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Leaked papers sold
at Rs 4,000 each SAS Nagar, October 9 Investigations reveal that it was, perhaps, not for the first time that the paper of the community health nursing of the first year nursing course had been leaked out. Over the years, the papers of different subjects of nursing were systematically “leaked” and that too with the knowledge of senior officials of the Health Department. Sources in the department confirmed that prior to the examination, the paper of a subject was leaked for around Rs 4,000 and the entire set of papers for a session was sold at around Rs 2 lakh. On the condition of anonymity, a nursing student said the papers were sold. The examination papers for the nursing course were printed at a printing press in the area. The post of Registrar, which had been lying vacant for over eight months before the present incumbent joined, has always remained a “lucrative” assignment. The sources said reports of the September 29 paper of community health nursing surfaced due to differences between the Registrar and the staff of the council. The September 27 paper of fundamental nursing, which was prepared again, never reached the examination centres, except that in Delhi. The issue of centres getting the papers at Ludhiana, Amritsar and Patiala needs to be probed. The sources said copies of the paper in the bundle containing fundamental nursing, physiology and anatomy and community health nursing papers, which were torn up while being taken to a centre in Ludhiana by a class IV employee of the council, were lying in the office of the council in Phase X here. The question papers that were damaged en route to Ludhiana on September 20, were again sent to centres in Ludhiana, Patiala and Amritsar in three different formats but with the same set of seven questions. |
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10 pc weightage to house
examinations Chandigarh, October 9 The practice of conducting the September examination has been discontinued from the past several years. The proposed weightage to the house examination was a step in the direction of making classroom attendance and studies more serious than under the exiting circumstances where one needed just 25 per cent marks to qualify for the final examination. The decision, however, cannot be applied from the current session onwards because the proposal needs clearance from the university Syndicate and the Senate. The committee members included Principal Tarsem
Bahia, Principal A.C.Vaid, Principal B.D. Budhiraja, Prof Charanjit
Chawla, Principal Harmit Kaur, Dr R.S. Pawan and Prof Mohan Maharishi, Dean, University Instructions, besides others. It has been decided that in case a student missed the examination chance in the house test due to medical reasons or any other emergency, a special test would be conducted in February. The colleges will be expected to send the tabulated scores of the house test to the university by the first week of April. Taking a notice of the lesser attendance in daily classes, the committee has stood with the UGC proposal of 75 per cent lectures in classes. This will also be applicable from the next academic session in case cleared by the Senate. The committee has proposed that attendance sheet should be provided on the main result. Entrance examination for admission to postgraduate courses in the university has also come in for criticism. In a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Charanjit Chawla said that the university was in a way not honouring its own evaluation of undergraduate classes by conducting a written entrance examination for entry into postgraduate courses. The Vice-Chancellor has constituted a separate committee to look into the matter. |
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Students, teachers suffer due to school-bank
tiff Chandigarh,
October 9 The problem started when the management committee of the school terminated the service of the existing bank, handing over the responsibility of collecting fees and other financial responsibilities to a private bank . The school authorities, say the parents, did not bother to inform the parents and the students as where to deposit the quarterly fees. When contacted, the school authorities, while admitting the negligence on their part, said they would inform the concerned parents tomorrow, which interestingly, is the last day of depositing the fee. “We kept waiting for hours for the concerned bank clerk to come up and collect the fees only to be directed later by the school authority to the main branch of the new bank in Sector 8,” Mr. M K Mathur, an aggrieved parent, said in the absence of a permanent office room, the new bank used to send a clerk to collect the fees from the students but suddenly stopped the arrangement due to the shortage of staff members. Mrs Ambika Menon, Vice-Principal of the school, said: “After coming for two or three days, the clerk stopped coming and so the parents had to go to the main office in Sector 8 to deposit the fees,” she added. “Tomorrow in the assembly we are going to announce about the new arrangement,” she said. Not only the students, the teachers also complained about the inconvenience they had to undergo as they had to withdraw their salaries from the Sector 8 office. “The new bank was supposed to operate from the school premises from March this year but the same