CM Keen For Initiating Academic Session In Six Residential Schools
Asks Officers To Ensure Admission Of Every Brilliant And Eligible Student In These Schools
5 Dariya News
Chandigarh 07-May-2014
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the Education department to complete the civil works and recruitment process of the faculty for upcoming six residential schools for Meritorious Students of Government Schools at the earliest to enable these schools to start the next academic session on schedule.Presiding over the meeting of the Society constituted for promotion of quality education for poor and meritorious students of Punjab, the Chief Minister reviewed the ongoing progress of these schools. Mr. Badal said that these schools must be made functional from the next session to impart quality education to all the meritorious students of the Government Schools across the state besides providing them free hostel facility.It might be recalled that these schools were being established in SAS Nagar (Mohali), Bathinda, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala to provide free quality education and hostel facilities for all the brilliant students of the government schools, who had scored 80% or above marks in the Matriculation examinations.During the meeting Mr. Badal directed all the senior officers to personally visit the respective sites of these schools to closely monitor the ongoing civil works. He also emphasised that strict quality control should be adopted while purchasing the furniture and other requisite equipment for these schools. The Chief Minister asked Principal Secretary Education to direct all the District Education Officers (DEOs) to inform the matriculation students of the Government Schools about the procedure of admission and facilities being provided in these schools, so that eligible students could take admission in them.Principal Secretary Education Mrs. Anjali Bhawra informed the Chief Minister that the screening test for teaching and non-teaching staff would be conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU). She also informed that the Medical, Non-Medical and Commerce streams would be commenced in these schools besides English Speaking and Personality Development Courses would also be initiated separately so that students could compete in further exams without any problem. Prominent amongst who were present in the meeting included Education Minister Mr. Sikandar Singh Maluka, Principal Secretary Education Mrs. Anjali Bhawra, Special Principal Secretaries to Chief Minister Mr. Gaggandip Singh Brar and Mr. Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, MD PIDB Mr. Anurag Aggarwal and Chairperson Punjab School Education Board Dr. Tejinder Kaur Dhaliwal besides the officers of the Education Department.