The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION

Counselling centre for students opens
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 1
The Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University has opened a counselling centre for students seeking admission in different courses. The counselling centre comprises of persons having through knowledge of courses, their qualifications and other requirements needed for admission to the university.

This is the first time that the university has floated such a counselling centre to help students. “This centre has been opened to facilitate a better understanding of the courses available in the university and their utilities and qualifications necessary, said Rahul Vashishtha, the spokesperson of the university.

“It becomes necessary to guide them properly so that they can select the right courses instead of wasting money by filling several forms,” he said.

Presently, the university is offering 30 technical and management courses in the university campus and its 62 self-financed institutions spread all over the city.

This counselling centre would be functional from March 3 during office hours.

Mr Vashishtha said that the university has also introduced M.Tech courses from this session. “We are getting good response for these courses and have good faculty for them.

CM urged to order vigilance probe on prize issue

Sonepat: The Haryana Students Welfare Association today urged Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala to order a vigilance probe into the complaints of the girl students of Hindu Girls College, Sonepat about the giving of Rs 501 instead of Rs 1,100 as announced in the annual prize distribution function held on February 26. And the association also demanded to take stern action against the college authorities for duping the girl students on this account.

In a press release, it pointed out that as many as ten girl students were selected under the ‘role of honour’ category for granting the amount of Rs 1,100 each, but these students were awarded cheques of Rs 501 in the function. According to the association, when the girl students protested, they were asked to satisfy themselves with this amount. This caused a widespread resentment among the girl students. The association stated that a vigilance inquiry into the episode is likely to expose the misdeeds of the college authorities.

It also alleged that the medals, commendation certificates and the cheques were taken back from the girl students immediately after the function was over on February 26, but these were given again at the convocation function of the college, which was held on the following day, on February 27. OC