Jalandhar, June 19
The district education department has decided to chargesheet the staff of 63 government schools for bringing dismal results in classes VIII and XII in the Punjab School Education Board examinations this year.

The fact file of the class X results, which was declared last Saturday, is yet to be prepared.

As per the policy of the education department, all schools with a pass percentage below 20 have been chargesheeted.

The staff of the schools will be asked to assign reasons for the poor results and explain as to why action should not be taken against them for the bad show.

Of the total 63 schools, teachers of 47 schools will be chargesheeted for the class VIII results, staff of nine schools for the class XII humanities results, five schools for the class XII science results and two schools for the class XII vocational trade results.

According to the data prepared by the department, there are as many as eight schools where the pass percentage is zero. Schools which have not been able to get a single student passed up to the middle level include those at Bhullar, Garha (boys), Johal, Pabwan and Mundi Kasu.

As many as 11 schools have a pass percentage of less than 10 for class VIII and 36 schools with a pass percentage of less than 20.

Of the total 436 schools, only three schools, including those at Rampur and Umarpur Billan, have managed 100 per cent results.

Only 39 schools have got a pass percentage of more than 80.

Eighty schools have a pass percentage ranging from 60 to 80.

The maximum numbers of schools have a pass percentage ranging from 40 to 60.

A total of 133 schools fall in this category while another major chunk comprising 125 schools falls in the 20 to 40 per cent category.

In the class XII science group, Raipur Parola school does not have even a single pass out.

None of the 26 schools in the science stream has 100 per cent results. The maximum pass percentage is 85.71 for Nakodar girls school.

There are only 17 schools which offer class XII in vocational trade. None of the five students of the school at Randhawa Mansanda passed. Three schools, including Chak Kalan, Mehatpur girls and Lohian Khas, however, have all the students passed.

The commerce group students have faired much better compared to the other schools.

The lowest pass percentage among the 19 schools offering this stream is 38.46. The Jamsher Khas, Kala Bakra, Mehatpur and Bajwan Kalan schools have scored 100 per cent results. In the humanities stream, five of the total 156 schools have got 100 per cent results.

DEO (secondary) Harinder Sawhney, however, said the results this year were better than previous years. He said the staff of all the schools which had failed to deliver more than 20 per cent results would be chargesheeted.

Jalandhar, June 19
A total of 1,038 candidates have been able to qualify the written test for the posts of constable in the first-ever women battalion in the BSF, the result of which was declared at the BSF headquarters here this afternoon.

The candidates will now appear for the interviews beginning tomorrow. The qualifying candidates from Amritsar district have been called on the first day, said Jagir Singh Sran, senior PRO.

While 8,500 candidates had applied for the 685 posts of mahila constable in the general duty cadre, the forms of 2,800 applicants had been found to be valid.

The candidates had then appeared for physical measurement and fitness tests in which nearly 1,250 candidates had qualified. The candidates qualifying the interview would have to appear for the medical test before being finally selected, the senior PRO said.

The successful candidates would be put through 36 weeks of basic training in one of the BSF subsidiary training centres before being deployed on the border outposts for their operational duty that primarily includes frisking of women on border gates.

Nawanshahr, June 19
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, in a decision here on Monday, directed United India Insurance Company Limited to sanction the claim of complainant Harpreet Singh of Mahalon village to the tune of Rs 3.25 lakh as per the insurance policy, less salvage value of the car i.e. Rs 25,000 and disburse the same to the complainant with interest at 10 per cent per annum from the date of submission of the report by the surveyor.

Besides, the forum also directed the insurance company to pay Rs 5,000 on account of compensation for the mental harassment to the complainant as well as the litigation expenses.

In his complaint, Harpreet Singh had said that he got his Mark Lancer car (PB-08-AD-0200) insured from United India Insurance Company Limited, Nawanshahr.

The car, on account of a short-circuit of wires, caught fire and was completely burnt. The matter was reported to the city police station. A claim for the damage was lodged with the insurance company.

In response, the insurance company, had got the spot inspection done and deputed its surveyor for the final survey and report.

The insurance in its submission had stated that the surveyor had negotiated the claim of the complainant to the tune of Rs 1,75,000 on the net salvage basis less exclusion clause Rs 500.

The complainant was duly informed and his approval to it was sought. But the complainant, instead of submitting consent letter to it, insisted upon having the full claim of the insurance (i.e. Rs 3.25 lakh).

S.M.S. Mahal and Jagjit Kaur Mader, president and member of the forum, respectively, after going through the documentary evidence placed on record and hearing the arguments of both the parties, found that the failure of the insurance company to settle the claim as per insurance policy amounted to deficiency in service and it was unjust to seek any consent from the complainant for settlement of his claim for Rs 1,75,000.

Hoshiarpur, June 19
Instead of providing the party ticket to 33 per cent women, the District Congress Committee has fielded 40 per cent women in the Hoshiarpur MC elections.

This was stated by DCC media incharge Sunder Sham Arora here today. Similarly, the party ticket had been allotted to 33 per cent women in the Mukerian, Dasuya, Tanda, Garhdiwala, Hariana, Shamchaurasi and Garhshankar MCs each. The ticket had been allotted on merit only after consultation with the leaders of DCC. There was complete unity and harmony among the leaders of the DCC, claimed Arora. 

Nawanshahr, June 19
Former MP and Bahujan Samaj Morcha president Satnam Kainth today joined the fast being organised by the Sandeep Murder Action Committee in front of the office of the SDM, Balachaur, since June 13, to protest against the alleged dilly-dallying attitude of the police in arresting the murder accused.

Addressing the gathering, Kainth, while expressing solidarity with the committee, stressed the need of a high-level probe into the whole episode to bring the truth to light. He criticised registration of “false and politically motivated cases” against members of the action committee .

Action committee members former MLA Ram Krishan Kataria and CPM leader Mahan Singh Rouri, while talking to The Tribune, said that tomorrow would be the last day of the fast. Congress leader Gurvinder Singh Atwal would join the fast tomorrow.

The action committee would hold a meeting tomorrow to chalk out its further course of action to intensify the stir.