Punjab Government has named 10 government schools of the respective areas after the Olympic medal winner hockey players.
Sharing the information, the state School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said that the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has given the approval to rename schools after the name of 11 Punjabi players of the Indian hockey team who won a bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The Minister said that Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) Mithapur, Jalandhar, has been named after Indian hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, and the school will now be known as ‘Olympian Manpreet Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur’.
Singla said that GSSS Timmowal, Amritsar, has been named after Vice-Captain Harmanpreet Singh who was the top scorer in the Olympics for India with six goals. Now, the school will be known as Olympian Harmanpreet Singh GSSS, Timmowal, he added.
Government Primary School Mithapur, Jalandhar, has been named as ‘Olympian Mandeep Singh Varun Kumar Government Primary School Mithapur, Jalandhar’, as both the players performed very well during Olympics being a striker and defence players, respectively.
Singla said that there was a golden contribution of Punjab in the field of Indian sports and it has sent the second largest contingent in Olympics in the country as 20 sportspersons were from Punjab out of total 124.
Singla, who is also holding the charge of PWD, informed that apart from this, the roads connecting to the residence or village or area of the respective medal winner player will also be named after him. He added that it would motivate the students and other youth to excel in the sports activities of their interests.