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Woman falls from roof of house, dies
41 schools in district get closure notice
Discrepancies surface in functioning of school panels
10 issued notice for recovery of stamp duty
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Rape victim’s parents meet Verka
Inauguration of DAV University today
Star-watching exercise held at Patara government school
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Woman falls from roof of house, dies
Jalandhar, April 19 The Division No 3 police station has investigated into the matter and got the postmortem done. Girl commits suicide
A 15-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room at Shiv Nagar, near Nagra, here today. The deceased, Harmeet Kaur, was said to be mentally upset for quite sometime. Rajwinder Singh, her father, who serves in the Army Ammunition Depot, said he was away for some work with his wife Kulwinder Kaur this evening when the incident occurred. He said the girl, who was a student of Little Public School, often missed her classes owing to the ailment. The Division No 1 police has started investigation in the matter. |
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41 schools in district get closure notice
Jalandhar, April 19 But out of the total 887 schools in the district,
41 schools failed to file their self-declaration forms regarding the implementation of the RTE Act before the March 31, 2013, deadline. Following this, closure notices were issued to them by the Education Department. Notably, while the Right to Education (RTE) Act calls for the presence of TET teachers (teachers who have cleared the Teachers Entrance Test), none of these district schools presently have TET teachers as per sources in the Education Department. But owing to the widespread unavailability of TET teachers, the deadline for ensuring TET teachers' presence in schools has been extended to 2015. About 600 private schools in the district had submitted self-declaration forms regarding the implementation of the RTE Act in them. The 41 schools which got closure notices are included in the 473 private schools which will be closing across the state owing to the non-implementation of the RTE Act. When asked what action will be taken against the remaining schools which have failed to implement the RTE Act, DEO (Primary) Kuldeep Sharma said, "There are many schools which have some little discrepancies left in them. Minor shortcomings were found in some of the schools when checks were conducted. But the schools shall fix them soon. As far as action on the schools is concerned, that will be decided as per the future orders of the DGSE. |
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Discrepancies surface in functioning of school panels
Jalandhar, April 19 While in most rural schools, complaints are regarding the school staff's partiality in the appointment of SMC members (who would favour them), in others, school staff (especially urban) allege that the strict guidelines on selecting SMC members sometimes backfire. The Government Primary School, Daroli Khurd, is one of the examples of schools suffering due to irregularities in the SMC. The school management blatantly disregarded Right to Education (RTE) norms in the formation of the committee. While no announcement regarding the formation of the SMC was made, the SMC of the school does not have any education expert (retired teacher, even though at least one is mandatory in an SMC) despite the presence of nine retired teachers in the village. Many of the nine parents inducted in the SMC reportedly reside out of the state. Interestingly, though Daroli Khud village residents have also complained to the DGSE in this regard in October, 2012, the grievances of villagers regarding the SMC are still not addressed. At Government Primary School, Safipur, members of the SMC had reported a theft in the school to the
Education Department. The report was later found to be fake by village residents and the reportedly stolen materials was recovered from the school itself. SMC members later gave excuses that the teaching staff and SMC chairman had asked them to sign a fake theft report. Residents of some villages said the SMC members of their schools were misusing mid-day meal funds. In most of these cases, SMC members were showing inflated grocery bills on record when the actual grocery cost for the mid-day meal was much lower. Staff members of some schools have reportedly been siphoning off thousands of rupees per month in this way. There are other instances where SMCs have school cooks, parents of schoolteachers (as education experts) or members of other school SMCs, etc, as their own SMC members just to siphon off money with ease. Some of the schools have also made sarpanches, etc, the chairman of the SMCs even as rules say only a parent can be made chairperson of the SMC. One of the teachers at a local school said, "The prime motive of corrupt head teachers is to induct SMC members who will sign any document without asking too many questions." However, there is flip side to the story as well, a teacher from a government school in a basti area of the city said, "In our school all the students are wards of daily wage labourers. Even if we want, we cannot induct a well-read person as a chairman. Most of these parents do not have time to come to school. Even if they do come, they sign whatever we ask for. If there is a problem, then we are the ones projected as the bad people." The DEO (Primary), Kuldeep Sharma, speaking on the issue, said, "The SMC members in all the district schools have been carefully chosen and it has been ensured that they are chosen as per the RTE Act guidelines. If, however, some schools are still found disregarding norms, then we always make sure that proper members are chosen." |
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10 issued notice for recovery of stamp duty
Jalandhar, April 19 Having earlier issued notices to seven defaulters for recovery of Rs 5.19 crore, it has now prepared a list of 10 more defaulters who have an amount of Rs 72,18,831 outstanding on account of undervalued stamp papers for their land registries. The properties of all these defaulters would be attached to make recoveries by way of arrears of land revenue, said ADC Praneet Bhardwaj. The biggest defaulter in the new list is the owner of Inder Industries, who had Rs 22.39 lakh due to the department.
