Bank Unions wage increase demand irrational: IBA

Indian Banks’ Association said it is the only representative body of banks which acts on the mandate given by the banks for wage settlement, a statement issued here said.
It said IBA’s Negotiating Committee comprise of CMDs of Public Sector Banks as well as Private Sector Banks which are parties to the Bipartite a settlements has started the wage negotiation in right earnest since October 2012.

CBSE schools closed for Christmas

New Delhi, December 23
The CBSE is all set to mark Christmas as Good Governance Day in its schools which would be closed on account of a public holiday on December 25.
The board has invited entries from students to mark the Good Governance Day on December 25 to remember former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee’s birthday falls on December 25.

All school info on govt website soon

22000 posts are lying vacant in edu dept punjab

CBSE Expression Series to start on Dec 24 online

Ludhiana , December 22, 2014
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Expression Series on 'Education for Future Development' will start on December 24 online as per a circular released by the board recently.

Punjab Government released list of holidays for 2015

Punjab Government released list of holidays for 2015

Chandigarh, December 22, 2014: The Punjab government today released a list of 33 holidays for 2015. The government will also observe 19 restricted holidays from which each employee can choose two days to observe as holidays.
Public Offices will  remain closed for Basant Panchmi and Satguru Ram Singh’s birthday

A Guide to Poll duties for Government Employees

A Guide to Poll duties for Government Employees – Presiding Officers, Polling Officers and Returning Officers

Stage is all set for a mammoth Democratic Process in the form of General Election in India from 7th April 2014 to 12th May 2014.
Mr.Sampath, Chief Election Commissioner said when he released the Schedule for General Elections 2014, as follows

“Elections to the world’s largest democracy pose immense challenges with respect to logistics and man and material management”.

Punjab cabinet decided to re-fix the quota of posts for promotion as 75%, 15% and 10% in case of lecturers, headmasters and vocational lecturers/headmasters respectively

167 Posts of JBT/ ETT teachers to be converted into hobby teachers for clearing the backlog of blind category



Nod for setting up radiation safety agency in the State



New Veterinary college to come up at Rampura Phul


2844 Temporary posts of various categories in Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners & their subordinate offices, to be converted into permanent ones


Bill for lump-sum tax under the Punjab Small Traders Rahat Scheme to be introduced in Vidhan Sabha

Rate of tax on sale and purchase of goods through CSD for Serving and Veteran Defence personnel slashed from 6.05% to 4%

Exclusive court for delivering speedy justice to ex-servicemen to come up at Jalandhar

Property tax on residential properties of servicemen/ Ex-servicemen abolished

Proposal for conversion of nearly 3000 temporary posts to into permanent ones okayed

14 new IIITs to be established, Shashi Tharoor says

NEW DELHI: The government has approved the establishment of 14 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), Parliament was told on Wednesday.

"Under the approved scheme of setting up 20 IIITs on a not-for-profit public-private partnership, the central government has given approval for establishment in 14 states," Minister of state for human resource development Shashi Tharoor said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

Central Government is expected to ask the seventh pay commission to consider merging 50% dearness allowance

In a bid to woo central government employees ahead of General Elections, the UPA government is expected to ask the seventh pay commission to consider merging 50% dearness allowance with basic pay of the employees. This will form part of the terms of reference (ToR) for the Commission, to be considered by the Cabinet this week. The Commission may suggest interim relief as well. Officials said the ToR of the Pay Commission

Will absorb local govt teachers, state tells HC

Chandigarh, February 19
Teachers working in schools managed by the state local government now stand a chance of being appointed in the Education Department on a transfer basis. The State of Punjab has assured the Punjab and Haryana High Court that they will also be absorbed as per the requirement in the districts.

Computer teachers plan to gherao CM

Jalandhar, February 19
Computer teachers decided to hold a state-level rally on February 23 at a meeting held here today. Leaders of the Computer Teachers’ Union said despite being regularised, they were not being given many benefits and allowances received by the other regular teachers. The union leaders demanded that they should be brought under the Education Department.

Adarsh school Teachers threaten to protest at Modi's rally

Bathinda, February 19
Members of the Adarsh School Teaching and Non-teaching Staff Association today threatened that if the state government fail to heed their demands, they would stage a protest at Narendra Modi's rally in Jagraon on February 23.

Accusations mar EGS teachers’ counselling Teachers allege that only those who met Chief Minister being given preference

Bathinda, February 19
Counselling procedure of the AIE/EGS teachers, which began in the city on Monday, was today marred by accusations by a section of teachers. The AIE/EGS teachers had observed a dharna in the city from February 2 to 9, were assured by the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal that they would be given jobs for two years.

SSA/RMSA Teacher Union, Punjab, held a meeting, under the presidentship of Didar Singh Mudaki on sunday

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA)/Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA) Teacher Union, Punjab, held a meeting, under the presidentship of Didar Singh Mudaki and general secretary Sunil Mohali, on Sunday. The office-bearers of the association condemned the Ludhiana District Administration and senior police officers for curbing the voice of the teacher union. Office-bearers will hold a meeting on February 23 at Desh Bhagat Yaadgari Hall, Jalandhar, and will chalk out the further course of action.

Aided and unaided colleges of punjab Teachers to go on mass leave

Ludhiana, February 16
Teachers of 136 aided colleges and unaided colleges of Punjab will go on a mass casual leave and hold a protest rally in front of the office of DPI Colleges, Punjab, to push for their pending demands, on March 1.

Minister assures sikhya providers of salary hike

Bathinda, February 16
The Sikhya Providers Union, Punjab, which had planned to take out a rally in the city today cancelled it after SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar assured the union leaders of fixing a meeting with Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.

Zila parishads have failed to manage schools: Teachers

Hoshiarpur, February 16
Teachers of schools run under zila parishads and nagar councils, under the banner of the ETT Union Punjab, held a protest march in the district. The march started from Mukerian and concluded at Nawanshara. The teachers alleged the zila parishads and nagar councils had failed to run the schools smoothly and in past seven years, they did not receive their pay on time.

Bajwa backs EGS teachers

Chandigarh, February 14
Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa today said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was misleading people on the salaries of education volunteers recruited under the EGS and other Centre-sponsored schemes.

BJP to back aided school teachers

Amritsar, February 14
State BJP chief Kamal Sharma has promised full support to the demand of the Aided School Teachers and Other Employees Union who have been seeking merger with the Education Department.

Ajay Chauhan of the union said a delegation of the union met the BJP chief who responded positively to the demand.

Special school to be ready by July Construction work in full swing, government hires three contractors

Bathinda, February 14
Academically brilliant students, scoring 80 per cent or more marks in Class X examinations will be able to enroll themselves in Special Residential School which is being built for them starting this academic season. The construction of the school is going on in full swing with three contractors being given the responsibility to finish the project at the earliest.

Although the CM had announced that he wished that the school should be completed by May and be able to cater to the students seeking admission in Classes XI to XII, the government will be able to announce opening of admissions starting July, when the school and its hostels are expected to be ready.

Haryana govt hikes dearness relief for its pensioners and family

The Haryana government has revised the dearness relief payable to its pensioners and family pensioners on the unrevised pension from the existing rate of 166% to 183% with effect from July 1, 2013, according to an official release on Friday. A notification to this effect has been issued by the finance department here.

50% posts vacant in govt colleges, guests lecturers fill in on petty salaries

More than 50% vacancies of lecturers in all the 48 government colleges of Punjab are lying vacant as 900 teachers who are filling up for this huge gap as guest lecturers are on strike for the past 23 days in protest against paltry wages they are getting. Advertisement These guest lecturers, who have eventually become the backbone of the teaching faculties in these colleges, have been getting `7,000 a month, which is being paid from the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) funds of respective colleges. Their main demand is disbursement of Rs. 25,000 as salary package, as per the UGC guidelines besides immediate implementation of the December 2011 notification of the Punjab government to increase their package to

66 arrested SSA/RMSA teachers released

Ludhiana, February 13
The City Police has released the 66 teachers arrested for staging a protest at the Grain Market on the Jalandhar bypass on February 2.

