Now, no TCs required for admission to govt schools

Ludhiana: In a huge relief to parents and students seeking admission to government schools, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has directed that no transfer certificate (TC) would be required at the time of enrolment.
The announcement was made by Inderjeet Singh, Director Public Instruction (elementary education), during his visit to Ludhiana to attend the prize distribution ceremony of 64th National School Games.

He said students can get admission in any government school even if private schools do not issue TCs to them. “Till now, TCs were not required at all up to Class VIII and students only had to sign a self-declaration, but now the SCERT has taken this initiative to boost admission in government schools,” the DPI said.

“Teachers will access students’ knowledge through a test and will give provisional admission and try to obtain the TC from the school later on,” he said.

In addition to this, Class VIII students will soon be issued digital certificates for the first time. “To save paper and time, we have adopted the digital process. Mostly, all government schools have internet connections and can take printouts easily. If some are facing issues, they can get the printouts from nearby government schools,” the DPI said.

When asked about the teachers’ games, Singh said, “The games would be held in winter as earlier there was a lot of pressure of exams and then admissions.”

Printing press issued notice for question paper goof up

DPI Inderjeet Singh said the printing press has been issued a show-cause notice in connection with the goof up that had happened on March 14 wherein the Punjabi exam was put the packet of Social Sciences. Students of Class VIII who were about to attempt their Social Sciences exam were given the Punjabi question paper. The situation happened in the six to seven schools including Government Senior Secondary School Pamal, Government High School Bharour, Government Senior Secondary School Hargobindpur, Governmnet Senior Secondary School Engine Shed, Government Senior Secondary School Chabeel, Government Senior Secondary School Jagraon Bridge.