Chandigarh

Badal to flag off 'Mukh Mantri Vigyan Yatra'

PNS

To inculcate interest among students for science subject, Punjab Government has decided to arrange free tours for students to the Science City, Kapurthala under its flagship Chief Minister Vigyan yatra.

CM Parkash Singh Badal would kick start this scheme on February 18 from Government Model Senior Secondary School, Mohali by flagging off first bus to Science City, Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said on Monday.

Cheema said under this scheme daily 1100 students would be taken to Science City Kapurthala. One bus from each district carrying 50 students would be flagged off for the science city by Punjab Government, he said. Cheema said the the students of government schools from class VI to class to XII would be covered under this scheme.