The teachers, working under the Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), were demanding regularisation of their jobs.

District president of the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union Amandeep Singh Dadhahoor said, "The unconditional release of the teachers is the victory of our struggle. Their arrest was unconstitutional."

Adarsh school recovers salaries ‘inadvertently’ paid to teachers

Faridkot, February 13
The Punjab Education Development Board (PEDB) has recovered three months’ salary from five women teachers of an Adarsh school that was paid to them “inadvertently” during their paid maternity leave.

The teachers — Rajni Goyal, Jaspreet Kaur, Shifali, Sandeep Kaur and Harpreet Kaur — of Adarash School in Faridkot’s Middumann village were not paid salaries for November, December and January to recover Rs 1,68,500 on the account salary drawn by them during the three-month maternity leave. The teachers went on leave between May and September last year.

'No proposal to extend MBBS course duration'

Chandigarh, February 13, 2014 Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has clarified that that the ministry was not considering any proposal to extend the duration of the MBBS course. The ministry has also suspended its decision of one-year

Assam govt to fill up over 1 lakh vacancies

Guwahati, Feb. 13 (PTI) Assam government will provide employment to over one lakh people across various departments in the future, the state Assembly was told today. Presenting the 2014-15 interim budget, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, "I have asked all the departments to provide appointments against all available vacancies numbering around 1,00,927 in a time-bound manner." Since 2005-06, the government has created 1,15,439 new posts, of which 20,692 have been created during the current financial year, he added.

Staff resent non-payment of salaries Teachers have to provide eatables to students, lament poor economic health

Amritsar, February 11
Even as the state government is gearing up for a mega event to mark the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the war memorial here on Wednesday, employees of various departments are lamenting non-payment of salaries.

Staff at a majority of government schools have not been paid salaries since December. It is affecting academic and other routine work at these schools. Though the mid-day meal for the schools situated in the municipal corporation limit has been outsourced to one NGO but its working has been affected in rural areas, said office-bearers of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF). They said teachers were forced to arrange eatables and other articles on their own to continue providing meals to students. They said it would have been nice that the state government had cleared pending dues before holding a mega event.

CM to meet 13 employee unions on Feb 18

Bathinda, February 11
Members of the 13 different unions of the Punjab government employees today held a convention against the state government at the Grain Market today.

Protesting against the government to discuss their 16 main demands, the union members had decided to take out a protest rally in the city. However, before the rally could be taken out, the district administration intervened and assured the agitating unions of getting a meeting fixed with Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal.

665 vacancies created in medical colleges: Joshi

The medical education and research department of Punjab has created 665 new vacancies of faculty and paramedical staff to further strengthen the medical infrastructure and service delivery system in government medical colleges and hospitals. Advertisement Besides,

Punjab to appoint 15000 TET passed teachers in this year-Maluka

Teachers protest state govt ‘apathy’ Various unions burn govt’s effigy and demand immediate release of arrested activists

Jagraon, February 10
Scores of protesters, led by representatives of various teachers' unions, held a massive protest rally against the state government in Jagraon today. The protesters blocked traffic on Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway for around 15 minutes and burnt the effigy of the state government.

The protesters denounced the state government and raised slogans against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.

HC: Candidates seeking revaluation can apply for job

Chandigarh, February 10
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that from now on, candidates will be able to apply for government jobs even if they have not cleared the qualifying examination, but have applied for re-evaluation before the last date for submitting forms.

The High Court has also made it clear that advertisements issued in future for carrying out selections to “any post” would specifically mention that the candidates seeking re-evaluation in the eligibility examination “shall also be entitled to file an application provisionally while mentioning this fact clearly.

Truce with education volunteers may not last. 11 EGS teachers still atop water tank

Chandigarh, February 10
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal seems to have managed only a temporary truce with the agitating education volunteers working under the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS), Special Trainer Teachers (STR) and Alternative Innovative Education (AIE) schemes.

Gagan from Abohar, who was among those who met the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here yesterday, said the teachers may have to go on strike again. A senior officer, requesting anonymity, said: “If the teachers resort to another agitation demanding jobs without fulfilling the eligibility criteria, it will be sheer blackmail. ”

Punjab Govt must set up pay commission: Speaker

Fatehgarh Sahib, February10
State Vidhan Sabha Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal today said the Punjab Government should constitute a pay commission on the pattern of the Union Government for the welfare of its employees as they played a vital role in the development of the state.

While talking to mediapersons here today, he said he would take up the matter with the state government.

Ahead of poll, high-deficit Budget makes Punjab govt jittery Will present it after Lok Sabha elections to prevent backlash

Chandigarh, February 10
Punjab's political leadership does not want to show any blemishes as it gears up for the Lok Sabha elections. Aiming to be an important part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), if they win a majority of the seats in the state, the SAD-BJP Government is not keen on presenting a Budget showcasing its slow revenue growth and high fiscal deficit just ahead of the elections.

While almost all neighbouring states - Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand - have decided to present their Budgets before the model code of conduct comes into force and take mileage by announcing sops and no new taxes. But Punjab, knowing that there is little room for any sops in its Budget proposal for the next year, and in an effort to ensure that this year's fiscal indicators do not become a poll issue, has decided to go for a vote on account in its session between March 3 and 10. The state's Budget will now be presented after the new government takes over at the Centre.

IAS aspirants can make two more attempts now

New Delhi, February 10
Civil services aspirants have a reason to cheer. The government on Monday decided to give two additional attempts with consequential age relaxation to all categories of candidates of the prestigious exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission.

“The Central Government has approved two additional attempts to all categories of candidates with effect from the Civil Services Examination 2014, with consequential age relaxation of maximum age for all categories of candidates, if required,” said Department of Personnel and Training said.

Irked by transfers, teachers on warpath Eleven unions to hold protest march in Bathinda tomorrow

Chandigarh, February 9
Frustrated at the “illogical” move of the Education Department to transfer 811 schoolteachers (women teachers to girls’ schools and male teachers to boys’ schools) 11 unions, under the banner of the Punjab and UT Mulazim Sangharsh Committee, will hold a protest march in Bathinda on February 11.

The transfer orders are to be implemented from April 1. The press secretary of the sangharsh committee, Teerath Singh Bassi, said the Punjab Subordinate Services Federation, the Government Teachers Union and the Democratic Teachers Front would take part.

DTF teachers to stage protest Demand release of jailed teachers

Jalandhar, February 9
The Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), Punjab, held a meeting at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall, here to announce that they will hold a state-level protest on February 18 to demand the release of the jailed teachers.

The state president of the front Bhupinder Singh Varaich and general secretary Devinder Singh Punia, in a press statement issued here today, said the jailing of teachers holding a peaceful agitation in Ludhiana for the regularisation of their services was unconstitutional.

EGS teachers call off Bathinda stir

Chandigarh/Bathinda, February 9
Agitating Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) volunteers called off their agitation this evening after a round of discussions with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. They agreed to the administration’s offer of taking the body of the child who died during their agitatio

Centre has proposed to create an additional 15,800 MBBS seats

New Delhi, Feb 7,2014: With the availability of doctors being a dismal 0.5 for every 1,000 persons in the country, the Centre has proposed to create an additional 15,800 MBBS seats, Lok Sabha was informed today. "The current doctor-population ratio in the country is

Despite efforts made by govt to woo them, students in primary schools reduce

There has been a decline in the number of students in primary schools of Gurdaspur district despite the Punjab government doing its best to attract children to these schools. Advertisement The students of primary schools get uniform, books and mid-day meal free besides a stipend of Rs. 50 per month. However, these schools bear a clear distinction between the haves and have-nots - as majority of the children come from poor families. Moreover, most of them belong to the Scheduled Castes and the labour class. District education officer (primary) Didar Singh said: "At present, there are a total of 47,948 students, including 23,041 girls, in

Selection of 1,400 assistant professors in Haryana under high court lens

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government's move to select around 1,400 assistant professors for various colleges in the state, has come under scanner of the Punjab and Haryana high court, which on Friday issued notice to the state for prescribing the selection criteria in contravention of University Grant Commission (UGC) norms.

