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Sports facilities

As pointed out by the Nilgiris Collector at the youth convention organized by the Nehru Yuva Kendra, we have not made much headway in international sports despite our huge population and reasonably good encouragement by the Central and State Governments.

In this context, the Collector has also highlighted the fact that there is a tendency among youngsters to indulge in anti-social activities.

Against this background, the proposed high altitude sports training facilities in this district will play a vital role in reversing the present trend positively.

P. U. Krishnan,

Udhagamandalam.

Choice-based credit system

This refers to the report that Choice Based Credit System is to be introduced in Arts and Science Colleges (The Hindu dated: 31.03.08) from the next academic year.

It is stated that it will improve skill levels and making graduates more employable, under this system.

The advantages of this system are standardization of degree to internationally accepted levels, emphasis on job oriented courses scope for skill oriented elective subjects of students aptitude. The following problems are to be solved and certain clarifications are needed then only the system will be useful.

Any academic reform should be discussed in a larger forum before it is introduced.

Faculty members should be consulted and clarified about the choice based credit system.

The choice based credit system is based on the western model. It should be assessed whether it will suit Indian conditions.

Many colleges lack basic infrastructure like computers, buildings and facility members particularly in rural colleges.

The course fee should not be hiked.

Since computer oriented papers may have more demand what will happen if there is no demand for conventional courses?

Migration of students to other universities in the middle, inter disciplinary subjects will have fall in students strength and work load problem.

So this should be clarified immediately.

The syllabus should be approved before May. Time is too short. It is stated that the CBCS is a failure already in some colleges.

Under this system students allowed to choose their course, teacher and timings. All these methods will lead to many problems in rural colleges.

In view of the above facts the CBCS is suitable only for urban area colleges.

The government should know the ground realities and difficulties.

The government should clarify how it is going to be implemented in rural colleges due to the above limitations.

V. S. Ganesamurthy,

Erode.

Syllabus

Almost all schools in Tamil Nadu rush up their syllabus of +1, and complete it within a couple of months, so that they can pressure their students for +2 syllabus even though they are at the very beginning in the +1 to score more marks in +2 public exam.

Then what is the use of +1 subjects? The Government should think it over, and should not let the schools to encourage such practice, to avoid overburdening students by way of special class, tuition, home work, record work, practicals, project, on the spot visit etc.

In this highly civilized world , let the students in their teenage be at ease to take their lessons according to their syllabus and time table or otherwise the Government may mingle +1, and +2 into one course ie., Pre College Course (TNPCC) to have a common public exam for both (+1 & +2).

Educationists may please think it over in order to help the Tamil Nadu students.

G.N.Devaraj,

Bhavanisagar.

E-governance

The initiatives of the Salem Corporation to implement e-governance projects are commendable.

Since many of the time-consuming tasks are streamlined by making them online, the corporation should inculcate its citizens to make use of these facilities which eradicate the red-tapism to great extent.

The corporation should also ensure that facilities of e-governance are utilized by common man.

Sendhil Kumar V.

Salem.

Collector’s initiative

Collectors appointed to Salem have always been people friendly and the present Collector Mr. Mathivanan is no exception being exceedingly accessible through his mass contact programmes.

In his recent mass contact programme he sanctioned from his discretionary fund an amount of Rs. 6 lakh to lay a long pending road to an Adivasi village in Yercaud (The Hindu, 10 April).

Mr.Mathivanan also advised that the village panchayats in the district should initiate efforts to achieve total sanitation taking advantage of the Government’s “Total Sanitation Campaign” to improve the rural sanitation.

Even as he is advising the rural panchayats to achieve total sanitation, he should also advise the competent Commissioner Mr. Jayaraman and Mayor Ms. Rekha Priyiadarshani of Salem Corporation to look into the sanitation in the heart of the city, namely the ever stinking Bose Maidan.

V.S.Venkatavaradan,

Salem.

Road widening

In Salem city, road widening work is going on for the last six months.

For that purpose, road side tamarind trees were cut and removing job is going on.

This work being done by manually with good old days axes.

Due to this obsolete procedures the road users are put into trouble for the last few months.

The authorities concerned must ask the contractors to use modern equipment and complete the job in a short time.

Arumugam P.

Salem.

Devoted dramatist

By publishing, under the caption “For him, passion turns devotion” (April 7, Coimbatore edition), the excerpts from its exclusive interview with K.S.Krishnan, the highly talented founder, script writer, producer, director and the ever-green hero of most of the 55 plays staged more than 2500 times in different parts of the country by his Kovai KRS troupe, The Hindu has honoured a devoted dramatist with unmatched skill.

As one who had the privilege to see quite a number of his plays, I can unhesitatingly assert that apart from entertaining the audience, he always took care to ensure that there was a distinct message to the society, in each of his plays.

With his simple background and very limited resources, if Krishnan has achieved a great lot in the field of fine arts, it is thanks to his marvellous efforts and the unstinted support given to him by his steadfast friends, who have been with him through thick and thin.

It will be no exaggeration if I make a special mention of the fact that he endeared himself to the multitude of viewers by his conscious resort to make spontaneous use of the funny ‘Palghat Tamil’ in the well-chosen dialogues he rendered with ease.

K.D.Viswanaathan,

Coimbatore.

Always crowded

The State Bank of India, SRKV branch (Periyanaickenpalayam)

is always crowded with a large number of customers waiting for hours together.

For a simple transaction,

one may have to spare half-a day.

Only three counters are working for customer transactions of which

one is used for issuing demand drafts.

Added to the problem,

one can often see a long queue in the ATM cell outside.

I don’t know why the authorities are so negligent in attending to these problems of the customers.