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Deepa Sharma Sood

Deepa Sharma Sood, a senior correspondent in Ludhiana, reports on education and health.

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Six Ludhiana blocks among top 20 in Punjab for increased enrolments in govt schools

Ludhiana 1 topped the state with 7,505 new students enrolling in government schools over the last year.

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Updated on Aug 02, 2020 10:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Ludhiana govt schools receive ₹75-lakh grant for construction of new classrooms

The state government sent the funds to Ludhiana Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan office from where they were e-transferred to the schools

New classrooms being constructed at Government Model Senior Secondary Smart School, PAU, in Ludhiana on Saturday.(Harsimar Pal Singh/HT)

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Updated on Aug 01, 2020 10:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Mental health: Share Manodarshan webpage with students: SCERT to Ludhiana DEOs

Students can also call the toll-free number 844844632 and queries will be addressed through tele-counselling between 8am to 8pm.

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Updated on Aug 02, 2020 01:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times/Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

236 girls apply to courses reserved for boys at Ludhiana college

This is despite the college website mentioning clearly that bachelor of arts, bachelor of commerce, bachelor in business administration and bachelor in computer application are offered only to male students

Faculty members at the help desk constituted by the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, Ludhiana, to answer queries of students regarding admissions.(Harsimar Pal Singh/HT)

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Published on Jul 31, 2020 11:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

New education policy: Ludhiana educationists demand govt to hire more teaching staff

The reforms and policies announced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 evoked mixed responses from the city’s teaching community and educationists

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Updated on Jul 30, 2020 10:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Electricity bill payment machine project in Ludhiana to be discontinued due to few takers

From August 1, electricity bills can be paid online, or by depositing the amount at PSPCL cash counter

A Ludhiana resident reading the notice which states that bill payment machines will not be functional in the city after July 31 at PSPCL office in Fountain chowk, Ludhiana, on Wednesday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2020 10:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

SCD Government College starts online registration process

With students of ongoing batches, being promoted, the college authorities have asked them to deposit the fee online, however, they are not required to register online

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Updated on Jul 27, 2020 11:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

52 Ludhiana students to get cash prize for scoring 98% above marks in PSEB Class 12 exams

Out of 52 students from the district, 45 are from private schools and seven from government schools

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Updated on Jul 26, 2020 11:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Panjab University youth fest cancelled this year amid surging Covid cases

PU youth welfare director Nirmal Jaura said If the situation improves in the next few months, small events with 50 students can be organised

Usually, a meeting is conducted with college principals in July every year so that dates and host college to hold the event can be selected.(HT FILE)

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Published on Jul 25, 2020 11:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Ahead of Raksha Bandhan, Ludhiana markets witness low footfall

A visit to Jawahar Nagar camp market revealed that more than 30 rakhi stalls were set up which has now been reduced to six, due to lesser people thronging the market and to avoid huge gatherings

The market is so depressed that retailers expect the prices to dip further in the run up to the festival(HT photo)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2020 08:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Admission process for PU-affiliated colleges in Ludhiana to begin from next week

As per PU’s academic calendar, the admission process will be on from August 3 to August 28 and online classes will begin on September 1.

Students enquiring about admissions at the help desk set up at Khalsa College for Women on Thursday.(Harsimar Pal Singh/HT)

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Updated on Jul 25, 2020 01:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Three govt schools from rural areas in Ludhiana receive edu dept awards, funds

A grant of ₹4.54 lakh has been issued by the DPI office and e-transferred to the bank accounts of the schools

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Updated on Jul 24, 2020 10:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Ludhiana government schools outperform private schools in Class 12 results

PSEB Class 12 results declared: 99 government schools show 100% results

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Published on Jul 23, 2020 12:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

PSEB Class 12 results: Ludhiana drops by 13 positions among all districts

Achieves pass percentage of 89.99%, but slips from last year’s seventh to the 20th position among all districts.

A total of 29,142 of the 32,384 Ludhiana students, who took the exams, have passed in the results declared on Tuesday.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Jul 21, 2020 11:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Don’t reopen schools till there is Covid vaccine, parents in Ludhiana tell MHRD

Parents said schools should reopen only when no positive case is reported for at least a month

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Published on Jul 20, 2020 11:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana:

DEOs, school heads of Ludhiana dist to recommend names of teachers for state awards by July 30

The teachers must have 10-year experience in the field of education and names of teachers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Punjab Information and Communication Technology Education Society (PICTES) can also be nominated

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Published on Jul 19, 2020 08:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Teachers give thumbs up to CBSE’s decision to use deleted topics in internal assessment

Most say they had already covered the topics that had been dropped

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Updated on Jul 18, 2020 10:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

About 67% construction work on govt college building completed

The MLA directed the executive engineer of the public works department to complete the pending work by December

MLA Sanjay Talwar during his visit to the college site on Saturday(HT photo)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2020 09:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

With Class-12 results out, Punjab Technical University starts online registration process

Colleges have setup enquiry modules to answer parents’ and students’ queries regarding the admission process and eligibility

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Updated on Jul 17, 2020 10:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

With Rakhi round the corner, Ludhiana’s post office is back in vogue

With travel restricted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the post office has received more than usual volume ahead Raksha Bandhan; the head post office receives 44,000 articles, of which 18,000 are rakhis

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Updated on Jul 17, 2020 10:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Now, govt school teachers asked to receive, escort NRIs

The order came from the nodal officer for Covid-19, additional chief administrator, GLADA Bhupinder Singh

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Updated on Jul 17, 2020 12:53 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

CBSE Class-10 results: Defying odds, two disabled Ludhiana students shine in board exams

The students who suffer from an eye disorder, rare-skin disorder scored 79.8% and 91% respectively

