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LUDHIANA TRIBUNE
EDUCATION
SAFE SCHOOL VAHAN SCHEME
Man rapes minor
accused threatened her
with dire consequences if
she disclosed the incident
to anybody. But the girl
narrated the story to her
parents after returning
home.
The police arrested the
accused
today.
Sukhwinder Singh, in
U/A
charge of the Jagatpuri
police post, said: “The
accused is in our custody.
We will produce him
before court tomorrow.
Further investigation is
going on”.
According to information, the accused resides
in the same area and
repairs gas stoves.
PIKU:MOTION SE HI EMOTION (HINDI) (U/A):10:30 am,11:30 am,
1:30 pm,2:30 pm,4:10 pm,5:10 pm,6:50 pm,7:50 pm,9:30 pm,10:30 pm
MITTI NA PHAROL JOGIYA (PUNJABI) (U):10:05 am,3:15 pm,
5:40 pm,10:50 pm
KUCH KUCH LOCHA HAI (HINDI) (A):10:00 am,12:45 pm,3:30 pm,
9:30 pm
GABBAR IS BACK (HINDI) (U/A):11:00 am,1:40 pm,4:30 pm,6:15 pm,
7:10 pm,9:50 pm
AVENGERS - AGE OF ULTRON 3D (HINDI) (U/A):12:30 pm,8:05 pm
FROM COLLEGES
DTO warns schools of action
Tribune News Service
POOR VEHICLE BODY TO BLAME FOR MISHAPS: DTO
Ludhiana, May 7
District Transport Officer
(DTO) Anil Garg has asked
schools to make sure vehicles ferrying their students to school premises
must comply with the Safe
School Vahan scheme or
else action will be taken
against them.
The DTO said they had
distributed inspection pro
forma to around 600
schools affiliated to the
CBSE, ICSE and the PSEB
in Ludhiana. He said barring a few, a majority of
the schools were yet to
The District Transport Officer said a majority of
accidents involving school buses happened due to
unsafe body fabrication and the failure of the
educational institutions to adopt comprehensive
periodical preventive maintenance procedure. Poor
driving skills of bus drivers are also to blame.
submit their pro formas.
The DTO said they
would submit names of
schools which had not
submitted their pro formas and were not complying with the scheme. He
said four city schools had
already been summoned
by
the
Punjab
and
Haryana High Court in
this regard.
This scheme, launched by
the Punjab Government,
has been aimed at ensuring
safety of schoolchildren
and preventing accidents
involving school buses.
The DTO said a majority
of accidents involving
school buses happened
due to unsafe body fabri-
cation and the failure of
the educational institutions to adopt comprehensive periodical preventive
maintenance procedure.
Poor driving skills of bus
drivers are also to blame.
Stressing the need for
checking road accidental
deaths in the state, he said
the Punjab Government
had initiated an elaborate
drive to make sure the
road safety norms were
being properly followed.
Keeping that in mind, officials of the Transport
Department have formulated the Safe School
Vahan scheme.
FROM SCHOOLS
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LUDHIANA | FRIDAY | 8 MAY 2015
Laughter Day
Ludhiana: MGM Public
School, Phase I, Dugri, celebrated World Laughter Day
and World Red Cross Day.
To mark the occasion, students were apprised of the
importance of laughter in
today’s stressful life. They
underwent laughter therapy. This was followed by an
activity, “Prepare the firstaid box”. Principal Poonam
Sharma motivated the students to do yoga on a regular basis and lead a healthy
and stress-free life.
Mother’s Day celebrated
It was a pleasant May morning full of fun, frolic and
enjoyment as mothers gathered at ABC Montessori
School to celebrate Mother’s Day. The tiny tots welcomed their mothers. The
school and staff greeted the
them with flowers. Director
of the school Amanpreet
Singh Arora welcomed the
mothers and apprised them
of the importance of a
mother in the life of a child.
He said the mother stood by
her children through thick
and thin. Veena Bedi, councillor of Ward No. 57, was
the guest of honour on the
occasion. Children presented a dance, which made the
mothers emotional. The
decoration and arrangements brought alive the
mood of celebrations. Gifts
were distributed to the winners. Tiny tots of Pre-Nursery, Nursery, LKG and
UKG presented handmade
photo frames to their
mothers as a token of love.
The school organised an
interactive session for the
mothers with Dr Vidushi
Singhal,
dermatologist
from the DMCH. The
school also organised a
fancy dress competition
for the mothers, which was
followed by fun-filling
“Super Mom” and dessertmaking competitions.
GGN Public School
Mother’s Day was celebrated with a lot of zeal at GGN
Public School, Rose Garden.
A large number of children
and their mothers participated in the fun-packed celebrations. The tiny tots presented action songs, dance and
recited poems to mark the
day. The most interesting
part of the show was when all
happy-looking mothers participated in rangoli, art and
craft, calligraphy competitions besides games such as
tongue twister, heap up the
coins and blindfold. Highlighting the significance of
the day, the Director Principal, Karnail Singh, said a
mother was the first teacher
and guide of a child whose
love and blessings nourished the child into a good
human being. The mothers
entertained their wards and
mesmerised the audience
with their captivating dance
performances.
HVM Convent Senior
Secondary School
HVM Convent Senior Secondary School, Basti Jodhewal, celebrated Mother’s
Day with enthusiasm. A special assembly was organised
at the school. Children
(Clockwise from top) Mothers take part in a contest at ABC Montessori School during the
Mother’s Day celebrations on Thursday; a girl takes part in a recitation competition at BCM
School, Dugri; and children celebrate World Red Cross Day at Green Land Convent School, New
Subhash Nagar. A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPHS
expressed their love and
affection for their mother by
making beautiful cards,
paper flowers, etc. A healthy
tiffin competition was also
organised.
Students
brought delicious homemade preparations consisting of salad, nuts, fruits, etc.
Director of the school Meena
Sharma and its president
DP Sharma gave away the
prizes and certificates to the
winners. The Principal, Radhika Jain, appreciated the
effort of the students and
inspired them to make every
day special for their mothers. She apprised them of
the importance of a balanced diet.
Birth anniversary of
Tagore celebrated
A special programme was
organised to commemorate
Rabindranath
Tagore’s
birth anniversary and to
pay tribute to the Nobel
Laureate at Sat Paul Mittal
School. Enthusiasm and
zeal marked the celebrations. The celebrations
commenced with the Gayatri Mantra. The school choir
presented
Rabindra
Sangeet. This was followed
by a speech by Aalamnoor
Singh of Class X-B enlightening the students on the
Nobel Laureate’s contribution as a poet, philosopher,
playwright, painter and as
an educationist. Muskaan
Bakshi of Class XI-D presented an immaculate rendition
of
Tagore’s
poetry ‘Gitanjali’.
Gender sensitisation
Green Land Senior Secondary
Public
School,
Jalandhar Bypass, organised
a workshop on the theme,
Gender Sensitisation, for the
students of Class XII. A
thought-provoking Power
Point presentation highlighted the need for awareness on
the issue. The chairmancum-director of the chain of
Green Land Schools, Rajesh
Rudhra, appreciated the role
played by girls and educationists in moulding the conservative outlook of society.
The Principal, Baldeep
Pandher, encouraged the students to be the torchbearers
for posterity.
Workshop held
Students of Ryan International
School,
Dugri,
attended a rocketry workshop organised by Aman
Mittal, head of Space Pun-
jab, and Avnoor Singh, a
space educator. Students
tried their hand in making
launch models. Students
were divided into three
groups, primary, middle
and senior. Primary students made poprockets,
middle students prepared
air rockets and senior students made hydro rockets.
Headmistress of the school
Ritu Syal thanked space
organisers for making the
session interactive and lively. — TNS
Students excel
Students of Masters in
Fashion Designing and
Management (3rd semester) of Master Tara Singh
Memorial College for
Women have given excellent performance in the
December 2014 examination conducted by Panjab
University, Chandigarh.
All students got the first
division. Manpreet Kaur
stood first in the university by securing 85.83%
marks. Gurpreet secured
the 2nd position in the
university with 83.6%
marks.
Babita
Rani
secured the 3rd position
with 75.83% marks.
GHG Khalsa College
Students of GHG Khalsa
College, Gurusar Sadhar,
brought laurels in the
recently declared result of
MCom (1st semester). Of
38 students who appeared
for the examinations, 24
got the first division while
14 were secured the second division. The overall
result of the college was
100%. Rajni Bala, a student of the college, got the
first position by securing
555 while Manvir Kaur
and Parveen Goyal got the
second and third positions
by securing 535 and 532
marks respectively. Manjit
Singh Gill, president,
Governing Council of
GHG Khalsa Institutions,
congratulated Principal
SS Deol and applauded
the students and the staff
for their dedicated hard
work. — TNS