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Rape victim’s parents meet Verka
Jalandhar, April 19 Father of the girl Pardeep Singh said her daughter had gone to the school on March 18 when the incident occurred. After the incident when his daughter was returning home, a young motorcyclist hit her after which she remained admitted to Dayanand Medical Hospital, Ludhiana, for a long time. The girl had suffered injuries around her ear and private parts, victim’s mother Amandeep Kaur said, alleging that no arrests were made despite registration of an FIR. At this, Verka assured them full cooperation. |
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Inauguration of DAV University today
Jalandhar, April 19 Projecting this premier educational institution as ‘The Nalanda of Modern India’, the management has set up the university on 74 acres and has spent Rs 386 crore in the first phase on the same after Prof CL Kochher, Regional Director, DAV College Managing Committee, conceived the idea. Hundreds of delegates from DAV institutions from across the country have already been camping in the city while important dignitaries from different walks of life will join the inaugural ceremony to be held on the university premises tomorrow evening. Sitting in his office, Dr RK Kohli, Vice-Chancellor of the university, was seen busy in making future plans to take this institution at a new height. Dr Kohli has come up with ideas to introduce integrated undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programmes. He said there should be no fear among students and they should be earning while learning. Dr Satish K Kapoor, registrar of the university, said the university had been set up with a mission to shape future of students and to generate and disseminate knowledge and not to generate money. Talking to The Tribune, Professor Kochher said over 1,000 applications had already been received from students seeking admissions to various courses and the number would rise after the formal inauguration of the university. The SBI has opened its branch on the university campus and other facilities for students would be added shortly. The university had a proposal to give preference to DAV pass-out students in the university, claimed Professor Kochher.
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Star-watching exercise held at Patara government school
Jalandhar, April 19 As many as 200 to 250 villagers and students gathered to take a closer view at the moon and stars on a starry night. Headmaster Sanjeewan Dadwal, science teacher Santokh, along with Nitin, Aman Desai and Sidhesh from the Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre at Ahmedabad organised the programme. District science supervisor Baljinder Singh lauded the school authorities for the efforts. Students had a great time watching moon, stars, planets and constellations. Khalsa college topper
Harpreet Kaur Johal of Lyallpur Khalsa College (LKC), Jalandhar, has bagged the fourth position in the university examinations of MA-History Ist Semester, by getting 274 marks out of 400, whereas Amritpreet Kaur and Dilpreet Kaur of the same class have secured merit positions, by getting 263 and 261 marks, respectively. This information was given by Principal of the college Gurpinder Singh Samra. President of the College Governing Council Sardarni Balbir Kaur congratulated students and wished them success in life. Farewell party
More than 8,000 students of the LPU were given farewell this year as they are ready to face the world as its true global citizens. Of these, 6,600 are regular students and 1,500 belong to distance education study programmes. In order to bid a blissful adieu to these students, the LPU organised a eight-hour annual commencement ceremony, today. Bidding best wishes to all students, LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said: “Build flourishing lives for yourselves and prove your worth towards solving out human issues.” DIPS School, Karol Bagh, Urban Estate, Suranassi, and Nurmahal, visited the Jalandhar railway station to see the ‘Science Express’ under the observation of Principal Sarvesh Deol, Minakshi Mehta, Bela Kapoor and Usha Parmar. The objective for the visit was to make children gain knowledge about various scientific subjects. The efforts taken by the Principal is much appreciated by chairman of the DIPS chain S Gurbachan singh, MD S Tarwinder Singh and CEO Monica Mandotra and Controller, Academics, Gulshan Gakhar. Firing competition
