Chandigarh, March 6
A computer centre has been set up by Infosys in collaboration with the Indian Council for Child Welfare at Bal Bhavan, Sector 23, here. The centre was today inaugurated by UT Administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd).

General Rodrigues said there was a need for initiating a holistic programme aimed at identifying and developing the potential of our children.

He told the Infosys president that the administration had no problem in financing the projects but it needed expertise, knowledge and experience of the professionals to steer these IT-related programmes and contribute to social initiatives.

The UT Administrator said the Chandigarh Administration had embarked upon an umbrella programme aiming to equip all schools with computers to introduce free computer education in schools starting from primary level.

Chandigarh, March 6
Taking serious note of the scuffle which broke out at Government High School, Kaimbwala, near here, following an alleged nasty remark about a female colleague, DPI (S) Ashwani Kumar today transferred five teachers with immediate effect.

The two JBT teachers, Ajmer Singh and Kiran, who were directly involved in the yesterday’s scuffle with teacher Yogesh Kumar, have been shifted to Government High School, Mauli Colony, and Government High School, Colony No IV, Industrial Area, Chandigarh, respectively.

The other three teachers, Dr Rajinder Singh Kamboj, Punjabi master, has been transferred to Government Senior Secondary School, Mani Majra; Ram Milan, social science master, has been shifted to Government Model High School, Sarangpur, and Ashokbir Singh, a drawing teacher, has been moved to Government Girls High School 25.

As per orders of the DPI (S), all teachers stood relieved from March 6 (afternoon) and would join their new place of posting immediately.

According to sources, the panchayat of Kaimbwala village had also lodged a complaint against the above mentioned five teachers for their “malicious acts”. The DPI(S) has also taken into account the complaint submitted by the village panchayat at the time of taking final decision in the matter.

Ajmer, a Class III JBT teacher, accused another teacher Yogesh Kumar of passing some malicious remarks about a woman colleague and himself. The other teachers, too, supported Ajmer in the allegations. This led to a scuffle and the matter was later reported to the Chandigarh education department and the police.

The SHO of the Sector 3 police station Ram Gopal confirmed that no criminal offence could be made out on the complaint submitted to them, but they had recorded the statements of all persons who were mainly involved in the quarrel, but now the matter seemed to have been solved at the education department’s level.

DEO(S) Kamla Bains, who inquired the matter from the Chandigarh Education Department’s side, said teacher Yogesh Kumar was innocent in this case. “ He seems to be innocent and was made a scapegoat only. It appears as if it was those teachers’ lobby who conspired to malign the image of newly appointed teacher Yogesh.” 

Chandigarh, March 6
The Panjab University Campus Students Council will open cyber cafes in various university hostels. In a press note issued by the PUCSC president Dalveer Singh, the cyber cafes will have two computers and will be opened within a week.