Pb CM to hand over service confirming letters to 12,500 contractual teachers on Jul 28
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will hand over the service confirming letters to 12,500 contractual teachers working in the state Education Department on Friday (July 28). “The Chief Minister is overseeing all the processes related to confirming the services of contractual employees working in the state Education Department,” said the state School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday. He said that on July 28, Education Provider, Special Inclusive Teacher (ETT, NTT and BED) and IE Volunteers will be handed over copies of orders regarding service confirmation. These teachers were working on meagre salaries for a long time, and their services will now be regularized, he added.
Legal action initiated against 2 for appearing in scrutiny process of 5994 ETT on forgery
Chandigarh: Punjab Education Department has initiated legal action against two persons who were trying to get jobs through forgery during the security process of documents for 5,994 ETT cadre. “During the scrutiny for the recruitment of 5994 ETT cadre, fingerprints and photograph of Gurpreet Singh of Chotian village in Mansa district did not match with the fingerprints and photo taken during the written examination,” said Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains. The Minister said that similarly, Narinderpal Singh of Fattuwala village was caught during the biometric process. He was attending the scrutiny process in place of Sandeep Kumar with fake Aadhaar card and fake voter ID card, said the Minister, adding that in both the cases, the Department has written to the police to initiate legal action against them.
Low vision aids distributed to visually-impaired
Chandigarh: The Netra Foundation — a non-profit organization founded by Sharanya Jain, a Class XII student at Carmel Convent School, Sector-9, Chandigarh — in collaboration with the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH-32), distributed Low Vision Aids (LVAs) to nine visually impaired students from the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, Chandigarh, enhancing the vision of some and allowing the others to see for the first time. The LVA's were distributed at the Eye Department of GMCH-32. The low vision aids were personalized to suit the requirements of the beneficiary students.
Shikayat Nivaran Kender resolved 98% complaints in past 16 months
Chandigarh: Punjab Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Friday informed that more than 98 percent of the complaints received in the Department’s Shikayat Nivaran Kender (SNK) during last 16 months have been resolved. It is the State Government’s priority to provide clean drinking water in the villages and for this purpose, the Department is working with all sincerity and diligence. Jimpa said that on toll free number 1800-180-2468 issued by the Department, 24,277 complaints have been registered from March 16, 2022, to July 18, 2023, regarding water supply, RO plants, sewage, individual household latrine and others. Of these, 23918 complaints have been redressed with the rate of redressal being 98.52 percent.