Cadet Simran Kaur of KMV NCC sub-unit excelled in the Jalandhar group-level firing competition. She was the best in group firing and snap-shooting. The team of 2 Pb NCC (G) BN also won the overall prize. Cadet Simran Kaur was declared the overall ‘Best Cadet’ of the group and won four medals and a cash prize of Rs 1,200. Principal Atima Sharma congratulated her and in charge of the NCC unit Seema Arora. She said such activities not only physically empower girl cadets but also take their confidence to new heights. World Heritage Day
DIPS Dhilwan celebrated ‘World Heritage Day’ by organising a special assembly which was organised by the Ivory House. The motive to celebrate the occasion was to make students aware about ancestral heritage sites. Wonderful dance performances and role plays were presented by students. They also presented poems and speeches. A quiz round based on the Heritage of ‘India and the World’ was also conducted. School Principal Romila Sharma lauded the efforts of students for celebrating World Heritage Day with zeal and enthusiasm. Campus placements
In a campus interview, four students of Mehr Chand Poltechnic College were selected by Sonalika Tractors (International Tractors Limited). Avinendra and Rajat from Sonalika Tractors interviewed students. Senior lecturer Sanjay Bansal said 13 Students from automobile department and 30 students from mechanical engineering department participated in the interview, out of whom, five students of automobile and four students of mechanical engineering department were shortlisted. In a final interview conducted at head office, Hoshiarpur, Gurdeep Singh of the mechanical engineering department and Rahul, Ravi Kumar, Jaspreet Singh of automobile engineering department were selected. Princiapal S. Jagroop Singh and Sanjay Bansal were present. Technical festival
Under the guidance of S. Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Chairman Rayat-Bahra Group of Institutes, first technical festival “Techraze” was organised by Rayat-Bahra Engineering and Nano-Technology, Hoshiarpur from April 1 to 2. Director/Principal and Convener of the technical festival SC Sharma said the main purpose of this event was to promote technical practical knowledge and creativity among students. As per the co-convener Charanjeet Singh and organising secretary engineer HPS Dhami, 1,400 students from ECE, ME, CE, and CSE/IT participated in various technical and non-technical events like technical projects exhibition, model-making, youth parliament, quiz, brainstrain, code storm and logo mania. Dr Rihani, Director-Principal, Rayat Bahra, Mohali campus, who was the chief guest, told students about the new and futuristic technologies being used. Campus Director DS Bawa congratulated the coordinators engineer Barinder Singh, engineer Ranjit Dhami, engineer Jasmeen Kaur, engineer Garima Malik, engineer Parminder Singh and various student committees for successfully organising the event. Job fest
As many as 39 final year students got placements through a job festival at Sant Baba Bhag Singh Educational Complex. Eight companies participated in the festival. All students are placed through the campus job fest. The company offered good packages to students. Sant Baba Malkit Singh Ji, Chairman, Sant Baba Bhag Singh Educational Complex, gave his blessings to students. HS Sagar and Lt-Gen (retd) JS Dhillon also congratulated students. |
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In a freak accident, a young woman fell from the roof of her house at Malka Mohalla and died on the spot.
The victim, Rosy Kohli, had gone upstairs to dry clothes this morning when the accident occurred.
he wall of the terrace along which she was standing crumbled and came down.
Jalandhar, April 19
A ‘havan’ is being performed on the newly constructed premises of the first DAV University set up by the DAV Management Committee on the
Jalandhar-Jammu national highway, near here.
