Day after clash, DAV students stay away from polls

Saturday 5 September '09

The voter turnout at the student elections this year has thrown up some surprising figures. DAV College in Sector 10...

Peaceful polling in fortress DAV-10

Saturday 5 September '09

Thursday’s violent clash at DAV College, Sector 10, cast its shadow on the polling in the college, making it an unusually quiet affair. Only 35 per cent students cast their votes at DAV where SOPU made a clean sweep.

Peaceful polling in fortress DAV-10

Saturday 5 September '09

Thursday’s violent clash at DAV College, Sector 10, cast its shadow on the polling in the college, making it an unusually quiet affair. Only 35 per cent students cast their votes at DAV where SOPU made a clean sweep.

Fading glory: Speeches resound, but who is listening to them?

Friday 4 September '09

The open house, a special of the Panjab University student elections, failed to impress on Thursday as orators delivered passionate speeches to a thin gathering at DAV College, Sector 10.

Colleges a poor cousin of PU?

Thursday 3 September '09

While student elections continue to be a frenzied saga in Panjab University, its affiliated colleges have a long way to go.

Polls tomorrow but GC-11 already gets its president

Thursday 3 September '09

Even though the student elections are a day away, Mandeep Singh of the PUSU-INSO-HPSU alliance was unanimously elected president in Government College...

Many fail Lyngdoh test, left out of fray

Wednesday 2 September '09

The shadow of the Lyngdoh Committee in Panjab University has left parties groping for their ‘eligible’ candidates even on the last day of filing of nominations.

It is a low-key affair in colleges

Tuesday 1 September '09

With only a day left to file nominations, colleges continue to be dormant this election season.

‘Universities have become money-minting machines’

Friday 28 August '09

Every revolution becomes a new orthodox,” is how Professor Yashpal, noted academician and chairman of the Committee on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Indian Higher Education...

PU abuzz, colleges wear deserted look

Thursday 27 August '09

Even as Panjab University gears up for the forthcoming student elections, affiliated colleges are yet to wake up to the enthusiasm.

‘Single-teacher’ norm introduced in primary schools to cement student-teacher bond

Wednesday 26 August '09

With a view to help children develop a close rapport with teachers, government schools are following the ‘one teacher’ norm for its primary section.

Stench in classroom, classes in the open-government schools in dire straits

Sunday 23 August '09

Even as the Education department claims that "all is well" with government schools in the city, a single visit to any of these places of learning is enough to prove the department’s sheer illusion.

Stench in classroom, studying in the open-is all well with your government school?

Sunday 23 August '09

Even as the Education department claims that “all is well” with government schools in the city, a single visit to any of these places of learning is enough to prove the department’s sheer illusion.

Pvt schools at loggerheads with govt over reservation for poor students

Tuesday 18 August '09

Since the time it was announced nearly two years ago, the issue of reservation of 15 per cent seats for Economically Weaker Sections...

To calibrate pressure meter, CBSE designs survey for Class X

Monday 17 August '09

The Central Board of Secondary Education has come up with a survey to check the feasibility of conducting external examinations for Class X students.

In these PU depts, struggle is to fill the seats

Monday 17 August '09

Despite its popularity among students, Panjab University has some departments which are crying out for attention.

Not enough money to buy books, says PU’s Correspondence Studies department

Tuesday 11 August '09

The Department of Correspondence Studies at Panjab University does not have enough funds to buy books for its students.

Schools may not get staff before Sept

Thursday 6 August '09

City schools wait endlessly for staff as the Education department’s tall claims of filling all vacant posts by July have fallen flat.

As decibels rise against corporal punishment, notion of child rearing undergoes sea change

Wednesday 29 July '09

The slapping incident at St John’s High School and the events that unfolded thereafter, throw open a wider issue of surging sensitivities among children and a greater need for schools to deal with such issues with methods beyond physical reprimand.

St John’s ‘forcing’ students to contribute for ‘golden’ brochure

Friday 24 July '09

The golden jubilee brochure to be released by St John’s High School seems to have become a money-minting venture for the school and a headache for parents.

‘Mercy’ chance for heads of poor performing schools

Wednesday 22 July '09

The Education Department has decided to give a ‘mercy’ chance to the principals of those schools that fared poorly in the board examinations this year.

Sharp rise in price of stationery items, likely to get costlier

Tuesday 21 July '09

Prices of stationery items have seen a sharp rise of almost 20 to 30 per cent over the last six months.

Disabled, SC/ST students await scholarships

Sunday 19 July '09

The UT Education department has failed to disburse scholarships to students under the schemes for physically challenged and meritorious students belonging to the SC/ ST category for 2008-09 reportedly due to non-allocation of budget.

Admission rush? Not at these schools

Friday 17 July '09

The five government schools upgraded to senior secondary level by the Education Department two years ago don’t have any takers in the Class XI admission season.

Websites of Admn and Education dept display old, incorrect data

Tuesday 23 June '09

The websites of the Chandigarh Administration and Education department project a completely different picture than the tall claims of the departments being “tech-savvy and up-to-date”.