THE Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel, an initiative of Janpath, will set up guidance centres in different parts of Gujarat on Saturday to help students studying in Class XII view their answer sheets under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The results of Class XII (Science) will be declared on Saturday. Guidance centres will be started in Ahmedabad, Naroda, Dholka, Surat, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Bharuch, Surendranagar and Mehasana.
Students can file RTI applications to get a copy of their answer sheets in 48 hours with the help of these guidance centres.
The guidance centres will function for three days. Apart from guidance centres, a citizens’ orientation camp will also be organised in Ahmedabad.
Talking to the media about these guidance centres, Harinesh Pandya of Janpath said, “A lot of procedure needs to be followed to get one’s answer sheet but if a student applies under Section 7 (1) of the RTI Act which says that the information needs to be provided within 48 hours if it concerns the life and liberty of the person, then the burden of the proof is on the PIO if he chooses to reject the application.”
The Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel also revealed its data for the whole year which included the number and the kind of calls made on its helpline.
While 12, 427 calls were made last year on the helpline, a majority of calls were made by people seeking information from the State Revenue Department.
Fourteen percent calls on the helpline was made by government functionaries and 86 percent calls were made by the citizens.
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RTI to let students view answer sheets
May 12, 2007, 7:59 amWhy soccer in Gujarat is heading nowhere
May 12, 2007, 7:51 am
WITH FIFA president Sepp Blatter making a visit to promote soccer in India the situation of the beautiful game in Gujarat seems to be heading nowhere. According to a close source in All India Football Federtaion, Gujarat is not a part of the Vision India Project for coming 5-6 years.
But the news seems to be not surprising at all as there is hardly any grass root level present in the Gujarat as far as the soccer is concerned. “In the current Vision India project Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been identified after Manipur and Delhi. Gujarat will not be a part of the project in coming years. And to be true it will not be a part AIFF’s project for coming 5-6 years. AIFF will only take an initiative if they see that there is some talent present there,” the close source told this reporter over the phone.
He further added that, “The districts should be more active. There should be state level championships and the the various districts should conduct inter-district tourney. Moreover there should be school championships happening at regular intervals and summer coaching camp should be held at every school.”
Agreeing with the close source was the FIFA referee for Gujarat State, Dinesh Madhvan Nair who believes that the school should take more initiative if the soccer has to be promoted. “The school doesn’t take interest in the sport. There are hardly three or four schools where football is being played. Until and unless we have boys playing the field we cannot expect any kind of project coming to Gujarat,” Dinesh said.
Justifying Dinesh’s statement was secretary of Gujarat State Football Association AUK Nair, who told this correspondent over the phone that, “the parents don’t want their children to come and play soccer. District associations are completely inactive. We cannot come under the Vision India project as their is no infrastructure present here. The condition of the grounds is very poor and we don’t have our own ground where we can have camps and practice.”
Agreed that, there is no infrastructure but why are there not many summer coaching camps being held at various schools and Dinesh is quick to respond back. “We have coaching camps but there is hardly any turnover for the camps also. Children are more inclined towards sport like cricket and tennis.”
AUK Nair gave us the biggest setback when he revealed that there was hardly any turnover for the U-19 national camp. “In the U-19 camps we don’t have any players so how can we build a team and how can we improve the standard of sport in the state,” Nair said.
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But the news seems to be not surprising at all as there is hardly any grass root level present in the Gujarat as far as the soccer is concerned. “In the current Vision India project Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been identified after Manipur and Delhi. Gujarat will not be a part of the project in coming years. And to be true it will not be a part AIFF’s project for coming 5-6 years. AIFF will only take an initiative if they see that there is some talent present there,” the close source told this reporter over the phone.
He further added that, “The districts should be more active. There should be state level championships and the the various districts should conduct inter-district tourney. Moreover there should be school championships happening at regular intervals and summer coaching camp should be held at every school.”
Agreeing with the close source was the FIFA referee for Gujarat State, Dinesh Madhvan Nair who believes that the school should take more initiative if the soccer has to be promoted. “The school doesn’t take interest in the sport. There are hardly three or four schools where football is being played. Until and unless we have boys playing the field we cannot expect any kind of project coming to Gujarat,” Dinesh said.
Justifying Dinesh’s statement was secretary of Gujarat State Football Association AUK Nair, who told this correspondent over the phone that, “the parents don’t want their children to come and play soccer. District associations are completely inactive. We cannot come under the Vision India project as their is no infrastructure present here. The condition of the grounds is very poor and we don’t have our own ground where we can have camps and practice.”
Agreed that, there is no infrastructure but why are there not many summer coaching camps being held at various schools and Dinesh is quick to respond back. “We have coaching camps but there is hardly any turnover for the camps also. Children are more inclined towards sport like cricket and tennis.”
AUK Nair gave us the biggest setback when he revealed that there was hardly any turnover for the U-19 national camp. “In the U-19 camps we don’t have any players so how can we build a team and how can we improve the standard of sport in the state,” Nair said.
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CEPT introduces course on urban conservation
May 12, 2007, 7:47 am
IN order to tap the growing requirements of professional architects, who could work exclusively on conservation of heritage structures, CEPT University has introduced a new course in architecture this academic year.
Masters programme in Architecture and Urban Conservation, which begins from July, has been formulated with the aim to cater the growing requirements of trained professionals who could work specifically in the direction of conserving ancient heritage especially those that are located in the urban parts of the country that are languishing due to rapid modernisation and lack of proper attention paid to them.
"The idea is not just to achieve conservation of a piece of urban architectural structure but to also restore it while maintaining overall character and culture with modern technology that is handy with us.
Unlike in European countries where restoration is achieved with technological aid, in our country that tradition is an added dimension and also a challenge. The course tries to address all this,’’ said Anjali Kadam, Coordinator of the new course.
The new course was due with the university and that had been sent for approval to the Council of Architectures. This will be the second university in the country to have such specialised course after Delhi’s School of Architecture.
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Masters programme in Architecture and Urban Conservation, which begins from July, has been formulated with the aim to cater the growing requirements of trained professionals who could work specifically in the direction of conserving ancient heritage especially those that are located in the urban parts of the country that are languishing due to rapid modernisation and lack of proper attention paid to them.
"The idea is not just to achieve conservation of a piece of urban architectural structure but to also restore it while maintaining overall character and culture with modern technology that is handy with us.
Unlike in European countries where restoration is achieved with technological aid, in our country that tradition is an added dimension and also a challenge. The course tries to address all this,’’ said Anjali Kadam, Coordinator of the new course.
The new course was due with the university and that had been sent for approval to the Council of Architectures. This will be the second university in the country to have such specialised course after Delhi’s School of Architecture.
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