Computer teachers to protest on Feb 10

Jalandhar, February 7
The Computer Teachers’ Union today decided to go for a state-level agitation on February 10. A four-me

Bathinda’s shame:Parents refuse to bury child, teachers continue dharna

Bathinda, February 7
Braving the elements — it was raining and windy during the day — the AIE/EGS teachers continued their dharna outside the bus stand for the second day today. Refusing to bury the body of 14-month-old Eknoor, nicknamed ‘Rooth’, her parents and other protesters have preserved the body in an air-conditioned glass casket.

PTI scam: Illegal appointees still in the job

More than four months after an official probe zeroed in on 16 illegal appointments of physical training instructors (PTIs) in Punjab schools and the recruitment of 41 others under a cloud all of them are still continuing in service. Advertisement Director, public instruction (DPI), secondary school education, Kamal Garg issued showcause notices to these 16 appointees on January 18 for termination of their services, seeking their replies within 21 days. Garg, when contacted, said the replies were still awaited. "We cannot dismiss them without having their

Computer Teachers plan to take protest to social networking sites

Ludhiana, February 6
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, various teacher associations have started holding protests on roads in order to get their long-pending demands accepted.

And computer teachers of government schools have decided to take a novel way to protest against the SAD-BJP government in the state. The Computer Teachers Union, Punjab, has announced to ‘expose’ the Akali-BJP government on social networking websites.

School board to up vigil in 59 exam centres

Mohali, February 6
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has identified the most number of sensitive examination centres (SEC) in Amritsar district in the state. Class X and XII exams are held in these SECs.

The district topped the list with a total of 13 sensitive centres, followed by Tarn Taran district (12). PSEB chairperson Dr Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal said 59 examination centres had been decla

Guest teachers paid less than skilled workers

Chandigarh, February 6
In at least 48 government colleges, the guest faculty has raised a banner of revolt against their “exploitation”. Employed on an ad hoc basis, these teachers are paid a measly Rs 10,000 per month whereas the regular staff are paid Rs 45,000 -Rs 80,000.

Wages to the guest faculty are paid from the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) fund set up in each college. During

Adarsh school teachers meet Maluka

Bathinda, February 6
A delegation of teachers of the Adarsh Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Association, Punjab, met Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka at his residence in Maluka village today.

"We showed him a copy of an advertisement through which the teachers for the Adarsh School under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode were

Protest by AIE/EGS teachers takes a serious turn Parents refuse to cremate infant’s body; doctors say the baby died of multi-vitamin deficiency

Bathinda, February 6
The protest by the AIE/EGS teachers took a serious turn today and threw up several heart-rending sights after one of the protesting teachers lost her infant daughter to illness. Rather than cremating the infant, the teachers carried the body while they took out a protest march through the busiest markets and blocked traffic at crucial intersections in the city.

EPFO approves Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension

New Delhi: Trustees of retirement fund body EPFO Thursday approved a proposal to provide a monthly pension of minimum Rs 1,000, a decision that will immediately benefit about its 28 lakh pensioners. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT), the ap

Haryana Teachers’ Eligibility Test (HTET) scam: Caught copying, girl says she got answer key for Rs 1 lakh

Fatehabad, February 5
Hundreds of aspirants have expressed concern over a girl’s claim to the police that she had purchased the answer key to the Haryana Teachers’ Eligibility Test (HTET), conducted on February 2, from a Rohtak-based person for Rs 1 lakh.

The girl was allegedly caught copying from a piece of paper at the Manohar Memorial College of Education examination centre.

SSA/RMSA Teachers protest, want colleagues released

Ludhiana, February 5
The police and protesting teachers belonging to various unions kept playing hide and seek throughout the day today. The police had made foolproof arrangements to keep the teachers away from the Mini-Secretariat. The teachers managed to reach Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School at Bharat Nagar Chowk.

The teachers' unions, including the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union, the Democratic Teachers Front, the Government Teachers Union, the Government Schoolteachers Union, the Elementary Teachers Union (Sahota) and the BEd Unemployed Front, and kisan unions were demanding the release of 58 teachers of the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union arrested on Sunday.

Govt School lecturers union to meet Maluka on February 7

Nawanshahr, February 5
Government school lecturers are up in arms against the state government’s proposal to revert the newly promoted lecturers on the basis of new subject-wise seniority lists.

Focus on anti-cheating, Maluka tells DEOs

Bathinda, February 5
The monthly meeting of District Education Officers (DEOs ) of the state was held at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Maluka, today. The anti-copying campaign, launched by Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka, in August last year, remained the highlight of the meeting. The meeting was also attended by the Additional Director General of School Education, Parampal Kaur Maluka, Additional Secretary Gurdeep Singh, DPI (Secondary Education) Kamal Garg, DPI (Elementary Education) Darshan Kaur, Punjab School Education Board Chairman Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal and others.

Sikhya Provider Union to meet Education Minister today

Bathinda, February 5
Members of the Sikhya Provider Union and the Adarsh Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Association would meet Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka at his residence here on Thursday.

Govt school teachers to be nodal officers Will now provide sanitary napkins at subsidised rates to school girls

Bathinda, February 5
Subsidised sanitary napkins, being provided to the adolescent girls in rural areas of district, will now also be available with the government schoolteachers who will be appointed as the nodal officers under the ongoing Menstrual Hygiene Scheme (MHS).

AIE/EGS Teachers resume stir atop water tank

Bathinda, February 5
A day after being lathicharged and dragged away by the police personnel from the site of the dharna, members of the AIE/EGS Teachers' Union, Punjab, resumed their protest at the same place. While earlier, only 11 teachers were sitting atop the water tank at Subhash Park near Gol Diggi, several others climbed and sat on the stairs leading to the tank after the police action on Tuesday.

Justice Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved composition of the 7th Pay Commission, which will revise the salaries of over 50 lakh central government employees. "The Prime Minister has approved the composition of the 7th Central Pay Commission," the Finance Ministry said in a statement today. Former Supreme Court Justice Ashok

42 education provider teachers booked

As many as 42 teachers recruited as education providers have been booked under various sections following their protest in the grain market here on Sunday. The teachers, who were arrested following their protest during which police used water cannons and force to control

Protest outside DC's office for release of 48 arrested teachers

Members of the SSA/RMSA Teachers Union, Democratic Teachers Front and Government School Teachers' Union, Punjab, protested outside the deputy commissioner's (DC) office on Monday. The protesters demanded release of the 58 teachers, who were arrested by the police from Dana Mandi on Sunday. The

Guest faculty Lecturers to meet Sukhbir on Feb 6

Bathinda, February 3
Guest faculty lecturers of Government Rajindra College today travelled to Mansa to sit on a protest outside the Nehru Memorial Government College. The lecturers submitted a memorandum of demands to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mansa.

The DC fixed a meeting of a deputation of the lecturers with the Deputy Chief Minister to be held at Mansa on February 6. On last Saturday, the lecturers had also met Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka

State president of the ETT Teacher's Union, Jagsir Sahota submitted a reply to the show-cause notice

Bathinda, February 3
State president of the ETT Teacher's Union, Jagsir Sahota, today submitted a reply to the show-cause notice, issued to him after he was found absent from the school, during a checking conducted by Chairman of Zila Parishad, Gurpeet Singh Maluka.

