Punjab chief minister (CM) Bhagwant Singh Mann, together with former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, on Monday launched ‘Sikhiya Kranti’, a 54-day marketing campaign to enhance primary facilities in almost 12,000 authorities colleges throughout the state.
Chief Minister stated the state authorities has additionally applied a faculty mentorship programme as a part of which IAS/IPS officers undertake rural colleges throughout the state and mentor college students for excelling in life. (HT Photograph)
As a part of the marketing campaign, the colleges will probably be supplied with trendy studying services, clear consuming water, high-speed wi-fi web connections, separate bogs for women and boys, desks, chairs and boundary partitions, for which the state authorities has allotted ₹2,000 crore.
In his deal with after dedicating a brand new block within the state-of-the-art Faculty of Eminence in Nawanshahr, the CM stated the state authorities is making concerted efforts to spice up the well being and schooling system in Punjab.
“Earlier, the common man sent their children to government schools out of compulsion as private schools charged hefty fee, but now, they want to send their wards to government schools as the whole education system has been revamped,” CM Mann stated.
Mann stated the state authorities has been sending lecturers overseas and to prestigious nationwide institutes to upskill them.
“The well-trained staff has helped enhance the rate of admissions in government schools,” he added.
The CM stated the state authorities has additionally applied a faculty mentorship programme as a part of which IAS/IPS officers undertake rural colleges throughout the state and mentor college students for excelling in life. He stated this pilot undertaking will probably be launched in 80 colleges of eminence and each officer will probably be allotted a faculty for a interval of 5 years, regardless of their place of posting.
Addressing the gathering Sisodia, whose title was talked about on the inauguration plaque, stated the Punjab authorities is working tirelessly to present wings to college students’ goals. “The education system is being completely transformed in the state. We don’t indulge in politics of dividing people on sectarian lines, we empower people through quality education,” stated Sisodia.
The previous deputy CM of Delhi stated that within the final three years, greater than 12,000 colleges have undergone full transformation.