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Teachers unhappy with govt policies
Ludhiana, August 22 He further said sangat darshan programmes are a farce only as the computer teachers tried to meet the finance minister at a sangat darshan programme in Gidwara, but the minister had no time to meet these teachers. The govt has broken all promises made to the teachers. The computer teachers do not get their salaries on time. Computer books do not reach offices of Zila Parishad on time. The teachers have to go many a times to get books. They have requested the govt that computer teachers should be taken out of ICT Project and given full grades and taken into govt jobs. To show their anger at the government’s failure to meet their demands, the computer teachers will take out a rally on Monday, August 27 from Sector 34, Chandigarh and have appealed to all computer teachers to be part of the protest. District president Inder Singh, senior vice-president, Sukhdev Singh Rana of the Government School Lecturer Union, Punjab, have said thousands of government teachers have not been paid their salaries from last three months. Moreover, the teachers of senior secondary who have been upgraded have also not received their salaries for the months of February; March April, May, June and July. They have asked the Chief Minister to direct concerned authorities to release their salaries immediately as they are facing a lot of financial hardships.
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Teachers blame govt for not keeping its word
Doraha, August 22 The strike was held under the presidentship of Dr. Sukhwinder Singh
Virk, President of Doraha unit in the 4th and 5th periods. The members pressed upon the govt for the fulfillment of their long pending demands, including the restoration of full grants to the colleges, implementation of pension cum gratuity scheme, house rent allowance for the teachers of rural colleges, pay-parity for DPE’s and librarians etc. The teachers blamed the govt for not keeping its word and drifting away from its poll-promises. The two-period strike, that was observed today in the city colleges too, was a part of the sequence finalised by PCCTU for holding rallies in the near future, the first of which was supposed to be organised by the teachers affiliated to Punjabi University,
Patiala, after attending two-periods in their respective colleges today. The teachers working in colleges affiliated to Panjab University and GNDU will be holding rallies for two-periods in front of principal’s office. Similarly, on August 25th, the teachers affiliated to the colleges of GNDU will hold a massive rally at Khalsa College Amritsar and those of Punjab and Punjabi Universities will be sitting on a two-period strike in their respective colleges. Also, the teachers working in the colleges affiliated to Punjab University will hold a massive rally at Ludhiana in front of new courts and the teachers of affiliated colleges of other two-universities will hold two-period strikes in their respective colleges on the same day. On September 5, a massive rally will be held at
Chandigarh, in which teachers of all the affiliated colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh will proceed on casual leave in order to attend the rally at Matka
Chowk. Twenty one teachers from all over the state will court arrest. Again on September 12, 19 and 26, teachers from various parts of the state shall court arrest them in order to press upon the govt. A massive rally shall be organised on October 5, which is going to be celebrated as the World Teachers Day.
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‘Eloquent Minds’ kickstarts
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, August 22 Eye donation drive
Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle organised a seminar on selfless service across various colleges in Punjab under the Directorate of Youth Services. Chief guest Satnam Singh Salhopuri stressed upon true selfless service without expecting gains. He exhorted the students not only to pledge their own eyes but also to motivate their families to do so.
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Agro-processing complex started
Ludhiana, August 22 Lauding this undertaking, Dr Kang said this complex would soon be known as a role model for others to emulate. The unit has been established with technical support of the department of food science and engineering, PAU. Dr K.S. Aulakh, former vice-chancellor of PAU, also spoke on the occasion. He informed that the Government of India provides subsidy upto 25% to establish such a complex. Paramjit Kaur Shivalik, counsellor, municipal corporation, Ludhiana, who was also the chief guest, said the 21st century would be known for women empowerment. — TNS
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Racism in India too: foreign students
Ludhiana August 22 Sharing their experiences with the Ludhiana Tribune, the students who have taken admission in BCA/BBA courses said though their countries were more backward than India, there was no child labour there unlike India. “We were shocked to see very small children working in factories, offices, canteens, etc”, said Massoi, a student from Tanzania. Alice, another student who has taken admission in BBA at PCTE, said there was hardly any scope for higher studies in their countries. She said she took admission in PCTE through the Internet. "Our society wants girls to get married early (after 18). But I always wanted to be career oriented. After finishing my higher studies, I will go back to my country to establish myself as a successful businesswoman", she said. For 30 years old Samkani, age is no bar to study. Mother of a two and a half year old son, Samkani said for the past 10 years, she had been working in the hotel industry. "Now much attention is being given to education back home. I will go back to spread education as there are not many teachers there", she said. Dr K.N.S. Kang, director, PCTE, said this was the fifth year in a row, when PCTE had got foreign students on its campus. Another student, Muhunda Mugabu, said they were having some kind of fear and confusion in their minds when they had joined the college."But after joining PCTE, we are very happy to acknowledge that the decision was correct. We are provided with a perfect academic environment here", he said.