Teachers’ struggle takes on political hue State government doing everything to curb people’s rights, says PPP chief Manpreet Badal

Bathinda, February 3
The dharna by the teachers employed under the Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and Alternative Innovative Education (AIE) schemes, today acquired political overtones as PPP chief Manpreet Badal and Harminder Singh Jassi met the protesters and accused the

Transferring male staff Teachers’ unions flay govt policy

Ludhiana, February 2
Teacher unions have demanded an implementation of concrete policy for taking decisions on sensitive issues such as shifting of male teachers from girl’s school. Representatives of teachers’ unions alleged that every education minister imposes his personal decisions on teachers and such decision often changes with the appointment of new education minister.

58 SSA/RMSA teachers arrested Were holding protest for regularisation of their services

Ludhiana, February 2
The police arrested 58 teachers, including six women, during a peaceful protest at the grain market on the Jalandhar bypass today. The protest was held in support of their demand for the regularisation of their services. The teachers have been serving on contract under the Centre-sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. The police released the women teachers late in the evening.

Education Dept flayed for changing promotion norms

Nawanshahr, February 2
The Government Teachers’ Union (GTU) has hit out at the Punjab Education Department for adopting double standards with regard to the promotion of teachers.

“The Department has issued show-cause notices to the newly promoted lecturers after it prepared a rehashed subject-wise seniority list, while it has promoted masters to headmasters on the basis of cadre-based seniority list,” union president Prem Rakker said.

Teachers’ delegation meets minister Expresses resentment over shifting of male staff

Amritsar, February 2
A teachers’ delegation today met Cabinet Minister Anil Joshi to express their resentment against the recent orders of the government regarding the shifting of male teachers from Government Girl Senior Secondary Schools in the district.

Unions flay use of water cannon by police on agitating teachers; Cong supports stir

Bathinda, February 2
The police and the district administration came under a scathing attack for using water cannons and caning the teachers and members of the Adarsh Schools Teaching & Non-Teaching Union and Sikhya Providers Union who had assembled at the grain market and were planning to take out a protest rally in the city this afternoon.

Centre to hike DA by 10% for second time, will make it 100%

NEW DELHI: Centre is likely to announce next month a hike in dearness allowance by 10 per cent to 100 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners. It would be the second double digit DA hike in a row. The government had announced a hike of 10 per cent to 90 per cent in September last year, effective from July 1, 2013. According to an official source, the preliminary assessment

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government

ETT teachers to protest on Feb 27

Fatehgarh Sahib, February 1
Nearly 13,000 Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) teachers will hold a protest rally in Bathinda on February 27. They demand that they be appointed in the Education Department and promoted to the teacher cadre.

Adarsh teachers and Sikheya providers to protest today in Bathinda

Bathinda, February 1
Members of the Punjab Adarsh Schools Teaching and Non-Teaching Association and Sikhya Provider Teachers’ Union will stage a joint dharna in the city tomorrow.

The Adarsh School teachers are demanding salaries according to the CBSE norms, regularisation of their jobs and are insisting on not dropping the word ‘government’ from the names of the schools.

CM suggests fee to be charged from govt school students to raise funds

Ludhiana, January 31,2014 In order to raise funds in government schools, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has suggested to school heads to collect a fee of Rs. 5 to 10 per student from Classes 1 to 8. He said this during a visit to Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), here on Friday. However, education is free for

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Government School Lecturer Union holds protest

Jalandhar, January 30
In protest against the misbehaviour of the police with members of the Government School Lecturer Union Punjab, during a dharna at Chandigarh, the lecturers in the district took mass causal leave and expressed their anger through a dharna and protest.

The Jalandhar unit of the union demanded that the headmasters’ DPC for the year be done after amendments in the 2004 service rules. They said if the headmasters were promoted as principals without the said amendments, then the dharna will be intensified.

No transfer of IAS, IPS officers for two yrs, says govt

New Delhi, January 30
Officers of the three premier services — IAS, IPS and IFoS — will spend a minimum of two years at each posting, say new rules formulated by the Centre to check political interference.

Any exception in the form of transfers or new appointments will only be made upon the recommendation of a civil services board.

Govt can’t meet teachers’ unjust demands: Maluka

Bathinda, January 29
As the teachers’ unions continue their protest to demand increase in salaries and regular jobs, Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the state government was helpless.

Teachers recruited under the Centre’s schemes such as such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) have been protesting since long.

Punjab Government has started the process of transferring the Male Teachers from "Girls" Govt schools

Chandigarh, January 29: Punjab Government has started the process of transferring the Male Teachers from "Girls" Govt schools. According to DPI (Secondary) the Education department has issued the list of 411 "Male Teachers" of different districts in Punjab who will now teach in Boys and co-ed Govt. Schools. The

TET teachers, state govt at loggerheads

Ludhiana January 28
Around 17,000 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) passed unemployed candidates have become bone of contention for the state government. The unemployed graduates, who passed the teacher eligibility test in recent years, are now organised under the TET Passed Unemployed Teachers Union.

Implementing the Right to Education Act 2009, the National Council for Teachers (NCTE) has made the Teacher Eligibility Test compulsory for the recruitment of the teachers in schools.

Lecturers’ body flays police action against guest faculty

Chandigarh, January 28
The Punjab College Teachers’ Association has condemned the police action against guest faculty in Bathinda yesterday.

Nearly 45 lecturers had gone to Bathinda to protest, demanding salaries from the state treasury, 10 per cent annual

Aided Schoolteachers to hold protest rally in Bathinda on 2 Feb

Amritsar, January 28
Demanding merger of aided schools, the Aided Schoolteachers and Other Employees Union, Punjab, has announced to hold a rally in Bathinda on February 2. Besides, they have not received salaries for the past four months. The union has been demanding merger of aided schools for over two years.

Guest faculty lecturers burn degrees Have been protesting since January 21, boycott lectures

Bathinda, January 28
Intensifying their protest against the state government, the guest faculty lecturers today burnt copies of their degrees as part of their protest outside the Government Rajindra College.

Shouting slogans against the state government, they derided the leaders for leaving the highly-qualified lecturers to take to the roads and stage protest.

Teachers’ arrest invites criticism, fellows seek release

Ludhiana, January 27
Representatives of the TET Pass Unemployed Teachers Union, Punjab, have alleged harassment at the hands of the police.

On Republic Day, teachers were arrested under Section 107-151 of the CrPC.  

Lecturers protest new guidelines for promotions

Patiala, January 27
Lecturers, who have been issued show-cause notices stripping them of their promotion, protested outside the DC’s office here today. The Education Department has sent notices to 623 teachers promoted in May 2012 to revert them to the master cadre.

Police round up guest faculty lecturers for blocking traffic Had met Dy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal; say meeting failed to yield tangible results; police register case

Bathinda, January 27
The police today rounded up several guest faculty lecturers from outside the District Administrative Complex in an attempt to stop them from blocking the road and bringing the traffic to a standstill.

The lecturers, however, claimed that they were being wrongfully d

Aided schools’ front Protesters use Punjabi boliyaan, target govt

Bathinda, January 27
‘Baari barsi khattan gaya si, khatt ke liyandi kheer, school bacha lo ji, vechan ge Badal te Sukhbir’, ‘Baari barsi khattan gaya si, khatt ke liyandi larri, kado ayugi saddi vardiyaan di waari’.

Members of the Unaided staff (Contractual) of Aided Schools Front, Punjab, chose such 'boliyaan' as part of a unique way to protest against the state government and commanding attention of the public towards their plight and the apathy of the government at a number of places in the city today as the Deputy CM was in the city today for holding a Sangat Darshan and to attend a function at an engineering college.

PU to hike fee of first year courses

Chandigarh, January 24
Panjab University has okayed a 10 per cent hike in the fee of first year courses from the next session.

The authorities will finalise the fee structure before the publishing of the prospectuses. Dean, University Instructions-cum-Registrar AK Bhandari said the fee of first year courses would be hiked by 10 per cent.

