Deepa Sharma Sood, a senior correspondent in Ludhiana, reports on education and health.
Articles by Deepa Sharma Sood
PTU forms 3-member committee to solve problems of college faculty
If faculties in Punjab Technical University (PTU)-affiliated colleges are facing any problems regarding salaries, grades or any problems, they can directly approach me, and strict action will be initiated against the defaulting colleges.
Updated on Oct 29, 2013 08:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE urges schools to observe Vigilance Awareness Week
To inculcate the idea of good governance among students to help contribute in the social and economic development of our nation in future, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked schools to observe Vigilance Awareness Week from October 28 to November 2.
Updated on Oct 25, 2013 06:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE to give another chance to schools on improving PSA
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is giving one more chance to schools to provide the details of those candidates who wish to improve performance in the Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) in classes 10 and 12.
Updated on Oct 23, 2013 07:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Rs 6 as refreshment allowance, NCC cadets slam govt
Punjab government has failed to enhance the refreshment allowance from Rs 6 to Rs 20 for National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets. However, last year, the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had approved to enhance the refreshment allowance but till now the NCC cadets are getting only Rs 6 as their refreshment allowance.
Updated on Oct 16, 2013 11:55 PM IST
None | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Admissions begin for kindergarten at private schools
Private schools in city are ready to start with the admission process for kindergarten and few of them have already updated the admission guidelines on their websites as well.
Updated on Oct 14, 2013 09:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
10,000 expected to sit for CTET in city
Nearly 10,000 candidates are expected to sit for the central teacher eligibility Test (CTET) to be organised in the city on February 16.
Updated on Oct 13, 2013 08:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
PU colleges to have panels for handling sexual harassment cases
To evolve a strong mechanism for the prevention and redressal of sexual harassment cases, Panjab University (PU) has asked its affiliate and constituent colleges to form committees and put hoardings against sexual harassment on their premises.
Updated on Oct 04, 2013 07:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
To finish rote learning, CBSE starts sending new material
With a view to relieving the students of the burden of mugging up content and helping them acquire the skills of information processing, comprehension, analysis and inference, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has sent new text material for Classes 9 and 11 to schools.
Updated on Oct 02, 2013 08:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Grants for books lying unspent as lang dept runs out of stock
The students of government schools are suffering as the school libraries don't have books prescribed to them. The school authorities, on the other hand, say that they were helpless as the said books were not available with the language department at Punjabi Bhawan.
Updated on Sep 30, 2013 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
School games: 10 schools converge at one in absence of playgrounds
In yet another reflection of the state of affairs in government primary schools in the district, as many as 10 schools conducted school games at Government Primary School, Kutcha Number 16, due to lack of playgrounds on their premises.
Updated on Sep 27, 2013 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
With no flying squad, no cheating cases has PSEB set a sort record
Perhaps this is for the first time that not a single case of cheating has been reported from Ludhiana district in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) compartment exams for Class 12 students from across 21 examination centers.
Updated on Sep 26, 2013 09:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Lengthy social sciences syllabus might be history
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is flooded with requests to reduce the syllabus of Classes 9 and 10 for all subjects in general and social sciences in particular.
Updated on Sep 25, 2013 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
City colleges defy PU guidelines on fee structure
Most of the city colleges affiliated to Panjab University are not following the varsity guidelines on fee structure, salary structure and other benefits to their staff. The colleges had been directed to charge fee under the approved heads only and carry the information in their prospectuses.
Updated on Sep 19, 2013 08:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
'Disarmed' sainik school to join forces with edu dept
The deputy state project director, Punjab Edusat Society, Rajeev Sharma, has instructed district education officers (DEOs) in Punjab and school heads to create awareness about the All India Sainik School Entrance examination.
Updated on Sep 17, 2013 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
City schools fail to comply with CBSE order to ensure transparency
For better transparency, the the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had asked the schools to upload on their websites a number of details about their institutions by September 15, which most of the city schools failed to do.