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RIMT students visit textile mill
Mandi Gobindgarh, August 22 The students were briefed by AGM of the VTM, Sushil Kumar.
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‘Systole 2007’ takes off at CMC
Ludhiana, August 22 The fortnight-long festivities will include other events such as art and craft, dumb charades, antakshari, jam and a fashion show. However, the main highlight of the event was expected to be Hindi and English musical nights, and of course, the dance parties. A separate schedule for sporting activities will check the physical well-being and stamina of the future doctors. The prize distribution and crowning of "Miss and Mr Systole" were scheduled for August 30, the penultimate day of the festival.
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Soft skills programme launched in SCD college
Ludhiana, August 22 This programme has been started in co-operation with the Punjab Information and Communication Technology Limited, Department of Higher Education, SCD Government College, Ludhiana, and M/s Crescent Systems Limited, as its training partner. Dr Malkiat Singh, principal of SCD Government College, and Ashish Nagrath, jointly inaugurated this programme. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Malkiat Singh said Punjab InfoTech had agreed to provide consultancy and expertise in implementation of the project and it will also conduct pre and post-training assessment tests. He said this programme was purely professional and job oriented and Punjab InfoTech will be its monitoring and certifying agency who will conduct the examination for this programme and award diplomas and certificate. Nodal officer prof Ashwani Bhalla said the training partner of the PTOSS programme will provide detailed curriculum, instructional manuals, books, multi-media training material and instructors/teachers in concurrence with Punjab InfoTech. He said for running the programme, Punjab Government had established hi-tech computer and multi-media lab in the college which was equipped with latest software. Ashish Nagrath said the course module was based on communication skills/spoken English consisting of sound articulation, grammar outline, voice and accent etc. He said specialised training for customer-care products and services, soft skills and IT fundamentals will also be taught to the students to make them fit for BPO/KPO industry. He said the prospectus for the programme were now available with SCD Government College.
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Teachers attend programme on English in US
Ludhiana, August 22 The programme was jointly organised by the Fulbright Association and University of California. Only 13 teachers from North India were selected by United States Education Foundation in India (USEFI) and three were from Punjab. Jaswinder Sharma and Shakti Kumar Beri brought laurels to Ludhiana for being a part of this programme. Sharma is posted as social studies mistress in Government Senior Secondary Model School, PAU, while Beri is serving as English lecturer at Shaheed-E-Azam Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana. Talking to mediapersons, Sharma said the interview criteria was strict. The interview was conducted by lecturers and administrators from Fulbright and other experts. She said she owed her success in the interview to the encouragement and guidance provided by school Principal Sanjeev Thapar and other staff members, including Anoop Passi and Panesar. DPI (S) Khatra was also very helpful. The programme comprised Indian and Pakistani English teachers and aimed at teaching advanced methodologies of teaching English and conflict resolution. It was a six-week training programme organised from June 25 to August 6, 2007. During the training period, they visited three schools and found that teaching was an informal phenomenon in the US. The language labs were well furnished and the student-teacher ratio was an ideal one, where one teacher was deputed for every 20 students. The teaching curriculum was decided at district or school level. Besides this, the PDP participants attended lectures on various topics regarding different methods of teaching with a special emphasis on activity based learning, backward designing and conflict resolution, etc. The PDP participants will meet again in Islamabad and Delhi for further discussions and collaboration. Teacher participants will develop a coordination team. Teachers were of the opinion that radical improvements can be made in teaching English at the school level.
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