Protesting teachers face water cannons, lathis in Bathinda

Bathinda police used water guns and lathis to disrupt a protest by teachers under the banner of the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) union at Bhokra village on the Goniana-Bathinda road on Friday. Most of the protesters were women and braved temperatures of less than 8°c and the police action. Teachers were also forcibly bundled in buses and lathicharged. "We were made to run in the fields and beaten like animals. One of our members also fainted," one of the protesters

Punjab Govt to recruit 256 doctors; Feb 10 last date to apply

The Punjab government will recruit 256 MBBS doctors by March-end and the responsibility for the recruitment has been given to the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). While stating this health minister Surjit Kumar Jyanih admitted to the shortage of doctors in the district hospital. "The department tries to recruit doctors as per the need, but many doctors go for specialisation or PG studies, which ultimately lead to staff shortage

FM accepts demands of DC office employees; union to continue protest

Punjab finance minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa has assured the agitating members of the Punjab Deputy Commissioner Office Employees Union (PDCOEU) that he would accept all their demands related to the finance department. On Thursday, PDCOEU members from all districts of the state gathered in Sangrur to hold a protest rally and gherao finance minister's residence. However, they had cancelled the gherao programme after Dhindsa called them for a meeting and accepted their demands including disbursement of pending

Punjab DC office employees hold protest rally in Sangrur

Hundreds of employees working in deputy commissioner's offices in various districts of Punjab staged a protest rally here on Thursday to press their demands. The protesters had also planned to gherao finance minister Parminder ingh Dhindsa's residence. However, they canceelled the plan after Dhindsa invited them for a meeting at his. In response to call by the Punjab Deputy Commissioner Office Employees Union, the protesters gathered at the mini secretariat here and

Fill up 14,844 vacant posts of teachers by April 2015: HC to Maharashtra

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to fill up 14,844 vacant posts of teachers in secondary and higher secondary aided schools by April 2015.

 The state government had banned recruitment of teachers in primary, secondary and higher secondary schools in 2012 after it came to light during an official survey that there were excess teachers in many educational institutions.

MBA/MMS CET to go online this year

PUNE/MUMBAI: The state MBA/MMS CET will go online this year, just like most of the entrance exams for B-schools.

The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has decided to take the plunge from the exam this March, considering most students are well-versed with online exams now.

But experts said students from the interiors of the state might be discouraged with the online mode of the exam.

CBSE board admit cards too go online

NAGPUR: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared that admit cards for std X and XII board exams will be available online only. From this year, the board won't be sending a hard copy of the admit cards, in an effort to take more and more of the process online.

From April, RBI will withdraw all pre-2005 notes

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has said that all currency notes issued before 2005 will be withdrawn from circulation - a move that is expected to check fakes and at the same time cause consternation among those dealing in cash. Although the central bank has desisted from declassifying these notes as legal tender there is fear that a logical conclusion would be to take these notes completely out of circulation.

HC seeks report on ‘education shops’ Asks Ludhiana Senior Superintendent of Police to probe functioning of Astha Education

Chandigarh, January 22
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Ludhiana Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to see if “shops selling education to gullible students are functioning in the area”.

Justice Rajesh Bindal has also sought a report from the SSP on the functioning of the Ludhiana-based Astha Education and the institutes, boards and universities through which it was imparting education to students in the area.

Govt trying to sabotage rally: ZP ETT Teachers’ union

Ludhiana, January 22
The ETT Teachers Union has accused the Punjab government of trying to sabotage the proposed “Nibhera Karo Rally” at Bathinda. Harbans Singh, district president of the union, said the government wanted to suppress their voice as they planned to expose the anti-education policies of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal at the rally.

Harbans Singh said in order to deter them, the Zila Parishad chairman at Bathinda, Gurpreet Singh Maluka, had inspected union leader Jagseeer Singh Sahota’s school.

20 govt middle schools shut Each of these had less than 20 students on rolls

SAS Nagar, January 22
To rectify the skewed teacher:taught ratio, the Education Department has transferred all six teachers employed for just 17 students of Government Middle School (GMS) at Todar Majri village on the city's outskirts. They have been shifted to the Government High School in the neighbouring Majatri village.

The school at Todar Majri, with an

PTU non-teaching staff to hold protest today

Kapurthala, January 22
The Universities and Education Board Employees Federation, Punjab and Chandigarh, will join a protest to be organised by the PTU Non –Teaching Employees Union on the university campus on Thursday.

The federation took the decision after the PTU Vice-Chancellor allegedly ignored a communication, in which the office-bearers of the federation had sought time from him for a meeting, to sort out the problems of the union.

Punjab initiates recruitment process of 8148 teachers-Maluka

Chandigarh, January 20: The Punjab Government has initiated the recruitment process of 8148 teachers across the state and is all set to complete the process by March this year. The Education & Language Minister, Punjab Sikander Singh Maluka said that Punjab Government was committed to provide education to every child and to meet this target the government has already updated the data of vacant posts in the schools. The

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Govt schoolteachers to face probe Were found absent from school by Chairman of Zila Parishad Gurpreet Singh Maluka

Bathinda, January 17
A teacher at a government elementary school, who was found absent from the school during a surprise checking conducted by Chairman of the Zila Parishad, Bathinda, has alleged that he is being targeted as he is the president of a teachers’ union.

Continuing surprise checking of schools, Chairman of the Zila Parishad, Gurpreet Singh Maluka, conducted a checking of the Government Elementary School in Ghandabanna on Thursday and found three out of five teachers absent from school.

School principals resent move to shift male staff

Muktsar, January 16
A delegation of government teachers today met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal at Tarmala village in the district and expressed their displeasure at an Education Department’s decision to shift male staff from girls’ schools.

The teachers told the chief minister that the decision had put the school principals in a tight spot.

Principals said it would become difficult for them to run the schools smoothly as there were certain task

Traffic education to be part of school syllabus: Maluka

Hoshiarpur, January 17
Even as the Hoshiarpur police have shown the way by involving hundreds of students and teachers of over 500 schools in the district in its massive traffic awareness campaign, Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka today said the Education Department would include traffic education in the school curriculum.

Merger of 50 percent DA may soon be considered by Central Government –Sources

Sources close to the Central Government Employees Federations told that Merger of 50% DA will soon be considered by Central Government before the budget session of Parliament in February 2014. According to the sources, the central government is likely to consider the central government employees demand for merging of 50 % DA, for the reason that the DA will be crossing 100% level after January 2014.

Govt mulling 'national standards' for schools' performance

NEW DELHI: With much of the success of Right to Education (RTE) Act hinging on the learning outcome, the government is contemplating to formulate 'national standards for schools' performance to keep students and parents well informed.

"The initiative will bring out schools which are performing well and which are not doing that good so that parents are well informed," senior HRD Ministry official Brinda Swarup told a convention here.

On first day as DPI, officer shifted to another post Moves HC; says he is ineligible for the new post

Chandigarh, January 14
In an embarrassment for the Punjab Government, Gurpal Singh today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that he was posted as the Punjab State University Textbook Board director on the date of his joining as the Director Public Instructions (Colleges) even though he was ineligible to hold the post.

In his petition placed before Justice Rajesh Bindal, Gurpal Singh asserted he did not possess the essential qualification of MA in Punjabi and he had done M.Sc. and M.Phil in Physics.

Aanganwari workers allege ‘wrong’ norms being followed in promotions

Bathinda, January 14
The Aanganwari workers, working under the office of additional deputy commissioner (Development), today alleged following of ‘wrong’ norms to fill the posts of around 286 Aanganwari supervisors on promotional basis.

In a representation to ADC (D) Sonali Giri, the Aanganwari workers stated that the ad hoc merit lis

PSEB all set to launch e-books The measure will address the problem of non-availability of books

Bathinda, January 14
The persistent issue raised by the students of government schools of non-availability of books in the new academic session is soon going to be addressed to a certain level as the Punjab School Education Board is all set to launch e-books for various subjects for Class XII at the beginning of the academic session 2014-15.