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 07:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
GCG hikes four-wheeler parking fee, parents upset
Government College for Girls (GCG) is charging `2,400 (annually) as four-wheeler parking fee from students from this session, which was only `500 till last year.
Updated on Sep 12, 2013 07:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Board shows drive to curb mass copying
With a view to curbing mass copying, Punjab School Education Board has begun an anti-cheating campaign in various districts.
Updated on Sep 10, 2013 11:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
CBSE all set for Class 10aptitude test in November
With an objective to provide Class 10 students with their aptitude assessment reports well ahead of entry in Class 11, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be conducting the Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI) test in November 2013 instead of January next. The test is discretionary, not mandatory on the Class 10 students.
Updated on Sep 10, 2013 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
DTO to crack the whip on school van operators violating SC norms
Having given a month to school van operators to fulfil all Supreme Court guidelines to ensure safety of schoolchildren, the district transport officer (DTO) is now prepared to crack the whip on violators.
Updated on Sep 09, 2013 09:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Shortage of classrooms plagues govt schools
Several government schools of the district are ailing due to shortage of classrooms students. Consequently, while students of some schools are being forced to attend classes either in the open or in laboratories and libraries, other schools are forced to run classes in two shifts.
Updated on Sep 08, 2013 08:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Leave computers, schoolstudents seek benches to sit on
Contrary to claims of the state government of providing all amenities to students of government schools, the students of Government Primary School, Ladoowal, are forced to sit on floor in absence of benches or even mats.
Updated on Aug 31, 2013 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
PTU-affiliated colleges remain open on Janmashtmi
While the central and Punjab government has declared Janmashtami a gazetted holiday, which means that all educational institutions, universities, banks will remain closed on August 28, a few Punjab Technical University (PTU)-affiliated colleges in the city were open on Wednesday.
Updated on Aug 28, 2013 09:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
City-based industrialist takes initiative to upgrade level of sports
To ensure maximum participation of students in sports, a city-based journalist and two clubs are making efforts to provide sports equipment to Shaheed Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon Memorial Government Senior Secondary School, Isewal.
Updated on Aug 16, 2013 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Serving to educate from pre-independence days
In the past 66 years, the country has progressed by leaps and bounds in the field of education and there are few institutes in city, which came into being even before the country gained freedom.
Updated on Aug 14, 2013 07:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
School syllabus being revised, says Maluka
The syllabus of Classes 1 to 12 in government schools is being revised, as the one now is not up to the mark, education minister Sikander Singh Maluka has said. A committee is at work to change the curriculum. Maluka talked about it on Sunday after a meeting with the representatives of private unaided schools at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, here.
Updated on Aug 05, 2013 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Garbage dumps near educational institutions a nuisance for all
Garbage Dumps outside city schools and colleges are becoming a nuisance for both authorities as well as commuters. These dumps outside Guru Nanak Public School in Sarabha Nagar, Government Primary School, Kutcha number 16 and Khalsa College for Women, Ghumar Mandi, are raising a stink around these institutes.
Updated on Jul 21, 2013 07:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood and Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
PU affiliated colleges begin admissions
Colleges affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh, started the admission process on Thursday. Among government colleges, SCD Government College filled 137 of 140 seats in BCom first year with a cut off of 89%.
Updated on Jul 11, 2013 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
PU refuses permission to 2 colleges to run courses
Panjab University has refused permission to two government colleges in the state to run a few courses as they do not have the regular faculty for them.
Updated on Jul 11, 2013 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Only one centre for compartment exam in district
There is only one exam centre in the entire district for around 750 science and commerce students who had compartment in Class 12. The compartment exam starts on Wednesday and the centre is Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), Bharat Nagar.
Updated on Jul 08, 2013 06:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana
Showcause notices to 63 PU-affiliated colleges
The National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) has issued showcause notices to 63 BEd colleges affiliated with Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh. The decision was taken by the Northern Regional Committee on the basis of a report submitted by the university, pointing out deficiencies in the colleges under Section 17 of the NCTE Act, 1993.
Updated on Jul 04, 2013 12:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana