The immediate target of the Chandigarh Administration now is to extend the "neighbourhood schooling scheme" up to Class II, purposely for offering admissions to government schools.
To make the admission process more realistic, the Administration, after introducing this scheme for admission to pre-nursery classes in the government schools, is devising this policy for higher classes from the next session.
Education officials disclosed that the idea has been mooted out following the pattern adopted by the London schools system.
The administration is studying the density of schoolchildren studying up to class II in commensurate with the number of schools prevailing in the area. Since the children falling in this category will be from the age group of six, the funding part will be taken care of by the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan wing of the Education Department.
According to the new format, while at the time of admission, the only decisive factor will be to produce 'domicile certificate' to seek admission to government school located in the vicinity.
The DPI(S) SK Setia said, "There are other numerous benefits of this scheme. One is that since the schools will be at the walking distance, this practice will inculcate a "walking habit" among students. Secondly, there will be less traffic on roads during the school hours."
But one school of thought is that the safety aspect of the children will be ignored with the implementation of this scheme. "Parents will not let their children of such tender age go on their own. Hence, the problem of school traffic congestion will remain as it is where it is".
Administration officials feel that this scheme can be safely implemented in Chandigarh because barring a few private schools, almost all government schools are located on the inner roads of the city, it will be safe for the schoolchildren to go to school on foot.
Another reason, the administration is restricting admission process solely on the basis of proof of residence. It will avoid the overcrowding at schools located in particular areas.
The administration has already decided to depute 10+2 passout scouts, guides, NCC cadets, NSS volunteers for the traffic martial duty to regulate traffic near school gates.
The martials will be deputed at the main gate of the school from 7.30 am to 8.30 am and from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm.
School heads have also been authorised to pay Rs 50 per day to the volunteers from the Work Experience Fund.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Chandigarh: Neighbourhood Schooling Plan
Mohali: IPL Matches - Special buses to carry spectators
For Bollywood glam girl Preity Zinta, the participation of women as spectators during the coming Indian Premier League (IPL) matches matters the most.
"I am looking forward to large spectators, especially women, to cheer up my team during the full of entertainment Twenty20 matches" said Preity Zinta following the meeting of the organising committee the Mohali team at Punjab Cricket Association stadium here today.
The short duration of the new-format matches would also suit the women fans, who find difficult to spare a day to watch the game, added Zinta while maintaining that she was also proud to be the woman partner of the IPL team.
When asked, whether the women spectators would get some special treat or incentives during the matches, Zinta said such things were not in the plans.
"Though I love to sell tickets to women and indeed there will be better facilities but there will not be some special zones or incentives for them (ladies)", said Preity.
Meanwhile, Sukhbir Badal, who is also the chairman of the organising committee of the team assured full support to the orgnaisers.
As the matches will be held during the nighttime, special buses will be pressed into service to transport the spectators. Announcing this, Sukhbir Badal said for the first time, the buses as well as the other transport modes would be made available in front of the stadium, which will connect the main areas of the city with the stadium.
Unlike the other international matches, the organisers have decided to set up ticket sale counters in the major cities of Punjab like Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala. "As the tournament involves state teams, we want that the spectators of other parts of the state should come to cheer their own Kings XI Punjab team", said Preity Zinta.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Chandigarh: Education department holds counselling session for students
"Being a parent I have come to realise how I can help my child to become a better human being by inculcating good habits in her by being a role model. We are now confident that we will do our best to help the child to be one of the best students in the school," opined Nawal Kishore, whose child, too, could not get through the Class-VI examination this time.
As a part of the newly started 24 hour examination helpline, the counselling troupe, headed by Saroj Mittal, assistant director, Vocational Education, Chandigarh, interacted with students, their parents and teachers.
"Ours is a team of 20 psychologists and equal number of subject experts, who are running this 24-hour helpline for the past two months. Our endeavour is to deal with the issues of personal grooming and well being of the students, particularly those who were "detained" in the examination. We chose this day because the results of various classes were going to be declared today and the students who did not fare well remain under stress for a long time," said Saroj Mittal.
Most experts feel that professional counselling helps students in identifying their aptitude and enables them to take their failure as a challenge. Dr Kulpreet Dhillon, a renowned child counsellor from the PGI said, "In my view, If a child has improved his past performance, he is a winner. We should not exaggerate the toppers only." Echoing the same views, Dr Adarsh Kohli, additional professor, department of psychology, PGI, said, " It is the parents who also need to be counselled. They, too, sometimes lack in some ways. They should have a constant watch on their children and should plan strategy to deal with the behavioural changes."
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Mohali: Preity Zinta installs Kings
"The people of Punjab are brave, royal and with huge hearts. During our SMS campaign for suggesting the name of the team, we got tremendous response. Many names like Maharaja XI, Balle-Balle XI, came up. But we decided to have a name that evinced royalty, bravery and the spirit of the people of the state," Preity Zinta said while unveiling the logo of the team during an unimpressive ceremony.
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Sree Santh, Piyush Chawla, Bombay Dyeing scion Ness Wadia, PCA president I.S. Bindra and pop singer Daler Mehndi were present.
Terming the players as "sher of Punjab", Preity said like the people of the region, the franchise also had pinned "great hopes on our players who are the youngest team".
"Our logo has two roaring lions and symbolises not only the spirit of Punjabis, but also represents Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, who was the first Indian to lead an Indian cricket team to the Lord's in 1911. On the banner, KJHPH stand for the five states of the region — Kashmir, Jammu, Himachal, Punjab and Haryana," she said.
Yuvraj said the team was well-balanced and consisted of young and smart cricketers. "It is very nice to be back here. I hope we will emerge winner," he said, appealing fans to be present during matches.
Giving reasons for the late launch of the team, Preity said they did not want to launch the team in the absence of its coach Tom Moody, who was not in the country.
"We want him to be with us during the first major function of the team. So, we got late," she said.
The video of the team's anthem, being composed by Daler Mehndi, was also shown.
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