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Training
Tezpur University recently
conducted a three-day training programme on Disaster Management
at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district. The programme was designed
to train government officials, who play a vital role in
mitigating disaster risk in the state.
This was the third training programme organised by the university
under the sponsorship of the ministry of home affairs, Government
of India. Flood and earthquake was the main focus of the programme.
The inaugural function was held in the conference hall of
the block development office. P.K. Bordoloi, professor and
head, department of energy, Tezpur University, chaired the
function. S.K. Dolui, dean, School of Science and Technology
was the chief guest while F. Ahmed officer of Dhekiajuli Revenue
Circle was the guest of honour. Dipak Nath of Tezpur University,
Bharat Nath, associate professor, North Eastern Regional Institute
of Water and Land Management (Neriwalm), D. Deka, department
of energy, Tezpur University, N.K. Gogoi, in-charge, National
Geophysical Research Institute, Tezpur branch and many other
notable personalities delivered talks on different aspects
of disaster management. The participants in the programme
visited the erosion-prone area, Singari, for field study and
prepared a report based on primary and secondary data. Altogether,
30 state and Union government officials participated in the
training programme. In the closing session, S.S. Khanka, dean,
School Management Sciences, Tezpur University, acted as the
chief guest while S.K. Samdarshi, reader, department of energy,
Tezpur University, was the guest of honour.
Course
A 15-day refresher course,
conducted by English Language Teaching Institute (ELTI),
was inaugurated on July 2 by Madan Sarma, head of the department
for English and foreign languages, Tezpur University, at
the conference hall of ELTI, Assam. The Assam Higher Secondary
Education Council is sponsoring the course.
At the inauguration Sarma underlined the importance of enhancing
the linguistic as well as the professional competence of English
teachers at the tertiary level and lauded the role of ELTI
in bringing a qualitative change to English language teaching
scenario of the state. Welcoming all the 40 participants to
the refresher course, Partha Sarathi Misra, director of ELTI,
Assam, emphasised the importance of the course in the context
of the new English syllabus and the textbook introduced by
the Assam Higher Secondary Council in the current academic
session (2005-2006). As the thrust of the new syllabus is
on the communicative and functional use of English, teachers
at the tertiary level should be proficient in the language,
Misra pointed out. He hoped that the refresher course would
help them translate the objectives of the new syllabus into
action. Presiding over the inaugural function, H.K. Sarma,
director of State Council of Educational Research and Training,
Assam, urged the participants to teach English meaningfully
so that the vernacular medium students of Assam could use
the language correctly and fluently to perform their communicative
needs in the target language.
Conclave
Recently, a continuing quality
improvement programme (CQIP) for accredited institutions
was held at Gauhati University at the initiative of the
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an
autonomous institution under the University Grants Commission.
Eighty five principals and co-ordinators of internal quality
assurance cells (IQAC) of colleges affiliated to the Gauhati
University and as well as members of the university?s IQAC
attended the one-day programme. Jagannath Patil and K.G. Bhattacharyya
acted as the programme co-ordinators on behalf of the NACC
and the university respectively. Patil is a NAAC deputy adviser
and in-charge of the northeastern region while Bhattacharyya
is the director, UGC Academic Staff College, Gauhati University.
At the inauguration vice-chancellor G.N. Talukdar spoke of
the challenges facing higher education and of the need to
ensure global standards in education being provided to the
new generation.
Cultural show
Mount Peak English School
at Lala, in Hailakandi district of Assam, recently staged
a variety show on the occasion of the school’s parents’
day.
Memorial
Saradendu Banerjee, a scholar
from the Pachim Banga Bangla Academy, delivered a memorial
speech on Dr Pannalal Oswal recently in Dhubri. The memorial
was organised jointly under the auspices of ISCRA, a leading
socio-cultural and literary organisation of Calcutta, and
Dr Pannalal Oswal Memorial Committee, Dhubri.
Speaking on the occasion,
Banerjee recalled Oswal?s contributions in the fields of
health, education, agriculture, ayurvedic medicine, art
and culture and his association with numerous humanitarian
organisations. Banerjee termed Oswal an ardent preacher
of Indian-culture and heritage and a socially-conscious
citizen who took active part in championing various social
causes such as preservation of forest and natural resources.
Bimal Oswal, secretary of the Dr. Pannalal Oswal Memorial
Committee, informed in his secretarial report that the committee
was formed a year after Dr Oswal?s death with the objective
of taking forward the works that he left unfinished.
Green meet
Saraighat Environment Education
Cell (SEEC) recently observed the national environment awareness
campaign 2004-05 at Saraighat College, Changsari. A. K Bhagawati,
head of the geography department, Gauhati University, discussed
issues pertaining to environmental pollution, its degradation
and protection and creating mass awareness in the greater
Changsari area.
Other eminent speakers were Dhrubajyoti Kalita, co-ordinator
of National Children Science Congress, Kamrup (urban), Nagen
Boro, principal of Uttran Jatiya Vidyalaya and Gobinda Nath,
a teacher from Changsari Girls? Higher Secondary School and
D.K. Saikia, principal of Saraighat College.
Coaching
A unique coaching centre,
especially for unsuccessful candidates in the high school
leaving certificate (HSLC) examination, is at present distributing
admission forms to unsuccessful HSCL candidates. The centre
has been running for the past four years at Nabagraha path,
Silpukhuri. It offers coaching for all subjects by qualified
teaching staff. The classes will start on August 1. For
details, interested students can contact Pankaj Sarma on
98640-74054 or Chabin Das on 98640-12379.
Compiled by Pranab Kumar Nath
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