IEP Chandigarh, April 3

          The Punjab government has received gigantic number of complaints on the email addresses issued by Punjab State School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains to file complaints to prevent frivolous loots by private schools such as exorbitant fees hike, buying books of a particular publisher, frequently changing colour and design of uniforms and shoes among other things.

          Disclosing this, the Education Minister said that in the last 24 hours, more than 1600 complaints have been received on email, which have been sent to the Education Minister Task Force constituted at the district level, for redressal of the complaints. The task force will visit the schools to verify the facts and submit the report to the regulatory authority.

          The Education Minister said that looting in the name of education will not be allowed in the state as per the guidelines of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

          He said that notices have been issued to 30 private schools of the state for not following the government instructions. The Punjab Regulation of Fees of Unaided Educational Institutions Bill 2016 and 2019 has been violated by these schools. These schools have been asked to submit their response in this regard within 7 days.

          He said that the notice has been issued to Ram Ashram School of district Amritsar; Gurukul Public School, ICSE and Eastwood International School, Doomwali, CBSE of district Bathinda; Pine Grove Public School, Bassi Pathana of district Fatehgarh Sahib; Panacea Sen. Sec. Public School, CBSE, Saint Kabir Gurukul SSS, CBSE, Assumption Convent School Abohar, ICSE, Aspire International School Gobindgarh, CBSE, LRS DAV Sr Sec Model School Abohar, CBSE of district Fazilka; Galaxy Star Public School, ICSE of district GURDASPUR; Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Phalahi, CBSE of district Hoshiarpur; Sacred Heart Convent School, Utala, ICSE, Spring Dale Public Sen Sec School Khanna Khurd,  CBSE, Ram Lal Basin Public School of district Ludhiana;  Sh. Guru Nanak Dev Academy Jhunir, Sardoolgarh CBSE, Jindal International School, Rampur Mander, English Grammar School Bareh, Teh. Budhlada, CBSE, NRM Holy Heart Convent School, Budhlada, NRM Holy Heart Convent School, Boha, Bhs Sen. Sec. School, Barnala, Mother’s Dream Public School, Budhlada, CBSE  of district Mansa; Asra International School Rajpura CBSE, Sant Baba Ranjit Singh Public SSS, DHURI, CBSE, Steelmans Punjab School Channo, CBSE, Heritage Public School, Bhawanigarh, CBSE, Gyansh Global School Salempur Sherpur Dhuri, CBSE, Sanskar Valley Smart School Bhawanigarh, CBSE, British Convent School, Sunam, ICSE of district Sangrur and Skonis World School, Ghatour, CBSE, Rayat Bahra International School, Sahauran, CBSE of district SAS Nagar.

IEP Chandigarh

During the field visit to PGIMER Chandigarh on 8th Day of 21st International public health management development program organized by PGIMER, Chandigarh supported by Indian Technical and Economic cooperation (ITEC), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, various good practices like ROTTO centre (Regional Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation), Tele- Evidence and Telemedicine centre were demonstrated. In sync with its vision of holistic development ROTTO North in collaboration with Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh reiterated its commitment for the noble cause of Organ Donation by organising an engaging and impressive sensitisation session for 39 International Delegates from Myanmar, Ministry of Health.  ROTTO was the first organ transplant in the country and has consistently received the best centre since its inception in 2015-2016, said Ms Saryu Consultant (IEC/Media) ROTTO PGIMER. She also said that ROTTO has helped save 336 lives with 147 cadaver organ donations.

The senior delegates also visited the Tele evidence, the first in the country to initiate Tele evidence i:e testimony of doctors through video conferencing, rather than their physical presence in the court. This facility has saved 1.92 crores over a period of 2 years said Dr. Vipin Koushal, besides saving 30000 hours of doctors. The innovative practice of Tele-medicine was also demonstrated, which is connected to the neighbouring states and SAARC countries for providing basic and highly specialised care. PGIMER has excelled itself in providing sate of art digital health to the citizen of the country and has been a torchbearer for the digital mission said Dr. Sonu Goel, Program Director.

Later in the day, Dr. Archisman Mohapatra, Director, Grid Council said, for the success of any health programs effective communication between the researchers and policy makers is the current need. Through a mixed methodology of teaching such as presentation, role plays, movies and case scenarios, he reiterated the Role of ITEC Nations in conducting contextual policy focused research.

IEP Chandigarh, April 3

The Mayor, Chandigarh Sh. Anup Gupta today called upon the newly recruited drivers in the Fire & Rescue department, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh to come forward and live up to their responsibilities.

As many as 32 drivers, who cleared the examination and tests, were handed over appointment letters by the Mayor during a special orientation programme held at Community Centre, Sector 21, Chandigarh in the presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Harjeet Singh, Deputy Mayor and other senior officers of MCC.

While congratulating them, the Mayor said that it is essential to maintain people’s confidence and faith in public service delivery system and it can be achieved through determination, dedication and devotion. He asked them to provide responsive administration at the base level stating that Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has always accorded high priority to public service delivery.

He said that with the motto of ‘We serve to Save’, every official of this department has onerous task to save the lives and property in case of fire/disaster and the main purpose is to help those in distress. The fire brigade was founded on the mottos of valour and sacrifice. It is geared to ‘Kill the fire before it kills you’, said the Mayor.

Lauded the efforts of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh for providing better opportunities to the citizens as well as youth for speeding up their process to fill up the posts in various wings, the Mayor said that Municipal Corporation has contributed a lot towards making Chandigarh No.1 in every segment.

The Mayor congratulated the newly drivers and said that in the interest of public welfare, special services which involve life saving or rescue operations, humanitarian services and emergent services during building collapses, train and motor accidents, drowning accidents, tree collapses, earth quake, oil and acid spillages etc. are being rendered by the fire brigade, which is a job of high responsibility.

The Mayor said that it is a proud moment for Chandigarh that today appointment letters to 32 drivers from different categories have been handed over. He said that the Fire and Rescue Wing of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh is a Multi Hazard Response Unit and has entrusted with the task of Fire Fighting, Rescue and special service operations during emergencies.

Earlier, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC welcomed the chief guest and all the dignitaries. She said that the newly recruits will be imparted rigorous training at various Fire Stations to prepare them to meet out the requirements of peculiar nature of duty as well as to make them able to handle the latest fire fighting machinery and equipments to save the valuable life and property of the General Public of City Beautiful Chandigarh.

She said that the Fire Brigade is also in the process to procure the State of the Art machinery and equipments to cope up with fire fighting challenges in modern constructions and associated materials. The augmentation of workforce will result in increasing the effectiveness of Fire & Rescue Services in extinguishing fires and protecting the life and property of the citizens, she added.