived of admission in their own state’s professional
institutions, as Haryana was the only state in the county where this quota had been abolished. Keeping in view the interests of the
Haryanavi students’ the HSA was planning to submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Haryana to adopt the “sons of soil” policy at levels in admissions and job opportunities, Mr Madaan added.
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Gurukul is overall winner
Panchkula, September 1 The chief guest for today’s function was Ms Jaspal Singh Kandhari of Kandhari Beverages. Mrs Kandhari gave away cash prizes, trophies and individual gifts to the winners. Fanta Fiesta is an annual feature with Kandhari Beverages in which a total of 53 schools participated this year. Schools from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Dera Bassi and Ambala participated in the two-week-long activity, which included a variety of competitions. The prizes for the grand finale included computer for the overall winner and a trophy. A total of 16 schools participated in the fusion dance competition held at Tagore Theatre today. The winner was AKSIPS- 41, with Jainendra Public School, Panchkula, securing the second position and the Gurukul, Sector 20, being third. The judges for today were Mr Gaurav Trehan, Mr Davinder and Mr Ravi Nishant.
TNS
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Visually impaired given school uniforms
Chandigarh, September 1 Mr V.K. Yadav, Senior Regional Manager-cum-state-level coordinator, UT, was the chief guest on the occasion. Maj-Gen Rajendra Nath (retd) presided over the function. He thanked officials of Hindustan Petroleum for the helping students and said the officials had always helped them whenever required.
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Police remand for suspect running illegal company
Chandigarh, September 1 The SHO of the Sector 17, police station, Inspector Jagbir Singh, said Rohit Verma of Sansarpur village in
Jalandhar district and his accomplice 22-year-old Kuldeep Singh Shergil of Dhaulpur village in Gurdaspur district in Punjab have duped scores of unemployed youths from the region on the pretext of sending them abroad on work permits and were booked in cases of cheating and criminal conspiracy in Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Jammu. He further said police teams would be sent to Mumbai to arrest Kuldeep Singh and Ali, the other suspects involved in the case. Sources in the police said both the accused, Rohit and Kuldeep, were operating their illegal immigration racket under fictitious names and had taken a cabin on rent in Sector 17. The matter came to light when its two employees, Shelly Sharma and Ravi Kumar, were arrested by the police on June 17.
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