Internationally acclaimed Mathematician and Professor, School of Education at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Prof Hyman Bass on Wednesday said that mathematics and mathematical thinking, is best learnt through problem solving. Prof Bass was delivering a public lecture at PU in Dr SSB UICET Auditorium. PU Vice Chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover chaired the public lecture, organized and hosted by Society for Promotion of Science and Technology in India (SPSTI) and Centre for Advanced Study in Mathematics. Referring to the importance of school reforms, Prof Bass said that United States is placing prominent emphasis on mathematical practices as part of the education reforms. He said that the school level mathematics curriculum organizes the mathematics subject into different topic domains like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, discrete mathematics, calculus etc.
PU releases new counselling list
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) declared counseling and interview schedule for few more departments. All the candidates are required to be present with their original certificate and documents. The CET qualified candidates, who have passed CET examinations, are to compulsorily submit the PU Admission form. The admission form is available on PU website but it is to be submitted at the respective department before July 4, 2014. The interview of the candidates, who have qualified the Entrance Test, conducted by the PU for the regular admission to M A. Semester I in English in the Department of English and Cultural Studies will be held on July 8 at 10 AM at office of Department of English and Cultural Studies.
KU to carry out massive restructuring
Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University (KU) will carry out a massive restructuring in the upcoming academic session. Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice Chancellor of the University on Wednesday said that each and every department will have to create their own web page, where it will be mandatory for the teachers to upload their lectures before delivering it to their class. The university will concentrate more on smart classes for which uplinks will be made available. To carry out this e-learning program a three day orientation will be conducted shortly on e-learning in the campus.