Will J&K Board
authorities clarify?
Sir,
Some
kind of confusion has been created that GCD/LCD,
Ratio Proportion, and cyclic factorisation stand
included in syllabus of Mathematics for students
of class Xth, the students who are to appear in
the ensuing annual exam. session 2002. Side by
side the teachers seem to have been caught
unwares and no body is sure whether these areas
as mentioned are to be transacted in the ongoing
classes of the said examination. The text book
prescribed mentions GCD/LCD and also
factorisation but with no particular reference to
cyclic factorisation. There is no mention of
Ratio and proportion. There is no supplement
available with the clear directions that these
areas are meant to be taken up. There is no
information communicated by J&K Board Office
to confirm the inclusion of these areas.
Somebody, somewhere said that the clarifications
could be had from the Board office, but it is not
confirmed. A contact with the examination Unit
also has failed to confirm the inclusion or
otherwise of these units.
The students have become panicky and are not
satisfied as to what is to be done. In some
schools, as gathered, these areas remain
untouched. But, through some sources, though not
authentic, it is said that teachers have either
taken up these chapters, or these are likely to
be covered. It is confusion worse confounded.
Still there is time for these units to be covered
but the question is whether units are to be
treated as relevant parts for the coming
examination. The text book prescribed, to repeat,
mentions GCD/LCD but regarding the other two
areas, confusion exists and is likely to continue
until a clarification is communicated. Under
these circumstances, when the Board authorities
are requested to notify as to what the actual
position is, as otherwise it will linger on as a
muddle and will amount to injustice.
Yours etc
M.N. Kak
Chinore, Jammu.
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Gender
discrimination
Sir,
Though
we have entered into the 21st Century just an
year back and may claim big achievements in
different spheres, some of social evils of
serious nature are still prevalent in our
country. One of such evils is that of growing
discrimination against the girl child. People
have a common belief of treating the girl child
as secondary member to that of her male
counterpart. The boy has access to all comforts
and other facilities of life such as education,
medical aid and better share of food while the
needs of the girl are ignored. Analytically, the
low and declining sex ration of male, female are
the result of the prevailing gender
discrimination. In middle and lower class
families girl is considered as a transitional
member of the family who is to disposed off with
huge dowry. Some people even claim that the cost
of nurturing a girl is much more as compared to a
boy due to growing dowry system in the society.
The discrimination against the girls include
foeticide malnutrition, incidents of rape
stripping, acid throwing, burning for want of
more dowry molestation sex abuse, sexual
harassment at the places of work etc. The worst
part is that discrimination begins even prior to
her birth due to the foeticide in some parts of
our country. The worst offence of a female
foeticide is of ruthless and brutal kind. So much
so girls is 'not safe' even in her Mother's Womb.
The ill practice of female infanticide is
prevalent in few communities in some parts of our
country such as parts of Salim District Tamil
Nadu, Sitamarhi, Bhagal Pur and Purnea districts
of Bihar and in some parts of Orissa, Rajasthan
and Madhya Pradesh. Another worst offence to a
girl's fundamental right to live with dignity is
that of stripping and rape which often drags her
to commit suicide. The incidents of dowry deaths
are also on a rise during recent years. The most
wide spread discrimination against the girls is
domestic violence. As per reliable sources, about
one million girls between the age group of 6 to
18 are engaged as maid servants in our country.
There are many case of sexual harassment of such
maid servants by their employers at the places of
their work. As a matter of fact the stripping and
acid throwing are the most easiest and effective
ways of making silent the victims who protest
against sexual harassment.
To curb the growing menace of discrimination
against the girls of various kinds as discussed I
would like to lay emphasis on the following:-
Every girls must get education which will create
awareness about her rights and laws to fight
against various kinds of discrimination against
them.
There should be a complete ban on pre-natal
Diagnostic technique (PNDT) to determine the sex
of the foetus. The Govt. has recently directed
all State Govts. to register sonography machines
and to capture the unauthorised/unregistered
ones. This will help curbing the rampantly going
on sex determination tests.
In some states, the Government had considered and
felt the necessity of deploying women police
officials in police stations. It will help
dealing with cases of harassment against the
women without any biased manner.
Yours etc
Lokinder Singh Ravi.
Jammu
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A lesson for
politicians
Sir,
This has reference
to the article "Verdict of Urban Voter"
published in the Sunday Magazine of the Daily
Excelsior .
The comments made by the citizens of Jammu
regarding low turn of voters during election has
been corroborated by the low percentage of votes
cast in the city. It was below 40 percent at
various places like Gandhi Nagar etc. This
indicates clearly that the urban votes have got
disenchanted with the politics and politician not
only in Jammu city but at other urban places as
well. This is time politicians wake from the
slumber and see what harm they have done to the
system, how they have robbed the system of its
power and dignity. The day is not far away, if
the situation does not improve, when people even
in rural areas will stop exercising their right
to franchise.
Politicians have to revive the system by solving
people's problems. They will have to come forward
to listen to woes of poor and neglected To
provide medicare and basic facilities for people
to live with dignity.
They have to convass from door to door to seek a
poor man's vote and reassure him that he will be
looked after.
By promising moon, he can no longer play with the
sentiments of the people. No body loves
politician now-a-days as people feel that they
are corrupt and morally degraded. They care for
their kith and kin but not the people who elected
them.
Yours etc
Vinod Kumar
Samba
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