Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab today underlined the need for reorienting our education system to increase the employability of educated youth.Mr. Badal was speaking in a function organized by Mohinder Singh Syngle Education and Research Society to give away ‘Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar’ of Rs. 1 lakh each to five outstanding teachers of Punjab at Siri Fort Auditorium here today, where Mr. L.K. Advani, Deputy Prime Minister was the Chief Guest. Mr. Badal regretted that our education system was not focusing on Vocational education resulting in producing an army of white collared unemployed youth. The Deputy Chief Minister said that our education system should motivate the students to opt for their career right from beginning and equip the students with employable vocational self sustaining skills.
Appreciating Mrs. Malti Mohinder Singh Syngle, Chairman of Mohinder Singh Syngle Education and Research Society, for his dedicated service for the cause of education, he said that this endeavour of honouring five outstanding teachers with a prize of Rs. 1 lakh and citation would motivate them to perform their jobs with complete dedication and sincerity. He said that he was happy with the announcement of Mrs. Syngle to raise the number of prizes to 15 from next year, which would be totally dedicated to teachers serving in Punjab. He said that Punjab education department would work out a transparent system for nomination of teachers for this lot.
Speaking on this occasion, Mr. L.K. Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister lauded the role of Mohinder Singh Syngle Education and Research Society for their dedicated work and called upon other NGOs to come forward in the field of education. On this occasion Mr. Advani and Mr. Badal felicitated five teachers of Punjab namely Mr. Gurpreet Singh (Physics), Mr. Jaswinder Kumar (Chemistry), Mrs. Vandana Sharma (Mathematics), Mr. Shakti Kumar (English) and Mrs. Joginder Kaur (Social Studies) with ‘Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar’ of Rs. 1 lakh each and a plaque. Mr. Anup Jalota, famous singer, regaled the audience in a colourful cultural show. Prominent amongst those were present on the occasion included Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Member Parliament, Mr. Tarlochan Singh and Mr. Sikander Singh Maluka, Education Minister Punjab.