CAT 2013 results likely today

Chandigarh, January 13
The results of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 are expected to be announced tomorrow.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) aspirants across the city are on tenterhooks as they await the announcement of the Common Admission Test 2013 results.

Send teachers’ lists, DEOs told

Ludhiana, January 13
The DPI, Schools, Punjab, has asked the District Education Officers (DEOs) to send the lists of the 7,654 teachers who had to be regularised. The official letter has been put on the official website - ssapunjab.org.

The general secretary of 7,654 Sanjha Front Teachers’ Union, Punjab, Baljit Singh, said though waking up from the deep slumber, the state government finally decided to regularise the teachers. But in March, the Election Code of Conduct would be implemented.

Aided school teachers to protest on January 18

Patiala, January 13
Nearly 4,200 teachers working in government-aided schools will hold a rally at Rampura Phul in Bathinda district on January 18 in protest against the non-payment of salaries for the past three months.

The teachers will go on a mass casual leave on the day of protest.

Women teachers for government girl schools, decides govt

Ludhiana, January 12
Perturbed over the complaints being made by the wards and the girl students of facing “harassement” at the hands of male teachers in their respective schools from several districts, the state government has decided to put only female teachers in Government School for Girls in Punjab.

For this, the District Education Officers (DEOs) in Punjab have been asked to prepare a list of schools and depute female staff in girls’ schools and male staff in boys’ schools.

Master cadre union punjab raise promotion demand

Nawanshahr, January 12
Members of the Master Cadre Union, Punjab (MCUP), who have been issued show-cause notices stripping them of their promotion, submitted a memorandum of demands to Punjab Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Sukhwinder Singh here today.

Singh assured them of convening a meeting with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal between January 19 and 22.

SSA teachers’ union convenes meeting

Bathinda, January 12
Members of the SSA/RMSA/CSS Teachers Union today convened a meeting here at the Teachers’ Home. The meeting was presided over by Beant Singh Phulewal.

During the meeting, the union distributed pamphlets mentioning their demands and the outlook of the government towards the scheme. “Similar meetings were held across the state today. At some places, the union members also burnt effigies of the state government as a mark of protest,” said Phulewal.

Aided school staff to hold rally at Rampura Phul on Jan 18

Jalandhar, January 12
Aided school employees will hold a protest rally at Rampura Phul on January 18. GS Chahal, state president, Aided School Teachers' and Other Employees' Union,declared that all the employees of aided schools would attend the rally by applying mass casual leave.

Only 872 aspirants pass PSTET-DEC 2013 Punjab to hold next PSTET within 6 month-Maluka

UGC rules out AICTE role in engineering college approvals

CHENNAI: The power to approve as well as affiliate engineering colleges would now be vested with the respective state technical universities, said Dr H Devaraj, vice-chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Speaking at the Indian Science and Engineering Fair organized by the city-based Agni College of Technology in association with the Science Society of India (SSI) here on Saturday, Devaraj said that henceforth engineering colleges need not queue up before the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for

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Fake certificate controversy:Headmasters' assn refutes lecturers' allegations

Jalandhar, January 11
Brij Mohan, president, Government School Headmaster Association (Punjab), and general secretary Sukhvinder Singh said the claim of the the lecturers’ union that headmasters were appointed despite lacking in experience or proper degrees was false. They said they would take a legal recourse on the matter and will agitate on January 25, if their demands are not met.

Aided school Teachers union to hold protest rally on Jan 18

Amritsar, January 10
Angered over the non-deliverance of a promise made by Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka to arrange a meeting with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on January 8, the Aided School Teachers and Other Employees Union announced to hold a protest rally in Education Minister’s constituency at Rampura Phull in Bhatinda on January 18.

SSA teachers demand their regularisation

Jalandhar, January 10 With the AAP campaign gathering momentum in the region, the threats of the teachers' unions to the government have also begun to vary in shade. While they earlier said they would intensify protests, now they

CM gives nod to Rs 1,000 hike for Asha workers Panel to resolve issues of ETT teachers

CM makes teachers cool their heels Staff of aided schools to hold state-level protest rally on January 18

Ludhiana, January 9
Teachers of aided schools in Punjab, who had gone to Chandigarh to meet the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, returned to the city disappointed.

According to the sources, the meeting was fixed for 11 am yesterday, but the officials allegedly failed to convene the meeting with the Chief Minister till 8 pm.

Badal constitutes panel to solve issues of ETT teachers working under Zila Parishad

Chandigarh, Jan 9, 2014 (YP Bureau) Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today constituted a high level committee for solving all the issues pertaining to the ETT Teachers, working under Zila Parishads across the state, within a month. A decision to this effect was taken by the Chief Minister during a meeting with the representatives of the ETT teachers here at Punjab Bhawan this morning. Taking part in deliberations, the Chief Minister said that the committee

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25% EWS seats in Kendriya Vidyalayas this year

NEW DELHI: All 1,100 Kendriya Vidyalayas will start their admission process for Class I (entry level) from February 15. The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan will shortly bring out the admission notification as well as guidelines.

Over one lakh students will be admitted in Class I across all KVs, including around 20,000 students in 80 KVs in the national capital region. Delhi alone has 60 Kendriya Vidyalayas.

UT Computer teachers call off protest

Chandigarh, January 8
Computer teachers of the UT government schools called off their protest after DPI (S) Kamlesh Kumar assured them of taking up all their major demands, including regularisation of services, with the authorities concerned, here today.

The Education Department is also going to increase their salary by 25 per cent. There will also be no deduction of salary during any vacation and the contract will continue without any gap.

Govt teachers resent move to strip them of promotion

Faridkot, January 8
A decision of the Punjab Education Department to strip 448 government school teachers of their promotion has caused an uproar.

The Director, Education Department (Senior Secondary) had, on January 6, issued a list of 448 lecturers posted in government senior secondary schools in the state to be reverted to the master cadre. The Circle Education Officers (CEOs) of Faridkot, Nabha and Jalandhar have been asked to ensure that the lecturers appear in the Director’s office in Mohali on January 13 and 14 to express their objections before their reversion to the master cadre.

SIT to probe doctors' recruitment scam

The Punjab government on Wednesday notified the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) under retired IPS officer MS Bali, with the Punjab vigilance bureau (VB chief director Suresh Arora as its member, for a thorough probe into the allegedly scandalous recruitment of doctors at the level of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). It was in

Jobless ETT protest on as talks with CM fail

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal's talks with the unemployed elementary trained teachers (ETT) on Wednesday failed to reach a consensus as they rejected the offer for jobs at a paltry monthly salary of Rs. 2,000 on contractual basis for two years.


These 3,500-strong unemployed teachers had intensified their protest for jobs in 2010 after they got two-year ETT certificates for teaching in primary schools on the initiative of the state's education department.

High court wants new merit list in four weeks

Finding the 2000 selection of 3,206 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers by the Haryana government "vitiated, though not fully", the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday ordered a fresh merit list within four weeks.


The move will terminate the services of undeserving teachers who were recruited when Om Prakash Chautala was chief minister. Pronouncing the judgment over some 13-year-old petitions challenging the selection, justice K Kannan made it clear that the appointment of at least 221 teachers, whose marks were reduced later but still their names put on the merit list, shall not be interfered with.

