Ifrah Mufti

Around 60 pc class IX students fail to score above 33 per cent in each of 5 subjects, 70 per cent students of class XI score below average.

CBSE project aims to motivate students to learn concepts of finance at an early age

The government schools in Chandigarh have faired poorly in the surveys and assessments undertaken by different institutions.

Established in the 90s, the marble market was initially situated in Sector 51 with around 20-25 shops.

The presentation was on the management plan of the Chandigarh dossier which was prepared seven years ago.

‘Make board exam compulsory at least for class VIII’.

Deputy Director (School Education) Chanchal Singh said, “Those committees were made only for a year under the supervision of the DPI concerned and then the system changed.”

The topic for the essay will be ‘Chandigarh of my dreams’. The competition is open to all city residents, and essays can be in English, Hindi or Punjabi.

One of the residents said, “We appreciate the fact that the UT Administration has invited us all to share our problems but then they need to actually start from the grassroots level because there are many problems."

NCERT recently uploaded a compilation of learners’ assessment done for the classes I-VIII of government schools in the academic year 2014-15.

The advent of technology has affected the reading habit of people. It has also hit libraries in the Tricity. But there are people who still mark their presence at libraries to study in peace.

CBSE has invited online feedback from the students of classes VI-XII to take their responses.

At least 53 residents from Chandigarh and its periphery areas have joined the Haj pilgrimage this year and their return flight is scheduled for the first week of October.

The Tourism Department will soon be starting soft skills training programmes for all the autorickshaw drivers.

Other suggestions included provision of security guards outside the government schools as well during the morning and the afternoon hours to prevent accidents.

Prince Dhawan said that he would allot numbers to encroachers in each sector such that residents could directly complain to the SDM office or the concerned police station.

As per the tourist arrival statistics collected by the UT Tourism Department, the city has witnessed only 18,474 foreign tourists from January to July this year.

Apart from submitting ideas and suggestions in written format, the residents are also posting them on the official Facebook page of the UT administration, Smart Chandigarh, and on online portal - mygov.in

The admission process in these schools was completed by March, while the schools gave the required information in regard to the EWS seats by the end of May.