Press Note

A deputation of the Association of the Punjab School Education Board, Affiliated Schools, Punjab (Regd.) met Hon'ble S. Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Education Minister, Punjab, and S. Dalbir Singh Dhillon, Chairman, Punjab School Education Board, Mohali & other members of the board authorities under the Presidentship of Sh. Rajinder Sharma, along with Sh. I.M. Dutta, Sh. Sukhpal Singh and others representatives from the various distt. of the state and put the difficulties confronted by the affiliated schools before him.

The deputation discussed the various problems with the Education Minister & Chairman. Sh. Rajinder Sharma informed the Education Minister that those schools are affiliated up to VIII class with PSEB must be upgraded to X class and those are affiliated up 10th class with PSEB they must be upgraded up to 10+2 class. There should be no step motherly treatment with the affiliated schools for the up-gradation. They had also demanded the rules for getting affiliation from the Punjab School Education Board should be amended so that private schools can get affiliation easily. On this occasion S. Sewa Singh Sekhwan said that those schools will clear the condition for upgradation must be upgraded as early as possible. He further said that in the beginning of the upgradation only Arts & Commerce stream will be permitted.

Sh I. M Dutta Said that it is the weak point of the semester system that if there is compartment in the first semester then students have to appear in compartment paper on the same day of the second semester exam with same subject in morning& evening session respectively. He further said that it is most difficult for the students to appear in two papers on the same day. The worthy Chairman said that this problem will be sort out and compartment paper will scheduled before or after the commencement of second semester examination.

Sh. Rajinder Sharma said that Punjab School Education Board has charged Rs. 50000/- as late fee for the renewal of study centre of Punjab Open School. It is a heavy burden on the meager resources of the schools.

Hon'ble Chairman, said that it will be reconsidered and genuine renewal fee will be charged from the next session, but it is also duty of the school authorities to fill the renewal Performa with in the specified time period. He further said that admission dates for IX, X, XI & XII classes is extended up to 1st August 2011 so that more and more students can get admissions.

Hon'ble Chairman, PSEB said that Registration return & Examination Forms will be submitted with late fee up to 3rd August 2011 at the Head office of the Punjab School Education Board, Mohali.

The worthy Education Minister & Chairman, PSEB, listened to the delegation and assured them to take due action to sort out their problems. They assured the delegation that these problems will be solved as soon as possible.

In the end all the members of the association heartily thanked to Chairman to listen them and to sort out their problems. The members present on the occasion were : S. Kuljeet Singh, S. Balwinder Singh Kaler, Sh. R.L. Mansotra, S. Nagin Singh, S. Harbhajan Singh Kang, S. Avtar Singh Mahal, S. Parminder Singh Sandhu, S. Jasbir Singh, S. Gurjeet Singh, Baba Mahant Ji, S. Baldev Singh, Sh. Manmohan Prasahar, Sh. Vijay Sagar, S. Narinder Singh Grewal, S. Jaswinder Singh, S. Harnek Singh, S. Amanpreet Singh, S. Tejinder Kaur, Smt. Parminder Kaur, S. Inderjeet Singh, S. Jagmohan Singh , Sh. S S Sandu, Sh. K. K Choudhary etc.


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