CBSE invites applications for national ICT awards for teachers

The Central Board of Secondary Education has asked all schools affiliated to it to send to the board nominations of their teachers for the National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards for Teachers. Schools will have to fill a prescribed form send it along with supporting documents to the directorate of education of their states/UTs/autonomous organisations through proper channel

Major reprieve for unemployed EGS\AIE teachers of the state

CHANDIGARH: In a major reprieve to the unemployed EGS/ AIE teachers of the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today offered two years of gainful contractual employment to them in the Education department besides take up their case of exempting them from Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET) with the Union government. Taking part in

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HC verdict on Haryana JBT selections today

The Punjab and Haryana high court will on Wednesday pronounce its judgment on a bunch of nearly 80 petitions challenging the selection of 3,206 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers by the Haryana government in 2000 during the-then regime of Om Prakash Chautala as chief minister. In January last year, the special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) court at Rohni, New Delhi, had convicted Om Prakash Chautala; his son, Ajay Chautala; IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officers Vidya Dhar and Sanjiv Kumar; and 51 other of corruption in the same case and sentenced them. The CBI had found the selection process tainted. However, the selected teachers are still in service. The petitioners, deprived of selection, had sought removal of 1,577 allegedly tainted JBT teachers, besides own appointment in place. The petitioners had submitted that the marks of 1,577 teachers were increased to illegally accommodate them. On January 23 last year, the high court had ordered to issue notices to all 3

Punjab has no employment policy, says info procured by RTI activist

As per the information procured by RTI activist advocate Dinesh Chadha under the Right to Information Act, Punjab government has no employment policy to solve issues of unemployment. In response to Chadha's inquiry, the director of the Department of Employment Generation and Training, Punjab, has

Poor strength of students:Schools to be merged

Ludhiana, January 7
Two middle schools in the district having less than 20 students are going to be merged with the nearby high schools. On the instructions issued by the Education Department, Gangagir School at Manuke village and Government Middle School, Malodaad, will soon be merged with the nearby government high schools.

Punjab Computer teachers to meet CM today

Jalandhar, January 7
The state unit of the Computer Teachers Union will be meeting Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on January 8 for their long pending demands. President of the district unit of the union said, “The teachers should be regularised to relieve them of the troubles they are undergoing everyday.

A panel meeting with Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka had led to hopes that computer teachers will be regularised soon.”

7654 Teachers’ union prepares to stage protests Accuses state government of stepping back from its promise

Bathinda, January 7
Members of the 7654 Sanjha Front Teachers Union, Punjab, today participated in a meeting convened at the Teachers’ Home here under the leadership of district president of the union, Shapinder Singh Brar.

Union members were assigned duties for dharna that the union is planning to organise in Mohali on January 11. Addressing the gathering, leaders of the union stated that despite the fact that the government had not paid the salaries of the teachers for the past three years, it was still retracting from its assurance that the jobs of the teachers will be regularised from April 2014.

Inter-school sports meet in February-Maluka

Chandigarh Education and Languages Minister Sikander Singh Maluka on Tuesday announced a state-level tournament for students of all primary schools in the state at Jalandhar from February 21 to 23. He said the state government will promote sports in all the government schools across the state from the primary level by organising zonal and state-level tournaments. The Education

Punjab Education Dept to create awareness about voting system

Jalandhar Ahead of National Voters Day on January 25, the district Education Department has initiated a campaign and started organising various competitions to create awareness among the students about voting system in India. Under the

Punjab invites applications for posts of Sr Residents in Govt Medical Colleges

Chandigarh, January 6: For the first time in Punjab positions of Senior Residents in Government Medical College, Patiala & Amritsar have been opened up for fresh Post Graduate students. Disclosing this here today, Anil Joshi, Medical Education and Research Minister said that

UPSC declares result of written Examination of IES/ISS, 2013

New Delhi, January 6: On the basis of result of the written part of the Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2013 held by the Union Public Service Commission in November, 2013, the candidates as per the list of Roll Numbers have qualified for Interview/Personality Test:--
The candidature of th

Punjab to fill vacancies of doctors in next 18 months: Jyani

With a view to providing better health services in government hospitals in the state, the Punjab government has decided to fill the vacant posts of doctors in the next one-and-a-half years. This was disclosed by Punjab health and family welfare minister Surjit Kumar Jyani on Monday after the inauguration of

3 months on, 4,200 teachers sans salary

Amritsar, January 6
“Being a single earning hand in my family, I am passing through a state of severe financial crunch. The festive period passed without any celebrations,” lamented a teacher, NN Saini.

Similar is the fate of as many as 4,200 employees working in 484 aided-schools in the state as they have been working

Punjab Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) to hold protest on Jan 9, 14

Jalandhar, January 6
Secretary of the local unit of the Punjab Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) Dr Tejinder Virli today said all the teachers of the Guru Nanak Dev University would miss their fourth and fifth periods and participate in strikes in their respective colleges on January 9 and 14.

These strikes would be conducted against Dr Daljit Singh, principal of the Khalsa College, Amritsar, against his move to disregard the management's agreement with the teachers' union by filing a case to trouble teachers of the college.

ETT teachers stage protest

Bathinda, January 6
In protest against the “politically-motivated” transfer of teacher Daulat Singh, ETT teachers employed with the schools under the Panchayati Raj assembled at the Zila Parishad office here today.

The teachers, under the leadership of their district president Gurmukh Singh Nathana and general secretary Yamande

UT Computer teachers meet Pawan Bansal

Chandigarh, January 5
Computer teachers today called on Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal to discuss their demands.

The teachers said the MP assured them of taking up their matter for increment in salary as well as regularisation of their services according to the Punjab Policy. He also told the teachers that no one could expel them from their current job.

AIPMT:CBSE not to upload answer keys

Chandigarh, January 5
The CBSE will not upload the answer keys for the next All-India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) as well. Last year’s undergraduate medical entrance exam had as many as seven ambiguous questions, following which students and teachers demanded uploading of the answer keys before the declaration of results to confirm their answers.

While the board uploaded the OMR sheets of the candidates, it did not upload the answer keys.

Protest bid by teachers foiled Police ensure CM’s sangat darshan goes on smoothly; teachers rounded up, then let off

Bathinda, January 5
Making sure that the sangat darshan by the Chief Minister of Punjab, held in the city today, met with no roadblocks, the police showed alacrity and arrested as many as 60 teachers, all members of the Unaided Teachers of Aided Schools Front, Punjab, who were assembling near the Government Rajindra College here today to participate in a state-level demonstration planned by the union.

7654 Teachers union to hold rally in Mohali on January 11

Amritsar, January 5
With a view to impress upon the state government to accept its long pending demands the district unit of the Sanjha Front Teachers Union today announced that they would hold a state-level rally in Mohali on January 11.

District president of the union Gurpreet Singh Verka sought regularisation of contractual teachers.

Cancel food inspector test, says Khaira

Jalandhar, January 5
Sukhpal Khaira, PPCC spokesman, has demanded scrapping of the test held for the selection of 461 food supply inspectors. Addressing a press conference here today, Khaira said bypassing the PPSC, the Food and Civil Supplies Department had entrusted the recruitment process to Panjab University.

GNDU not to refund fees if students leave without attending a single class

College teachers against UGC’s CAS provision

Teachers without salary for 4 months

Sahnewal, January 4
As many as 200 government employees, who were promoted from clerical posts to master cadre in September last year, are still to be allotted permanent stations.

“This is height of insensibility on the part of the Education Department. All our festivities have ended up in a fiasco. As a single earning hand of the family, I am passing through a state of severe financial penury. Ours had been a black Diwali and an equally black new year,” said a teacher, who had been promoted from clerical post to the master cadre.

263 schools under scanner, students’ future uncertain

Ludhiana, January 4
The fate of as many as 263 schools hang in balance as the Punjab School Education Board has till date not given the information about the inspections that has to be conducted again. These schools are located in less than 200 yards in Punjab, while the board has given its continuation nod to the schools, located in over 201 yards. In Ludhiana, there are about 65 such schools which await the inspection to be conducted at the earliest.

HC breather for MBBS aspirants in Punjab

Chandigarh, January 4
Students with Punjab domicile, who have passed their 10+2 from schools outside the state, are eligible for admission to medical colleges in the state, at least for the time being.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has termed as unreasonable and arbitrary a clause in the admission notification of June last year, which prevented students from seeking admission to medical colleges in the state on the ground that they have not passed the 10+2 qualifying ex

Government to amend AICTE Act

NEW DELHI: After much delay, the government has decided to amend the All Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Act to undo a Supreme Court ruling which had stripped the council of its powers to approve institutes offering technical courses.

