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17,500 forms sold for
posts of teacher Chandigarh, October 1 According to sources in the Education Department screening of applications in likely as the number of candidates is expected to be unusually large this time. The number of candidates to be called for final viva-voce will be approximately three to four times the number of posts advertised by the department. The eligible candidates can still apply for 225 posts of JBT teacher, 94 posts of “masters and mistresses” and five posts of nursery teacher till October 15. Meanwhile, the department is working out the modalities for ensuing “fair and free selection of meritorious candidates” broadly based on suggestions given by the National Council for Teachers’ Education in New Delhi. To make recruitment totally transparent, the department has fixed weightages for academic and professional qualifications. Specific weightage will also be given for additional qualifications. Marks have also been assigned for positions obtained by the candidates at national and state-level competitions, as well as for participation at various other levels. Giving details, a senior official in the Education Department today said more than 85 per cent marks had been assigned for academic, professional and additional qualifications in relevant subjects, entrance test, teaching experience, NCC, NSS, sports, youth festivals for which weightage had been assigned upto half per cent of total marks for various levels. This has been done to ensure recruitment only on merit as per the policy decision taken by the UT
Administration. Out of 85 per cent marks for the above mentioned aspects, weightage for entrance test is 35 per cent out of which 25 per cent will be assigned for subject knowledge and 10 per cent for professional competency and aptitude for teaching. Communication skills and other personality factors will be assessed through a viva test by department selection committee. Earlier, the committee was constituted by the Administration under the chairmanship of the Education Secretary. |
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Colleges of education have it easy
now Chandigarh, October 1 In a letter from the Member Secretary, NCTE, dated June 30, 2001, to the PU Vice-Chancellor, the NCTE had stated that it would allow those candidates who had cleared their UGC NET examination in the relevant subject for teaching method courses in case they were unable to clear the NET examination in education to be eligible for lecturership. The relaxation, which the letter stated was interim in nature since the UGC was yet to give its go ahead signal, was likely to benefit a large number of candidates who had cleared the UGC NET examination in various subjects, but could not join these colleges because they were ineligible. Now all those candidates who had postgraduated in a particular subject and had done either MA in education or masters in education along with having cleared the NET examination in
their subject of postgraduation or education would be eligible to teach in education colleges. The colleges were also finding it difficult to find teachers for their colleges who had cleared the UGC NET examination in education and since clearing the UGC NET was an essential qualification for recruitment of lecturers, a large number of posts were not being filled, with only a few students with MEd or MA in education being able to clear the NET examination in education. Both the city colleges had, as a result, resorted to employing teachers with NET qualification in the relevant subject since enough candidates with UGC NET in education were not available. The college principals were glad with the streamlining of this trend, which had started attracting criticism. With the NCTE allowing such a position, the colleges were hopeful of attracting adequately qualified candidates. “This is a good step and there is nothing stopping us now from attracting the cream of candidates from the city to our college. We had been employing teachers earlier with these qualifications, but now we can do it from a large number of candidates available. It brings the standard of selection up,” said Ms S. Tangri, Principal, Government College of Education, Sector 20, who was also Director, State Institute of Education, Sector 32. |
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IAS Centre at PU offers new courses Chandigarh, October 1 Besides, the centre is set to introduce a test oriented counselling (TOC) for the first time. The scheme will give the aspirants a feel of the examination while covering the course contents in the modular form. The TOC programme for various courses is to be introduced from October 22. The application on prescribed forms should be submitted at the centre by October 18, according to Mr R.K. Mahajan, coordinator of the centre. |
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10-day NSS camp
concludes Chandigarh, October 1 Ms Prasoon Prasad, the programme officer of the camp, apprised the audience of the achievements of the NSS volunteers during the camp, including the various activities undertaken by them at Palsora village. Addressing the audience, Ms Kataria, expressed delight at having returned to her alma mater. She drew attention to the plight of people in underdeveloped rural areas of the nation and stated that there was a dire need for such camps where the youth was directly involved in social work. The function was interspersed with dance and song
performances. The efforts of the programme officers Ms Poonam Devesar and Ms Prasoon Prased were also appreciated. The Principal of the College, Ms Usha Gupta, thanked the audience and the chief guest and urged the students to be constantly involved with the NSS movement. The 10-day NSS camp organised at the GGS College for Women, Sector 26, ended yesterday. Residents of Raipur Kalan village adopted by the college also attended the valedictory function organised at the college. The principal of the college, Mr Harinder Jit Kaur was the chief gust. She said a lot needed to be done for the upliftment of women and also lauded the efforts of the college NSS volunteers to have taken up positive projects during the past 10 days and tried to give their best to those who needed help. Mr Ramvir Singh, the village panch, also responded positively to the efforts of the students. The volunteers and the village folk presented a colourful cultural programme, including Punjabi and Manipuri dances. The college Principal also honoured the villagers by giving away prizes to those who had won the various handicraft competitions. Ms Smriti Pal was declared the best camper. The efforts of the camp organisers Dr Jaspreet Kaur and Dr Aradhna were also lauded by the students, villagers and the college Principal. |
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Slum kids bring
