Ferozepur/Chandigarh, April 5 ( )
The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has sent books to all government schools in the state before the start of the new academic session so that the education of the students is not suffered. The Minister of School Education of Punjab Mr Harjot Singh Bains made an official visit to the border areas of district Ferozepur today to know the condition of education facilities in the government schools of the state.
He said that during the previous governments, the students never got the books on time.
The cabinet minister said that government schools are being improved a lot by the government led by Bhagwant Mann and seeing this improvement, enrollment in government schools has also increased.
He said that during the admission campaign, many government officials/teachers have also admitted their children to government schools.
He appealed to the parents of the children to enrol their children in government schools because now there has been a lot of change in the government schools and a complete improvement has been brought in education and infrastructure. He said that soon such government schools will be prepared in Punjab where there will be full staff, there will be coaches for various activities/sports, principals will bring training from abroad, business blaster scheme launched in the Government schools. He said that the Punjab government had promised to provide a high standard of education to the people of Punjab which they would leave no stone unturned to fulfil.
During the visit, Education Minister Mr Harjot Singh Bains arrived at the school by boat to find out about the state of the government school in Kaluwala, a border village located on the Sutlej River. He said that he had come to know some time ago that two girl students of village Kaluwala go to school by boat every day and the people of this village also take the help of this boat to go to the city or other villages. Due to this today, they have come here to understand this situation. He said that the students here have to face many difficulties daily to get an education.
He said that the demand to build a bridge on this river is justified. He said that he has asked the district officer to estimate this bridge and will take it with him and make a request to Chief Minister Punjab Mr Bhagwant Maan to build this bridge. He said that he is fully confident that this demand will be fulfilled by the Chief Minister.
In the meantime, he visited government schools of border village Tendi Wala, Gatti Rahime K, Gatti Rajo K and Jhughe Hazara Singh Wala, Government Senior Secondary School (Girls) Ferozepur City, Government School Satiye Wala, Government Primary School Mudki, Government School for Girls Mudki also visited.
During the visit, he interacted with the students of the school and took feedback about the school and also interacted with the school staff. Meanwhile, he gave instructions to the BDPO to quickly use the funds received for installing interlock tiles in the government school of Gatti Rahime K. He praised the teachers for providing good educational facilities at Government School Gatti Rajo K and the staff and social workers for the work done in the school for their contribution to the school. He announced a grant of Rs 2 lakh to the government school of village Tendiwala for a new room and about Rs 50 lakh to the government school girls Mudki. Apart from this, wherever there is a need to build new rooms in government schools, install interlocking tiles, provide funds for that, he also assured to provide funds.
During the visit, he also had a taste of mid-day with the school students.
Meanwhile, MLA Ferozepur Urban Sr. Ranbir Singh Bhullar thanked Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains for his visit to the schools of the Ferozepur district.