 An interim arrangement would be put in place till then where AICTE would set standards for technical institutes and universities would provide the affiliation. The institutes on their part would have to get themselves assessed by the National Board of Accreditation.

UT Education Dept rejects computer teachers' claim

Chandigarh, January 3
The UT Education Department today clarified that the major claim made by computer teachers, who are protesting for the past 10 days, is not justified.

In a press statement issued today, the department said the claim of the computer teachers that the Punjab rules were applicable to them was not accurate. They were not UT employees, and therefore, the Punjab Civil Services rules were not applicable to them.

Teachers knock DPI’s door

Chandigarh, January 3
Today, a delegation of the Joint Action Committee of teachers, Chandigarh, met Kamlesh Kumar, DPI (Schools), to discuss its various long-pending demands.

The demands included promotion of all cadres of teachers, including JBT and TGT, and streamlining of purchase of school uniform for the session 2014-15.

30,000 apply for 120 posts in various govt depts advertised by the PPSC

Patiala, January 3
More than 30,000 applications have been received for 120 posts in various government departments advertised by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) on December 9.

Among the posts are 23 of Executive Magistrate, 10 Deputy Superintendent of Police, 16 Deputy Superintendent of Jail, 52 Excise and Taxation Officer, six Tehsildar, 11 Block Development and Panchayat Officer and two Labour and Conciliation Officer.

RTE behind poor state of education, says Maluka

Bathinda, January 3
Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka today accused the Centre, a sub-judice case and the Right To Education Act for the poor state of education in the state.He was in the city to address SAD workers during the bhog of an akhand path at Haji Ratan Gurdwara. He said, “The Centre has been rolling out policies and schemes for the entire nation while it should be the prerogative of the state.”

Director General of School Education (DGSE) conducted a surprise checking in 70 schools of Batinda district

Bathinda, January 3
Following the orders of the Chief Minister, the Director General of School Education (DGSE) today conducted a surprise checking of several government middle and senior secondary schools.

Teams, constituted and working under the guidance of DGSE Kumar Rahul, checked 70 schools in the district today. The primary purpose of this checking was to ensure the presence of teachers in the schools and also take stock of the facilities being extended to the students.

Central Govt nod to 58 new medical colleges

New Delhi, Jan 3,2014: The government Thursday cleared a proposal to set up 58 new medical colleges in states with central assistance as well as upgradation of district hospitals. This will lead to the creation of 5,800 more MBBS seats.

Contractual employees may get all benefits like regular govt employees

Cong slams punjab govt for issuing notices to Lecturers

Nawanshahr, January 2
Congress spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira has condemned the Punjab Government for issuing show-cause notices to lecturers promoted in May 2012. The notices are part of the government’s proposed move to revert the promotions to cover up its “misdeeds”.

PSEB released datesheet of 10th & +2 classes

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DA from January 2014 may touch 101%

DA from January 2014 may touch 101%
January 1, 2014

DA from January 2014 may touch 101% if CPI-IW crosses 245 in Dec 2013

We have All India Consumer price index (Industrial Workers from January 2013 to November 2013 in hand now as

Counselling to allocate depts to new officers

UT Computer teachers seek job stability, better salary

Chandigarh, January 1
The three-month-long contract of computer teachers and data entry operators ended yesterday. Though the contract will be renewed further, the computer teachers said this frequent system of revision of contract was no more acceptable to them.
Protesting against the Education Department for the past one week, they demanded job stability and better salary.
Poonam Taprian, president of the Chandigarh Computer Teachers Union, said all computers teachers and data entry operators working in government

ETT teachers’ protest going strong

Barnala, January 1
Braving cold, nearly 10 members of the EGS (ETT) Unemployed Teachers’ Union are still atop the overhead water works at Cheema village near here in protest against the Punjab Government.
The ETT (Elementary Teacher Training) teachers’ agitation that entered the 17th day today is for regular appointments. The protesters have refused to come down till their demand is accepted. They are scheduled to meet CM Parkash Singh Badal for January 8.

Maximum tenure for college principals now 10 yrs This will help fill vacancies in several colleges in the state

Chandigarh, January 1
The Punjab Government has in a communication to all universities in the state said that a principal of government college or aided college could have a maximum tenure of 10 years in office. As of now, the maximum tenure is five years. A number of colleges in the state are without principals.
The matter would get ratification only after it is taken up by university bodies such as the Senate or the Syndicate.

Efforts on to implement RTE Act effectively

Efforts are on to implement Right to Education Act effectively in district schools, said the district project coordinator of the act Anil Matharoo.

Talking to Hindustan Times, Anil Matharoo, district coordinator said, “We want to implement the act effectively in government schools and for that we need to maintain the teacher pupil ratio in government schools. For which we have sent the data to the state so that they can have an idea about how many teachers are required in government schools.”

Railway to recruit 26000 employees

Fake degrees scam:Punjab to review degrees of 1 lakh teachers

CBSE 10th/12th Examination Date Sheet 2014

CBSE 12th Class Date Sheet 2014 CBSE Date Sheet 2014 for class 12th 

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) 10th and 12th exam date sheet 2014 is declared by the officials on the main portal www.cbse.nic.in. All the candidates belongs to CBSE board are eagerly waiting to download CBSE 10th/12th Date sheet 2014 in order to prepare the schedule for preparation. This is a good news for them that CBSE Date sheet 2014 is out and it is displayed here so candidates can easily get and check out the CBSE time table 2014 from here only.

Download CBSE Date Sheet : CLASS 10th  Class 12th

HC tells MSFC to implement Sixth Pay Commission wages

The Bombay High Court has asked the loss-making Maharashtra State Financial Corporation to implement the Sixth Pay Commission pay scales for its staff without waiting for the state government's approval.

Since the financial corporation is an autonomous body, having power to determine the conditions of appointment and services as also the remuneration which is payable to its employees, it is not necessary for the Board of Directors to obtain prior approval of the state government, said Justices M S Sonak and V M Kanade in a recent order.

TN govt announces wage hike for electricity board employees

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO), the power generation and distribution arm of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, has announced a salary hike for their employees and workers. In a statement, which was issued today, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said that the wage agreement between the employees, workers and TANGEDCO had come to an end on

J&K education ministry promotes over 1500 lecturers

JAMMU: Over 1500 lecturers have been promoted to the post of senior lecturers by the Jammu and Kashmir education ministry, education ministry officials said on Wednesday.

School education department has promoted 1,512 lecturers of various disciplines as senior lecturers on the eve of New Year 2014, they said.

Govt schools await DGSE order, to start pre-boards from next week

The government school heads in the district are starting the pre-board examination of Class 10 and 12 from next week, however, till now the schools have received no direction from director general school education (DGSE) office to conduct the examination. Last year, to bring uniformity in the examination system for Classes 9 to 12, the DGSE office had sent

Lecturers Seniority list: Panic grips lecturers as govt puts them on notice

Nawanshahr, December 31
Panic and resentment prevails among school lecturers promoted in May last year as the state education department has started sending show-cause notices as part of its proposed move to revert those whose names did not figure in the fresh seniority lists of master cadre. Discrepancies had been found in some of the lecturers' cases, which were cleared by the Department Promotion Committee in December 2011. The affected school lecturers have started exploring legal remedy against the proposed move of the state government.

Army recruitment from January 14 to 21 at Amritsar

Amritsar, December 31
An Army recruitment rally will be organised at Khasa Cantonment from January 14 to 21. Aspirants from Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot district are eligible to participate in the rally.

Punjab Govt denies extension to 5 of 32 re-employed PCS officers

Jalandhar, December 31
It being the last day of contract period of 32 retired, reappointed PCS (Punjab Civil Service) officers, five of them have been denied extension in service.

Unlike one-year extension that these officers had been granted earlier, the remaining 27 have got only six-month extension with clear orders that this would be their last extension.