out newspaper Chandigarh, October 1 Children were asked to prepare reports on different problems faced by slum dewellers . On the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, the president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, Mr Gopal Krishan Chathrath, released the newspaper. Mr Chathrath said: ‘’Children have put in a lot of effort and it is worth praising. I assure my support for such efforts aimed at mitigating the sufferings of the poor.’’ The Director of Adult Education in Panjab University, Mr Ajaib Singh, was also present on the occasion. |
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Essay-writing contest Chandigarh, October 1 Bhavna will be given a cash prize of Rs 5,000. Neha Bansal of the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, will get Rs 3,000 as the second prize, while Usha of MCM DAV College, Sector 36, will get Rs 2,000 as the third prize. The prizes will be given to these students as part of the Republic Day celebrations. Dr R.D. Anand, Dr Sheetal Prakash and Dr Manju Jaidka were the judges for the competition. |
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Counselling
postponed Chandigarh, October 1 A press note of the university here today said the fresh date would be announced later. |
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DISTRICT
COURTS Chandigarh, October 1 The accused had moved a petition seeking anticipatory bail on the ground that investigating agency added the Essential Commodities Act while filing challan before the court. The accused was apprehending that the police might try to arrest him with the addition of new section in the case. The defence counsel argued that the applicant had already been granted regular bail by the local in the case. And addition of the essential commodity will not necessitate his arrest in the case. The defence counsel also argued that the accused had surrendered before the Magistrate on October 31, 2000. After that he had been remanded to police custody and then to judicial custody by the local court. The defence counsel further argued that the question of interrogation will not arise and he should not be arrested. And the applicant deserves the concession of bail. It was alleged that the samples taken from the petrol station owned by the accused had been found to be adulterated and the accused had also removed petrol from his station to a farmhouse. It was further alleged that the police had recovered adulterated petrol from the farm house, Kishangarh village and petrol recovered from the farmhouse of the accused Yog Raj. Bail granted Two employees of the licensing authority were today granted bail by a local court in a case of fake licence scandal. The two — Gulab Singh and Madan — were granted bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 20, 000 each. Police remand Tejveer Singh, one of the Directors of the Swarn Bhoomi Group of companies was sent to two-day police remand by a local court in a case of cheating and fraud. The Economic Offence Wing of the city police had arrested the accused on September 29 from Karnal. The case of cheating, breach of trust and criminal conspiracy had been registered against the company at the Mani Majra police station on May 17, 2000. It was alleged that the company was promising huge returns to investors in their agricultural land development projects. The company had huge land chinks in Ambala, Yamunanagar and Sonepat districts of Haryana. Thousands of investors had invested their savings with the company during five years from 1995 to 2000. Challan filed The city police had filed a challan against the accused, Manjit Singh and others in a case registered against them under the Immigration Act. The case against the accused , Manjit Singh, and others had been registered under Sections 419, 420 of the IPC and 25 of the Immigration Act at Sector 34 police station . The city police had arrested the five members of this gang at Gulati Bhavan in Sector 33 on July 3, for allegedly duping hundreds of people by luring them with jobs in Western Europe. |
A fine display of contrasting
complexities Chandigarh, October 1 It was an wonder how without any object to fall back upon, Ashok captured the intricacies of human mind only with light. “Human mind, with all its emotions, is the most wonderful creation of all,” said Ashok. He exhibited 10 of his photographs capturing the intricacies of the human mind. The series started with a picture showing spheres of the mind. The concentric rings of yellow light signified the reach of the human mind spread across the universe. Through a riot of colours the artist captured the confused state of mind and also a particular state of mind, when the conscious and subconscious mind work simultaneously. Ashok solely depended upon colour and emission of light to show emotions like hope, desire, restlessness and peace. “The uniqueness of this series is that the whole theme is predicted only with the medium of light,” said Ashok. “And everything is being done using single exposure and without any computerised manipulation,” he added. Among the series, a symbolic human face reaching the ultimate truth and peace through meditation stood out. Ashok Kaushal, a city-based photographer, had exhibited his works all over the country, including at the “All India Art Exhibition” in 1997, and his series “Wonderful World of
Street children”, in 1999 in various cities of India and abroad. In contrast to the complicacy of human mind stood Dr Aggarwal’s water colour series on landscapes that imparted an aura of tranquility and peace to the show. With generous amount of colour, the artist captured the raw beauties of nature which could only be found in countrysides, water bodies and majestic hills. With harmonious use of pastel shades, the artist managed to give a depth to his creations. |
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Shera out
with new album Chandigarh, October 1 Released by Catrack, the album, which has 10 songs, having the feel of rich Punjabi culture and tradition, has music by Surinder Bachan. A combination of sad and dancing tracks, the album has lyrics by Suresh Bansal, Raj Kakra, Devinder Singh, Gill Surjit and Dilshad Jamaalpuri. Talking to reporters, Shera claimed a good response to the album. He said the video of the sad song, “Aaja ve mahiya”, was in contrast to his earlier dance number videos. Surinder Bachan said live recording along with musical instruments had been tried for the first time to give the compositions more melody and freshness. The results of the experiment had been excellent and he intended to carry forward the experiment in his future ventures, Bachan informed. |
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A saga relived Chandigarh, October 1 The story portrayed the humiliation of an Indian soldier, Kundan Singh, by the British for being a citizen of a slave nation. This ultimately led him to join the movement to fight against British imperialism. Kundan Singh vowed to eliminate the stooges of British rulers, who treacherously bought the loyalty of many Indians by means of bribery. “Sees Tali Te” symbolised Punjab’s invaluable contribution towards the freedom struggle. The play was written by Gursharan Singh and directed by Suleman Bhatt. The performers play were theatre and drama students of the kendra. |
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