was not done, which led to massive inconvenience,” said Mrs Aruna Nanda, a science teacher of the school. Though the teachers were given an ATM card by the new bank , it was still too much of a hassle to go to Sector 8 for withdrawal of salary, said Mrs. Mini Puri, an art teacher. Clarifying their stand, the incharge of the State Bank of Patiala branch office, Mrs K. Swami, said that shifting of the office building can only be done if approval from the Reserve Bank of India comes through. “We are communicating with the RBI but have no idea when it will be approved,” she added. Explaining the reason as why the services of this nationalised bank were terminated by the school authority, Mrs Swami said that the school authority made a quantum leap in the rent structure , increasing it from Rs 800 per month to Rs 12,000 per month which the State Bank of Patiala refused to pay. |
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CYP course for youth in development
work Chandigarh, October 9 The first training session took place in Narendrapur, Kolkata, from August 27 to 31, 2001, and was a great success. About 1,000 workers have so far joined this professional youth work diploma in Bangladesh, Brunei, Darussalam, India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, according to Mr Bhagbanprakash, Senior Programme Officer. Titled “Facilitating experiential learning through the CYP diploma youth in development work — a training workshop”, the workshop will open tomorrow. The participants of the second session will be the academic counsellors of the IGNOU. As the frontline personal in the delivery of the CYP diploma, these tutors/counsellors have the most decisive role in its delivery and quality. According to the CYP’s vision of youth development, they are not only the tutors of the students of the diploma but they are also to act as their friends and guides. Hence, the CYP sees the tutors’ training as fundamentally critical to success of its diploma programme. Referring to the course’s methodology, Dr Bhagabanprakash stated, “Nowadays, learning to ‘be’ is more important than learning ‘about’”. Using a lively, interactive and participatory methodology, the session will be training tutors in the areas of distance education, interactive training methods and strategies, and quality assurance mechanisms of the diploma. With the facilitation of expert resource persons in the areas of distance, adult and interactive education, the participants will be able to exchange their ideas and experiences while also building on their capacity as tutors and
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UGC refresher course
inaugurated Chandigarh, October 9 About 40 physical education teachers working in different colleges and universities in the northern region are attending the course. Eminent personalities in the field of sports, including Dhronacharya Prof Karan Singh, an Asian Gold medalist, Padam Shri Kanwaljeet Singh, Prof Sagar Sharma, Padam Shri Pargat Singh, a former captain of the Indian hockey team and Dr Sudesh Talwar from Kurukshetra University, besides other leading personalities are participating. The main topic for discussion include exercise physiology, sports medicine, sports psychology, sports
training, kinesiology, sports management and physical fitness. Prof Ajmer Singh in the keynote address said that presently educational institutes were concentrating on elite sports. |
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Petition on MNS uniforms admitted Chandigarh, October 9 The court's decision implies that till the matter is finally settled or any other direction is passed by the court, Army nurses will have to comply with the Army order issued on September 11, which changes their uniform from olive green shirts and trousers to long, white button down coats worn over olive green trousers. Contending that the new uniform is in no way demeaning, counsel for the respondents, Gurpreet Singh, added that the new uniform has been authorised by a high-level committee comprising top medical branch officers after due consideration. He also argued that the court has no jurisdiction to interfere with the dress code stipulated by a competent authority. |
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Chohan’s petition to
be taken up today Chandigarh, October 9 Dr Chohan, in his petition, has stated that mere allegations regarding the demand for the creation of Khalistan was no offence and did not amount to toppling government. His counsel added that sanction was required for registering a case under the sections in which he had been summoned, but the same had not been done and as such the court could not have taken cognizance of the matter. |
Can we say we understand
