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Students harassed during admissions
Chandigarh, July 21 The provisional arrangement made last year to keep the Government College, Sector 19 for the want of affiliation has now caused a great deal of inconvenience to the students. Aroud 60 students of Bcom (I) were sent to the Government College, Sector 19 from various colleges including Government College, Sector 11 (GC-11), Government College for Girls, Sector 11 (GCG-11), Government College for Girls, Sector 42 (GCG-42) and Government College, Sector 46 (GCG-46) to keep the college going. This year the college got the necessary affiliation for two units of Bcom and one for BBA. All those students, which were previously the students of the four colleges in question, were sent back to their parent college in view of the lack of seating arrangement for so many students in Sector 19. All colleges except for GC-11 accepted their student back as the fees was deposited in these four colleges only. But the principal of the GC-11 refused to take back those students. So much so that the 20 students had to shuttle between the two colleges requesting the principal of each college to take them back. A.S. Sethi, the principal of Government College, Sector 19 said, “Since all the other three colleges have accepted their students back, even GC-11 should also do the same.” On reaching the GC-11, they were not accepted but ridiculed. “During the lectures the teachers made all of us stand and asked us as to whose permission we were sitting there?” revealed a student. Helpless, the students went to the Director Higher Education pleading their case. Ultimately, the Director Higher Education, Raji P Shrivastava intervened. “The students belong to Government College, Sector 11 and will study there,” she stated. When contacted, A.N. Garg, principal of GC-11 said, “We have accepted our students now.” Though the matter seems to be resolved, the students are still apprehensive regarding their fate on Monday.
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Teachers refuse to work with school in charge Geetanjali Gayatri Tribune News Service
Panchkula, July 21 Trouble began when Bharti Gupta, the school in charge, went to a classroom to find out what the students had been taught the previous day. “I had been getting complaints from parents that the teacher was not explaining lessons to the student, but was only making them do the questions and answers of every chapter. I found this to be true because the students only knew the name of the chapter, but could not tell me anything more,” she said. Bharti maintains that before she could ask Veena, the teacher, anything, the latter began shouting and abusing her in front of the students with ‘filthy personal comments’. Veena, though, says otherwise. While denying that she had initiated the quarrel or had any role to play in the entire episode, Veena said she was only telling the in charge to let her take the attendance before the “questioning” began. “At this, she lashed out at me and abused me in front of the students,” Veena added. After this there was no stopping the teachers, who stomped out of their classes, urging the students to leave the rooms because the school in charge had used “abusive language”. Soon, the “aggrieved teachers called the sarpanch, who declared the school over for the day. The in charge closed the gates of the school and pleaded with the students to stay on, even while a few outsiders and teachers were manhandling her. The students, prompted by the staff, clapped while a crying Bharti was shoved around and became the butt of nasty comments. Even the staff stood smiling at the developments. Stating that Bharti was mentally unstable, the 10-odd teachers maintained that they could not work with her at any cost. “She has made our life hell. She has had troubled tenures during her other postings as well. We have written to the education department about Bharti’s behaviour and have verbally requested for a transfer,” the teachers maintain. However, Bharti did have some students on her side. There was one group of students who maintained that Bharti was “very good” and took pains to hold extra classes after school hours. They stated that they were unhappy with what had happened. The DEO, when contacted, said the matter had been brought to her notice. “I will deal with the issue on Monday,” she stated.
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Rally by students
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 21 Earlier during the week various competitions including slogan writing, poster making, painting, badge making, and declamation contest were held at the school. Badges with slogans ‘Save water’, ‘Save resources’, and ‘Save Earth’ were made by the students of classes first and second. A plantation drive was also carried out during the week.
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NCC cadets plant trees
Chandigarh, July 21 The NCC directorate of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh launched the campaign. Commander D.V. Singh, the commanding officer of the naval unit, was the chief guest. Principal of the school Shiv Kumar Sharma and associate NCC officers of various schools were also present on the occasion.
— TNS
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An evening of stories
Chandigarh, July 21 Dr Naresh, chairman of the akademi, while welcoming the guest writers, said,"Short story is a powerful form of literature, which can play a vital role in changing society for the better". He also emphasised the need for a regular interaction among the writers and readers of literature. Dr V.R. Mehndiratta, himself a short story writer, dwelt on the significance of reading short stories and also made comments on the stories read out at the function. He defined the Indian concept of story telling and elaborated on the contemporary literary scene. J.S. Shameel, editor of Daily Desh Sewak, who was the chief guest at the function, lauded the efforts made by the akademi in creating a healthy literary atmosphere in City Beautiful. |
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