The Tribune, New Delhi, May, 24, 2010, page 10
Marriage Law
Harish K. Monga’s letter “Time for a common marriage law” (May 17) struck a much-desired chord of harmony and sanity in an otherwise frenzied atmosphere. His suggestion of framing a uniform law for the registration of marriages irrespective of caste, creed and religion is quite sensible. However, Mr. Monga’s assertion regarding the freedom to choose the marriage partners is subject to a rider. Personal law and also the Special Marriage Act, 1954, enumerate certain persons, although with varying degree and scope, with whom marriage is forbidden.
NEETI BANSAL GOYAL
Samalkha
Monday, May 24, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Good-bye to Uncle Judges
The majesty and sanctity of judiciary rest on the respect and confidence it enjoys among the people. The scourge of uncle judges is sullying the hallowed edifice of judiciary and creating fatal cleavages in its image of non-partisanship. The litigants’ leaning towards the practicing kith and kin of sitting or retired judges to conduct their briefs in courts is probably for reasons other than those germane to legal competence, expertise and acumen. The Government must put in place suitable measures with due dispatch to contain this malaise, and salvage the pristine image of judiciary from being defiled by such dubious practices.
Monday, May 10, 2010
LONG FELT NEED EFFECTUATED
The Supreme Court’s fiat for the implementation of Justice Padmanabham Committee’s recommendations for higher pay scale for lower judiciary across the Country is immensely laudable. The judges are entrusted with a noble duty to deliver all-encompassing justice. It entails that a judge must possesses the sterling qualities of competency, integrity and impartiality. The Lord Denning rightly said that “the independence of the judges can be threatened not only by the political or executive interference, but also by financial anxiety”. In contemporary consumerist materialistic society, the lure of lucre rules the roost. The bright law graduates either scramble for lucrative positions in corporate world or prefer to be in the Bar for want of attractive perks and pelf in the judicial services, and in the domain of law teaching. Moreover, in the face of fierce docket explosion in the Courts and abysmal insufficiency of requisite judicial strength, the judges deserve to be adequately recompensed commensurate with the arduous duties they perform. Hopefully, the Court’s order will render the judges their legitimate dues and also act as a spur to motivate the best talent to opt for the judicial services. Kudos to Dr. Neelima Shangla (Additional District & Session Judge, Kurukshetra, and President, Judicial Officers Association, Haryana) and for making the things possible by her sheer erudite & convincing pleadings before the Apex Court, and in this process, also for having added one more resplendent feather in her illustrious cap.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
My Wife's plea for the creation of separate cadre for English Teachers at pre-senior secondary level in Haryana
The Tribune, May 4, 2010, Haryana Plus, Page 2
Separate cadre for English teachers needed
Geetanjali Gayatri's series of reports-- "BACK TO SCHOOL, 1-V1" (April 25 -30) brings out the lackadaisical approach of the Haryana Government towards school education. The lack of qualified English teachers at the pre- senior secondary level is highly deplorable. As major disciplines of higher education are essentially based on English language in terms of availability of study material, medium of instructions and examinations etc, it is not possible for the students to succeed in their chosen fields without adequate command over this language. The authorities concerned must know that casual and perfunctory dabbling with a subject not only weans away the interest of students but also eventually ends up killing the subject itself. The situation warrants the government's sincere attention to the woeful state of affairs of education in government schools and calls for immediate remedial action towards the creation of a separate cadre for English teachers at the elementary and secondary levels of education. The government should shun tokenism lest the noble vision of Haryana No.1 should prove to be a damp squib.
Neeti Bansal Goyal, Samalkha (Panipat)
Separate cadre for English teachers needed
Geetanjali Gayatri's series of reports-- "BACK TO SCHOOL, 1-V1" (April 25 -30) brings out the lackadaisical approach of the Haryana Government towards school education. The lack of qualified English teachers at the pre- senior secondary level is highly deplorable. As major disciplines of higher education are essentially based on English language in terms of availability of study material, medium of instructions and examinations etc, it is not possible for the students to succeed in their chosen fields without adequate command over this language. The authorities concerned must know that casual and perfunctory dabbling with a subject not only weans away the interest of students but also eventually ends up killing the subject itself. The situation warrants the government's sincere attention to the woeful state of affairs of education in government schools and calls for immediate remedial action towards the creation of a separate cadre for English teachers at the elementary and secondary levels of education. The government should shun tokenism lest the noble vision of Haryana No.1 should prove to be a damp squib.
