Articles by Deepa Sharma Sood
School heads clueless about mid-day meal cooking being shifted to schools
Even though Prabhcharan Singh, general manager of mid-day meal (MDM), directed the MDM incharge and district education officer (DEO) that food would now be cooked at respective government schools instead of the centralised kitchen from July 1, the direction has not been percolated down to government schools in the city.
Updated on Jun 26, 2013 07:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Schools asked to add Edusat library in timetable
Director general school education Kahan Singh Pannu has asked government school heads to add one more period of Edusat library in the timetable. The addition will be made only for classes 8 to 12. Now there will be two periods a week for Edusat library instead of one.
Updated on Jun 26, 2013 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE 10th class improvement exam from July 16
With an objective to provide a chance to students who could not score up to their expectations or having compartment in the Class 10 board examination, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to hold an Improvement of Performance Examination from July 16-23.
Updated on Jun 20, 2013 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Services of 29 govt schoolteachers terminated
The services of 29 teachers of government schools were terminated on Monday for remaining absent from school for long. Director general school education (DGSE) Kahan Singh Pannu said their services had been terminated keeping in view that their unauthorised absence had resulted in loss of studies to students and affected the teaching-learning atmosphere in the schools where they were posted.
Updated on Jun 19, 2013 12:46 AM IST
None | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Aiming to please PU panel, GNGC hikes teachers' salary
Almost a month after the formation of a five-member special committee by Panjab University to review the grievances of the teachers and students of Guru Nanak Girls College, the college has enhanced the teachers' salary by Rs 10,000.
Updated on Jun 02, 2013 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
DEOs being forced to rally behind Maluka
The district education officers (DEOs) of Punjab are under pressure to hold rallies in support of their scam-tainted minister. After taking verbal orders, the DEOs have called school heads and teachers to these programmes.
Updated on Jun 02, 2013 12:25 AM IST
None | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Risking 35,000 students' health
Tucked away in one of the many non-descript, dusty bylanes of Sherpur, there are about 20 persons who cook food for 35,000 government school students in the district every morning.
Updated on May 24, 2013 10:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
School violates RTE norms by not admitting new students
Not even a single student has been admitted to classes 6, 7 and 8 at Government High School, Khud Mohalla, Block 2-B, here this session. Reason? The school doesn't have enough teachers to cater to more students. Notably, there is no other co-educational government school in a 3-km radius.
Updated on May 23, 2013 09:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Unscheduled power cuts make govt schools shell out for generators
With the rise in unscheduled power cuts, government schools in the district have started using generators to ensure students do not face inconvenience in the sultry weather.
Updated on May 23, 2013 01:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
DEOs to probe theft of Edusat equipment
With a view to checking the increasing number of theft cases of Edusat equipment from government schools, Punjab director general school education (DGSE) Kahan Singh Pannu has asked the district education officers (secondary) to conduct inquiry into such theft cases.
Updated on May 22, 2013 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Two govt employees also drawing salary from PU-affiliated college
A case of two government employees simultaneously working at two places has come to light. Sharan Kaur, a Punjabi lecturer at Adarsh School, Daulatpur Neeva, in Moga district, and Buta Singh, food inspector at Mahal Kalan, in Barnala district, have also been working as regular associate professors at Raikot-based Sadbhavna College of Education for Women, affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Updated on May 13, 2013 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Education minister demands report on unfit mid-day meals
Taking note of repeated cases of stale or insect-infested mid-day meals, state education minister Sikander Singh Maluka has asked district education officer (DEO) (elementary) Ranjit Singh to send him a report regarding this.
Updated on May 05, 2013 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
College trust secy exposes fake admission scandal
In a startling revelation, Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town, has provided admission to a student in BBA second year on the basis of a "fake degree".
Updated on Apr 24, 2013 08:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Education secy's directions on fee waiver leave schoolheads hassled
The latest directions of the Punjab education secretary Anjali Bhawra regarding waiving off fee of girl students of Classes 9 to 12 in government schools has left schoolheads hassled.
Updated on Apr 19, 2013 09:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
PTU leaves students in a fix; revaluation result undeclared
Students studying in colleges affiliated with Punjab Technical University are in a fix, as the university has still not declared the revaluation results. While students can fill the revaluation form till April 12; students are upset as the varsity has not declared the revaluation result.