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Updated on Jul 16, 2020 10:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times/Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Anhad Gill tops Ludhiana district in CBSE Class 10

Five girl students clinch all Top 3 positions from among 12,000 students who took the exams in March

Students in a jubilant mood after the declaration of CBSE Class 10 results in Ludhiana on Wednesday.(Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2020 12:43 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Gurveen Kaur of Ludhiana scores 99.8% in CBSE Class 12 exam

In commerce stream, Amisha Dang, a student of DAV Public School, Pakhowal Road scored 99% while Aryaman Mahajan of DAV Public School, BRS Nagar scored 98.6% in the medical stream

City topper Gurveen Kaur with her family members(Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on Jul 13, 2020 11:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

CBSE 12th Result 2020:Gurveen Kaur of Ludhiana scores 99.8%

Gurveen Kaur, a student of humanities stream at Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana scored 99.8% marks in Class 12 exam, the results for which were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday.

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Updated on Jul 13, 2020 08:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood

140 govt schools in Punjab to get funds to install incinerators to dispose sanitary napkins

The incinerator burns sanitary napkins into ashes and this way basic sanitation facilities can be provided to female students.

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Published on Jul 12, 2020 10:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhaina | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

33 govt primary schools in Ludhiana dist show no improvement in enrolment

The reasons cited by primary education officers are many of these schools are run by a single teacher and population of the village is less compared to others

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Published on Jul 11, 2020 11:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Over 325 former ITI students in Ludhiana get job offers amid Covid-19 pandemic

Shortage of labour was a major concern in industries and to provide employment to ITI students, the virtual job fair was conducted through Zoom and WhatsApp video calls

Of the total students, 29 have been placed in Hero Ecotech Limited and 26 have been shortlisted through virtual job fair conducted by ITI, Gill Road, Ludhiana.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Jul 11, 2020 11:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

Indian School Certificate Class-12 result: Mehak Bakhshi is district topper with 99.25% marks

The second position in district is bagged by Suvidhi Jain (non-medical) who secured 98.25% marks, while the third spot has been grabbed by Ritin Malhotra (commerce) with 97.75% marks

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Updated on Jul 10, 2020 10:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

ISCE Class 10 result: Kriti Garg grabs top slot in Ludhiana district

Aiming to become a computer science engineer, Kriti has opted for non-medical stream in Class 11

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Published on Jul 10, 2020 10:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByDeepa Sharma Sood, Ludhiana

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Deepa Sharma Sood, a senior correspondent in Ludhiana, reports on education and health.

Ludhiana 1 topped the state with 7,505 new students enrolling in government schools over the last year.

The state government sent the funds to Ludhiana Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan office from where they were e-transferred to the schools

Students can also call the toll-free number 844844632 and queries will be addressed through tele-counselling between 8am to 8pm.

This is despite the college website mentioning clearly that bachelor of arts, bachelor of commerce, bachelor in business administration and bachelor in computer application are offered only to male students

The reforms and policies announced under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 evoked mixed responses from the city’s teaching community and educationists

From August 1, electricity bills can be paid online, or by depositing the amount at PSPCL cash counter

With students of ongoing batches, being promoted, the college authorities have asked them to deposit the fee online, however, they are not required to register online

Out of 52 students from the district, 45 are from private schools and seven from government schools

PU youth welfare director Nirmal Jaura said If the situation improves in the next few months, small events with 50 students can be organised

A visit to Jawahar Nagar camp market revealed that more than 30 rakhi stalls were set up which has now been reduced to six, due to lesser people thronging the market and to avoid huge gatherings

As per PU’s academic calendar, the admission process will be on from August 3 to August 28 and online classes will begin on September 1.

A grant of ₹4.54 lakh has been issued by the DPI office and e-transferred to the bank accounts of the schools

PSEB Class 12 results declared: 99 government schools show 100% results

Achieves pass percentage of 89.99%, but slips from last year’s seventh to the 20th position among all districts.

Parents said schools should reopen only when no positive case is reported for at least a month

The teachers must have 10-year experience in the field of education and names of teachers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Punjab Information and Communication Technology Education Society (PICTES) can also be nominated

Most say they had already covered the topics that had been dropped

The MLA directed the executive engineer of the public works department to complete the pending work by December

Colleges have setup enquiry modules to answer parents’ and students’ queries regarding the admission process and eligibility

With travel restricted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the post office has received more than usual volume ahead Raksha Bandhan; the head post office receives 44,000 articles, of which 18,000 are rakhis

The order came from the nodal officer for Covid-19, additional chief administrator, GLADA Bhupinder Singh

The students who suffer from an eye disorder, rare-skin disorder scored 79.8% and 91% respectively

Five girl students clinch all Top 3 positions from among 12,000 students who took the exams in March

In commerce stream, Amisha Dang, a student of DAV Public School, Pakhowal Road scored 99% while Aryaman Mahajan of DAV Public School, BRS Nagar scored 98.6% in the medical stream

Gurveen Kaur, a student of humanities stream at Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana scored 99.8% marks in Class 12 exam, the results for which were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday.

The incinerator burns sanitary napkins into ashes and this way basic sanitation facilities can be provided to female students.

The reasons cited by primary education officers are many of these schools are run by a single teacher and population of the village is less compared to others

Shortage of labour was a major concern in industries and to provide employment to ITI students, the virtual job fair was conducted through Zoom and WhatsApp video calls

The second position in district is bagged by Suvidhi Jain (non-medical) who secured 98.25% marks, while the third spot has been grabbed by Ritin Malhotra (commerce) with 97.75% marks

Aiming to become a computer science engineer, Kriti has opted for non-medical stream in Class 11

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