AMRITSAR: Guru Nanak Dev University vice-chancellor AS Brar on Monday inaugurated the extension of a wing of Physics block, built at a cost on 60 lakh, on the university campus. The block has two classrooms, one lecture theater, three laboratories and five rooms for teachers. SOURCE-HT

KURUKSHETRA: Continuous rain since early hours on Sunday in the region caused great inconvenience to thousands of candidates who came here to take the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET). There were 26 centres in the district for the purpose and in many centres, candidates from far-off places reached here late. CTET ...

MOGA NEWS: Ramandeep Kaur Brar, daughter of a farmer from the little village of Kothe Rajpura in Moga, has bagged the third spot in the PSEB Class 10 result declared on Tuesday. A student of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary public School in Jindra village, Ramandeep got 1239 marks ...

BATALA (Punjab): Five unemployed teachers and four policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were injured in clash during lathi charge late Sunday at Tatley village adjoining Sekhwan. The injuries occurred when the police tried to stop hundreds of protesting unemployed teachers from crashing into the native village of education minister ...

BATALA(Punjab): The hunger strike by state's volunteer teachers seeking regular posts ended on the 35th day on Friday. The protest closed after education minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan agreed to provide them with the status of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan teachers with effect from April, and increase their pay scale from April ...

CHANDIGARH(Punjab): The Haryana government on Wednesday decided to cut back on the increase in school timings after strong protest from schoolteachers. The revised school timings will be from 7.30am to 2pm from May 13. The decision was taken in a meeting held by education minister Geeta Bhukkal with the representatives of ...

BATHINDA(Punjab): An inquiry conducted by the block primary education officer (BPEO) on Monday following the HT report (‘Govt teachers sublet work’, May 9) has confirmed that permanent teachers illegally hired tutors at low wages to take classes at Government Primary School, Paras Ram Nagar, Bathinda. After the news item appeared ...

AMRITSAR(Punjab News): Terming teachers as agents of socio-economic change and national development, Guru Nanak Dev University vice-chancellor AS Brar, while delivering the inaugural address at the four-week general orientation course which began in the Academic Staff College of GNDU on Wednesday, stressed on skill-oriented teaching techniques. Around 20 teachers from ...

BATALA(Punjab): The hunger strike of the protesting Shiksha Karmi Union members entered the 24th day on Monday with four more teachers, including two women, joining the strike at Sukha Singh Mehtab Singh Chowk. They include Paramjeet Kaur from Sangrur, Gurmeet Kaur from Patiala, Amarpreet Singh from Patiala and Raghubir Singh from ...

KARNAL: The state government has decided to provide generator sets at schools facing acute power supply problems. Stating this here on Monday, education minister Geeta Bhukkal said that the department would soon prepare a list of such schools to ensure full usage of computers by the students. She was here to inaugurate ...

BATALA: Police barriers around Sekhwan village couldn't keep them away. Hundreds of unemployed teachers on Sunday gathered outside the house of the education minister, Sewa Singh Sekhwan, and five of them climbed atop the under-construction water tank to raise their demands. Bhupinder Singh, president of the teachers association, led them to the ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has decided to extend the period of engagement of guest teachers for further one­ year from April, 2011, to March 31, 2012, subject to certain conditions. A spokesman of education department said after March 31, 2012, the services of all the guest teachers would be under­ stood ...

AMRITSAR: Canada is keen on forging research and academic ties with Indian institutions, and it might have found an opportunity at Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) in Amritsar. Scot Slessor, consul general of Canada stationed in Chandigarh, on Wednesday visited GNDU in Amritsar and interacted with its teachers and higher officials. ...