Neeti Bansal Goyal, Samalkha (Panipat)
Will my Wife's call for ameliorating the plight of School Education in Haryana change the state of inertia
THE TRIBUNE, MAY 1, 2010, P. 12
Beyond tokenism
The news report, “Class IX English topper can’t read a sentence” (April 26) typifies the lackadaisical approach of the Haryana government to secondary school education which is plagued by lofty sloganeering and vulgar self-aggrandisement.
Effective teaching is a complex process which besides pedagogical acumen requires adequate expertise in a teaching subject on the part of a teacher. The teacher first needs to internalise the theme of instructions. Only then the same can be imbibed by the pupils through an interactive and participatory modus operandi.
Major disciplines of higher education are essentially based on English language in terms of availability of study material, medium of instruction and examinations etc. Generally, it is seen that without sufficient familiarity with English language, it is impossible for a student to come out with flying colours in their chosen fields.
The situation warrants the government’s sincere attention to the woeful state of affairs and calls for a separate cadre for English teachers at the secondary level of education. It should shun tokenism.
NEETI BANSAL GOYAL, Samalkha (Panipat)
Beyond tokenism
The news report, “Class IX English topper can’t read a sentence” (April 26) typifies the lackadaisical approach of the Haryana government to secondary school education which is plagued by lofty sloganeering and vulgar self-aggrandisement.
Effective teaching is a complex process which besides pedagogical acumen requires adequate expertise in a teaching subject on the part of a teacher. The teacher first needs to internalise the theme of instructions. Only then the same can be imbibed by the pupils through an interactive and participatory modus operandi.
Major disciplines of higher education are essentially based on English language in terms of availability of study material, medium of instruction and examinations etc. Generally, it is seen that without sufficient familiarity with English language, it is impossible for a student to come out with flying colours in their chosen fields.
The situation warrants the government’s sincere attention to the woeful state of affairs and calls for a separate cadre for English teachers at the secondary level of education. It should shun tokenism.
NEETI BANSAL GOYAL, Samalkha (Panipat)
Practical constraints in RTE Act
THE TRIBUNE, APRIL 30, 2010, P. 10
Need to remove bottlenecks in RTE
Harish Dhillon’s article, “Assessing school education” (Education Page, April 27) accentuates the urgency for a thorough brainstorming on various aspects of the Right to Education (RTE) Act for its efficacious implementation.
The thorny challenges like defining and identifying the neighbourhood schools, modalities for enrollments towards 25 per cent quota in private unaided schools (since screening test is banned), furnishing of adequate physical infrastructure and human resources, the rationale of substituted admission criterion of ‘skill-appropriate class’ with ‘age-appropriate class’, repercussions of keeping admissions open round the year and compulsory promotion of children to the next class from the standpoint of qualitative education need to be addressed immediately after eliciting the views of all stakeholders.
The RTE Act, if implemented, in its true spirit, which is possible only through collaboratory efforts of all facets of the state and civil society, will transform the constitutional vision of egalitarianism into reality.
RAJENDER GOYAL, Bahadurgarh (Haryana)
Need to remove bottlenecks in RTE
Harish Dhillon’s article, “Assessing school education” (Education Page, April 27) accentuates the urgency for a thorough brainstorming on various aspects of the Right to Education (RTE) Act for its efficacious implementation.
The thorny challenges like defining and identifying the neighbourhood schools, modalities for enrollments towards 25 per cent quota in private unaided schools (since screening test is banned), furnishing of adequate physical infrastructure and human resources, the rationale of substituted admission criterion of ‘skill-appropriate class’ with ‘age-appropriate class’, repercussions of keeping admissions open round the year and compulsory promotion of children to the next class from the standpoint of qualitative education need to be addressed immediately after eliciting the views of all stakeholders.
The RTE Act, if implemented, in its true spirit, which is possible only through collaboratory efforts of all facets of the state and civil society, will transform the constitutional vision of egalitarianism into reality.
RAJENDER GOYAL, Bahadurgarh (Haryana)
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