Former student slaps teacher in Chandigarh schoolJuly 31st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Three former students of a government school here who were under suspension entered the school and one of them slapped a teacher while she was taking a class, police said. According to police, a case was registered against the three teenaged boys Friday after a formal complaint was received from the principal of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, Thursday.
Parents protest 'forcible' hair-cutting of studentsJuly 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Parents of six students of a government school here Thursday accused teachers of the school of allowing adult education students forcibly cut the hair of their wards. Taking a serious note of the issue, officials of the Chandigarh education department said they would look into the case and take action against the guilty.
Teacher sacked for garlanding students with shoesJuly 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A teacher in a government-run school here has been dismissed on the charge of putting garlands of shoes around the necks of students, an official said Friday. "Teachers should be very responsible and should maintain the dignity of this noble profession.
Chandigarh school buses continue strike for fourth dayJuly 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Bus operators of private schools in the city continued their strike for the fourth day Monday against a government order making it mandatory for all such buses to install speed governors. Over 500 privately owned school buses were off the roads for the fourth day, posing problems to parents and school children.
Chandigarh's school bus operators call off strikeJuly 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Private school bus operators, on strike for the past four days against a government order making speed governors mandatory in all buses, Monday evening called off their stir after the Chandigarh administration formed a committee to look into their demands. The bus operators' association agreed to install speed governors by Sep 30, the new deadline set by the administration.
School bus operators in Chandigarh go on strikeJuly 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Hundreds of students here were affected as nearly 500 private schools buses went off the roads Friday against the administration's decision to fine and impound any buses plying without speed governors. The administration had given time till July 10 to bus operators for installation of speed governors.
Not having a school building 'not a problem': Orissa ministerJune 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa minister Pratap Jena said Friday that not having a school building was "not a problem" and was no reason for students "not to turn up to school to study". "This is not a problem.
In Chandigarh if students don't perform, faculty gets the stickJune 9th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Teachers and principals of government schools in Chandigarh had better watch out - trouble awaits them if their students perform badly. In the wake of the poor show by Class 10 and 12 students in the board exams, the principals and other faculty members of government schools will be held accountable from this academic session onwards.
Four students drown during school picnic in Punjab (Lead)June 9th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Four children on a school trip drowned Tuesday when a girl fell into the the Beas river in Punjab and three of her classmates tried to save her, police said. Nidhi, a Class 10 student of Star Public School, lost her balance and fell into the river.
Four kids drown in Punjab in trip turned sourJune 9th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Four children, who were on a one-day school trip to river Beas in Punjab, drowned Tuesday, police said. The incident took place when Nidhi, a Class 10 student of Star Public School, lost her balance and fell into the river.
Chandigarh all-boys school fights for girl childMay 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - One of the city's oldest schools - a well known all-boys institution at that - has quietly taken up the cause of the girl child. The effort of St.
5 Haryana teachers jailed for pilfering students' fundsMarch 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Saying it was meant to serve as a deterrent, a court in Haryana has jailed five teachers for seven years for siphoning off funds meant for providing mid-day meals to government school students. The teachers, including a headmaster, have been charged with siphoning off funds for providing mid-day meals to poor students of a government primary school near Safidon town in Jind district, 250 km from here.
Schoolgirl mowed down by speeding car in ChandigarhJanuary 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 12-year-old girl died, while her sister and a friend were seriously injured, after they were hit by a speeding car here Monday, police said. 'The three girls were walking to school when a rashly driven Innova car with a Punjab registration number hit them from behind in Sector 53.
Chandigarh police seek mandatory registration of e-bikesDecember 31st, 2008 CHANDIGARH - It is not only the increasing number of vehicles on Chandigarh roads that is creating problems for traffic police here but also the rising number of electronically-powered bikes, better known as e-bikes, which do not require any license or registration to operate. 'In 2008 there were many accidents involving the e-bikes on the city roads.
Bureaucrats to supervise mid-day meals in ChandigarhDecember 24th, 2008 CHANDIGARH - Middle-level bureaucrats in the union territory of Chandigarh will now supervise the preparation of mid-day meals for government school children in the city. The Chandigarh administration has ordered that all civil servants from Haryana and Punjab cadre on deputation with the administration will visit the cooking institutes and schools to monitor the quality and hygiene of cooked meals under the mid-day meal scheme, an administration spokesman said here Thursday.
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