Kabir? Chandigarh, October 9 However, what is the significance of such a redemption today? Also, will we ever absorb Kabir’s teachings? Will the communally inclined rouges still sit around his pyre and judge his sect before offering him to flames, or will they, for once, spare the man who has long bypassed the perimeters of caste and creed? The Rang Vidhushak posed these questions to the audience in its production ‘Kehan Kabir’ that was staged in Tagore Theatre here today. Directed by Bansi Kaul and written by Rajesh Joshi, the play opens in the midst of a fire spread by men upset at their inability to claim Kabir’s body. There is a hint of discord in every dialogue and sequence of the story that tells the world of Kabir’s never-ending relevance. Hidden in the conflict between the poor and the rich, the Shurdras and the Brahmins, is the search within self for Kabir and his wisdom. Verses of the saint, presented in the honeyed voice of Anjana Puri, eliminate the profane and establish the sacred. Between these two forces hang some questions posed by each character. The most vital of these questions is whether we, conscience keepers of society, have safeguarded even a fragment of Kabir’s legacy. As the reality of evil weighing heavy against the good unfolds, nerves get a little jittery. The director has done a good job of using song, narration and physical movement of characters to present the eternal truth that Kabir sanctifies, before it is lost in the gloom of falsehood. A multiple narration gradually takes shape with a superb interpretation of saint’s verses. The contest is forever between mass understanding of a concept and intellectual ranting of the Brahmins. The ‘sutradhars’ played by Deepak Thakur and Rajkumar Raikar decode the given streams of intellect and present it to the common man for judgment. The final judgment lauds Kabir who speaks the language of love, harmony and unity. The synchronisation of characters was appealing, as were the period costumes. |
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Expert dwells on art
appreciation Chandigarh, October 9 The concern voiced by the scholar of art today was about how lazy our preparation of the act of seeing a work of art is. “Each person takes from the world of art what he or she brings to it.” From this statement, Dr Goswami went on to prove how religious viewing of a piece of art could help us relate with great details hidden even in some of the smallest paintings the world has ever witnessed. The occasion was a lecture-demonstration organised by the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi on the subject: “Observation, imagination and wonder: the world of traditional Indian artist.” The talk took off from the contemporary world which is so torn by strife, anguish and hatred. Said Dr Goswamy: “The question is if art can be made relevant in the present tumult when not just the lives of people but the lives of nations are at stake. I feel art could save us in the final analysis. It is the best means of taking us to the threshold of another world.” The concern was enveloped in a beautiful verse which Dr Goswamy quoted for the audience: Aur ab vahaan laya hai mujhe jadu-e-ayaam; jahaan zehan mera mujhse sambhala nahi jaata... As the talk progressed — from the need for visual entry and final conversation with the work of art to the experience of wonder, as embodied by the artist in his creations — one knew all about the role of energy (utsah) in treating the creations of artists. One handy example in this context was that of miniature paintings, which Dr Goswamy displayed before the audience to bring home the theme of “details”. In the tradition of these paintings, they have to be viewed in a particular fashion — they are to be held at a distance of 12 to 14 inches from the eye; to be seen at a degree of 17 and to be read on and on. “Then conceivably one might be able to get something that resides therein,” said Dr Goswamy. In some 30 slides of miniature paintings which he showed today, there lay a world of amazement and imagination, as reflected by the artist. Whereas on the one hand Dr Goswamy highlighted the amazing details hidden in the painting of the procession of the holy Guru Granth Sahib, on the other he explained about the divine image of Radha and Krishna intertwined, just as the trunks of trees surrounding them. Then there was the painting which captured the majesty of the flowing Chenab which portrayed Sohni swimming with pitcher ...her eyes fixed on her lover Mahiwal, who waits on the bank. The splashing of water could actually be felt in the work, which was a marvel in detail. Then there were various slides which drew inspiration from a constant literary source: the Bhagvad Purana and how Krishna drank the fire to save the world. The three miniature paintings shown under this series highlighted the importance of imagination. For different painters, the same legend has different visual interpretations, but each one magnificent in its own right. Finally, the show was about how the traditional Indian artist was capable of wonderfully sharing his observations and employing the element of imagination. The slides which Dr Goswamy showed beautifully reflected the concept of Chitta Sanghya or the mental processes which the painter goes through during the act of creation. |
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Dance maestros to regale
city Chandigarh, October 9 Leading the pack will be Bharati Shivaji, a leading exponent of Mohini Attam,a classical dance form, presenting her recital on October 11. October 12 will belong to kathak expert Rajendra Gangani of the Jaipur gharana. He is presently posted as a faculty member of the Kala Kendra, National Institute of Dance in new Delhi. Leela Samson, a bright representative of Rukmini Devi's Kalashetra, will perform on October 13. She will present a bharatnatyam recital. The final presentation of the series will come from Madhavi Mudagal, whose command purely ornamental aspect of Odissi in striking. |
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