Updated on Apr 05, 2013 10:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Govt schoolchildren gear up for another roofless summer
Having spent months shivering in the morning chill, the 90 students of Government Primary School, Kutcha Number 16, Fieldganj, Ludhiana, cannot heave a sigh of relief even in summer. The sunny mornings would prove to be of little respite to these children, as they spend day after day in a school, which has no roof, classrooms, toilets or drinking water facility.
Updated on Apr 02, 2013 09:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Midday meal: Govt to reimburse for additional LPG cylinders
It's a good news for government schools as they will get reimbursement for the additional LPG cylinders used for cooking midday meal. Earlier, the government schools were paying for the additional cylinders from their own pocket.
Updated on Mar 31, 2013 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Sikander Singh Maluka transfers government teacher for 'preferential treatment' to her son
Talking note of an HT report highlighting the alleged preferential treatment to a Class-12 student of Government Model Senior Secondary School on the Punjab Agricultural University campus, who has not attended school for several months, the education minister has decided to transfer his mother, who is a Punjabi lecturer in the same school.
Updated on Mar 31, 2013 12:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
School staff baffled, as principal decides to go on endless leave
With their school principal on leave for over a month, the staff of Government Senior Secondary School, Raikot, are puzzled about the future of funds allocated to the school under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.
Updated on Mar 06, 2013 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE ON YOU TUBE
Central Board of Secondary Education has a channel on You Tube: www.youtube.com/cbsechannel dedicated to the various activities conducted by the Board and its affiliated schools.
Updated on Feb 21, 2013 10:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Class 11 and 12 students to be trained for jobs
To increase employment prospects of Class 11 and 12 students and make them aware of global opportunities, the school education department has decided to train students in soft-skills using Edusat from the new academic session.
Updated on Feb 20, 2013 08:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Govt school receives stale mid-day meal
Government Primary School, Ahata Sherjang, near Division No 3, allegedly received stale food for the mid-day meal from the centralised kitchen on Monday.
Updated on Feb 18, 2013 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Primary school students of Haibowal Kalan served stale dal
Several students of Government Primary School, Haibowal Kalan, fell sick on Friday after consuming the midday meal. When the schoolteachers tasted the meal they found foul smell emanating from the dal served to the students.
Updated on Feb 08, 2013 09:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
'Be careful when sending assessment data'
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has sent a feedback on assessment data provided by schools to the board for the 2011-12 session. A circular regarding this was updated on the board's website cbse.nic.in on February 4.
Updated on Feb 08, 2013 06:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
PU to restart inspection of affiliated colleges
Panjab University (PU) syndicate decided to restart the periodic inspection of affiliated arts colleges, (government and private) and constitute committees for the purpose at a meeting held in Chandigarh on January 27.
Updated on Feb 07, 2013 09:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Absent from duty 148 Punjab teachers get notice
Director general school education, Punjab, Kahan Singh Pannu today issued show-cause notices to 148 teachers of government schools, Punjab, for remaining absent from duty. These teachers have been absent from the duty since 1992.
Updated on Feb 02, 2013 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE cuts retention period of Class 9, 10 assessments
The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) have instructed its affiliated schools to preserve and keep the answer books of classes IX and X, in safe custody, at the school for at least a period of three years, in case of Class IX, and two years, in case of Class X, along with question papers and marking schemes for subsequent verification by the board.
Updated on Jan 30, 2013 10:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Fauja Singh to hang boots after Australian marathon
The world's oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh today said that he would hang his boots after the Australian marathon that kicks off on January 25. Deepa Sharma Sood and Nidhi Bhanot reports.
Updated on Jan 24, 2013 12:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Ludhiana
Deepa Sharma Sood and Nidhi BhanotMGM Public School to close down after current session; parents agitated
The management of MGM Public School, urban estate, Sector 32, Chandigarh road on Monday declared that they are closing down the school after completing this academic session 2012-2013.
Updated on Jan 21, 2013 02:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE starts regional call centre service
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has set up a call centre for handling routine enquiries and grievances pertaining to various activities and functions of the board.
Updated on Jan 10, 2013 08:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana