Students of all classes who do not fulfill the condition of having at least 75 per cent lectures in a particular subject, would be attending the classes to be held in June and taking special exams, saving an year in the process.

The admission fees to these classes is Rs 2,000 and the examination fee Rs 1,000 per subject. The scheme had been initially introduced for second year students only but now it has been extended to students of all classes.

The Punjabi University Teachers Association has called upon members of the teaching community in the Northern region to attend a meeting to be held in the second week of June to chalk out a plan of action in order to get UGC-recommended pay-scales. According to general secretary, PUTA, Jaswinder Singh, the association was planning to hold a convention on the issue so that a joint action plan could be drawn against the attitude of the Central government towards their demands.

Vice-Chancellor of the University Joginder Singh Puar has appointed a committee with the Dean, Academic, B. S. Bhatia, as the convenor to look into the demands of campus residents regarding the cable network facility.

The committee will decide whether the campus should have its own cable TV network or allow a cable operator to provide the facility. Presently, some of the residents have installed personal dish antennas while the hostlers have to be content watching Doordarshan. Bhatia disclosed that cable operators willing to provide the service had been short-listed and the final decision would be taken soon.

The Punjabi University is conducting PMT on June 6 for the state of Punjab this year. This is probably the last time that any general university will be conducting the test. From the next session onwards, the test will be conducted by the Baba Farid Medical University, Faridkot.

The University authorities are making frantic efforts to construct a swimming pool within the campus. The authorities have been trying to get funds ever since they conducted the science congress in January 1996. As of now, swimmers of the university team are either going to NIS or Mohindra College pools for practice. Sources say that there is no hope of getting the funds soon.

University authorities are presently laying stress on improving relations with the media. It was after a gap of more than four years that a formal full-time public relations officer, Malvinder Singh Malli, has been appointed.