Punjab Government has decided to establish six state-of-art Residential Schools at Mohali, Bathinda, Patiala, ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar for poor and meritorious students who secure 80 per cent and above marks in their matriculation from Government schools.
For the purpose of constructing these schools, the State Government would spend Rs 180 crore. “This scheme has been started with an object to impart quality education for the post-matric students to the economically and socially disadvantageous brilliant and meritorious students,” said the State Education and language Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.
Minister further said that State Government would establish smart classrooms, engaged best teachers, provide sports facilities, vocational training and dedicated teachers for preparing the meritorious poor students for competitions in various fields and to ensure their overall development and preparedness for higher competitive studies.
Maluka added that the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has also laid the foundation stone for the residential senior secondary school at Bathinda. “Around 6.96 acres of land free of cost land has been provided to Mohali, 10 acre to Patiala, 11 acre to ludhiana, 10 acre to Amritsar, 10 acres to Bathinda and 10 acres to Jalandhar for the setting up of the Residential Senior Secondary Schools in Punjab,” he said.
He said that Government has already initiated the process of construction of the buildings for the proposed schools.