GRADING SYSTEM GETS CHEERS AND JEERS

AGRA 02\06\2010  Students and teachers gave a mixed reaction to the grading system in the a CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (CBSE) CLASS X ecaminations on 28\01\2010 .
They were trying to see if the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) would make any difference to their prospects. out of all students shrikrishna badhotia of gayatri public school ,bhavna singh of jawahar navodaya vidyalay ,priti singh of agra punlic school and mandeep singh jadaun ,vishal srivastav ,subham nirbhay and manassi arora of holy public school got Al grades under the CGPA system . According to the results,11 students of delhi public school (DPS), four students of holy public school and six students of gayatri public school got al grades .According to the press release of DPS ,170 out of 176 students passed the secondary exams with first class honours. DPS students like vibhanshu prasad, bhimesh singh chuhan., deepeika bajaj,devanshu mohania ,garima kaur ,hemanya tyagi ,karishma gupta ,lipika gupta ,nikhil taneja ,nishtha malhotra ,shruti agrawal ,sukanya malhrotra, prakhar agrawal ,shivangi gupta and shubhangi chaudhari performed their best with AL grades. Kalyani chaturvedi from gayatri public school said that it was nice to have a grading system .she said ," it is innovative idea and has succeeded in avoiding the rat race to the top. Another student shrikrishna who want to be an engineer ,differed ,"it's nothing new.CGPA has taken the place of marks but you will know your marks,if no one else does."

LOUD BARAATS FACE UPPCB MUSIC

AGRA 01\06\2010 The state pollution control boards is in no mood to allow loud music to be trumpeted by bands during 'baraat' processions this marriage season.
Uttar pradesh pollution control board (UPPCB) has finally taken nate of the repeated complaints made by residents from different localities ,compaining against loud music being played till late hours of the night . Notices are being issued to bands to keep the decibel level within permissible limits .The orchestra members , on their part, are passing the buck on to over enthusiastic baraatis ,who demand the volume to be pumped up .Regional pollution control officer BB Awasthi informed "Notices have been issued to 14 prominent band companies in city.They have been asked to get prior permission before using loudspeakers,and in any case,restricting sound levels to permissible limits " .Awasthi added that,"There are guidelines allowing music up to 45 decibel during the night in residential areas which can go up to 55 DB in the day. The use of loudspeakers requires prior permission from the district administration unfortunately ,in most cases,it is not being sought in any case, loudspeakers are banned after 10 pm at night".He reiterated that ,"No permission would be granted for such late night use of loudspeakers."

CORPORATOR NABS TWO PROXY ENUMERATORS

AGRA 01\06\2010 A corporator from lahamandi ward. Hemant prajapati caught two proxy enumerators on tuesday in pul chhinga modi locality.
They were collecting information for the census ,instead of the authority appointed by the agra nagar nigam .On being questioned ,they admitted that both of them were teachers in a public school at kheda panchgal village in barauli ahir. Vishnu (22) were offered RS.150 per day by official enumerator gajendra singh for completing the census work for him. Local corporator hemant prajapati caught on to them as they entered his house enumeration purpose .According to prajapati, the two were unable to give proper answers to his queris. Prajapati said,"when I asked them about the column in which 'present address ' is to be filled they could not tell me .It is column 12 in the census form". Corporator prajapati complained about the incident to the census officer and submuinicipal  commissioner RAM KUMAR SINGH. He also got the census material submitted in the office of the sub municipal commissioner According to municipal authorities no private body or person can take part in the census as per norms.

AFTER RESULTS,IT'S "MISSION" ADMISSION

AGRA 31\05\2010 It will be a tough task for the students to get admission in prominent collages for gruduation this year: Reason : Seats available in the collages count to half of the number of 10+2 students passed in 2010.
The rate of success in intermediate exams has been high in this academic season, resulting in the crisis of UG seats in colleges. The process for admissions in under graduate courses will start from june 25. There are a total of 35,916 intermediate and 10+2 classes pass out students while there are only 18,470 seats available in various colleges affiliated to the university .According to the statistics, around 17,446 students will not be able to get admission in UG courses .This gap will result in a hard competition for ug seats in colleges .According to the experts,the situation is not new. There was a gap in the availability and requirement of the ug seats in colleges last year also. To bring a solution to this problem,either university should increase seats or have some alternative arrangements like evening classes , According to the figures,there are 3,120 seats in seven granted colleges agra college ,raja balwant singh college , st john"s college and others .Apart from the granted colleges and 910 seats in Dayalbagh university . Besides the district has around 9,000 seats for various vocational courses.

18 KILLED IN ROAD MISHAPS

Eighteen persons including a six year old girl,were killed and 20 others seriously injured in separate road mishaps in the district during the past 24 hours.
As many as 192 persons were killed in road accidents in Aligarh in 2010 in last five months . besides ,356 people were killed in road mishaps in 2009. A deputy superintendent of police, an additional district judge B Tech students and a noted lawyer were crushed to death by a bus and trucks in the city. Even 10 years after aligarh becoming a corporation city, transport rules are yet to be implemented properly. Traffic signals have not bee installed at important crossings while there is no separate traffic wing in the police department in the district. As per traffic rules top priority has been given to pedestrians but regrettably the fact is just the opposite here. With 95 per cent of footpaths under illegal encroachments allegedly in connivance with officials of aligarh development authority and aligarh nagar nigam and cops the pedestrians have becomes part of the traffic moving on roads. despite the government ordering removal of illegal encroachments the corporation officials are yet to act against them.
Aligarh muslim university has constucted a cycle stand along the footpath on both sides near faiz gate in front of its administrate block. Not only this they have fenced the footpath while tin sheds have come up as well. Consequently, the footpath is encroached upon and is closed for pedestrians.