SCERT Punjab

SCERT Punjab

The careers of around 5,000 students pursuing Elementary Teachers Training (ETT) course in private colleges are at stake, as these colleges are not affiliated to the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT). The students, who have already completed the first semester, are yet to sit for an examination. They have no clue as to when the examination will be conducted.


SCERT Director Avtar Singh said: “The colleges admitted students on their own and that too by flouting the rules and regulations of the SCERT. Afterwards, as association of these colleges filed a writ petition in the high court against SCERT. The court will hear the case again on May 4.”


Meanwhile, Punjab Students Union (PSU) has come forward to help these students. Gurmukh Singh Maan, the state president of PSU, said: “The colleges and the state government are blaming the students. While the colleges are saying that they did not ask students to take admission, the government is blaming the students for not considering the situation before taking admission.”
“Neither have the students got admission receipts, nor the colleges adopted District Institutes of Educational Training’s fee structure. After completion of 100 lectures in the first semester, the students are waiting to appear for exams,” he added.


“We have been holding an agitation for more than two months now. Tomorrow, we will hold a protest in Chandigarh. We want the SCERT to conduct exams at the earliest. A case should also be registered against the managements of these colleges and the students refunded the extra fee charged,” said Arun Kumar, Ludhiana Unit PSU president.