Punjab is all set to get three more meritorious schools, opened by the State Education Department for providing free and quality education to the Government schools students who are intelligent but belong to the economically-poor sections.
In the process of being made operational, these new meritorious schools at Ghabda (Sangrur), Gurdaspur and Hakumat Singhwala (Ferozepur) has already started admissions for Class 10+1.
“The number of meritorious schools is going to rise further this year as three new meritorious schools at Ghabda (Sangrur),
Gurdaspur and Hakumat Singhwala (Ferozepur) are in the process of being made operational. The admissions for admitting students in class 10+1 have already begun,” said State Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Thursday after a meeting with the administrative and education officials of the three districts during which he took stock of the spadework regarding these schools.
Cheema said that in accordance with the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s dream project, the state government had opened seven meritorious schools at Amritsar, Jalandhar, ludhiana, Bathinda, Patiala, Mohali and Talwara (Hoshiarpur).
He said that the Chief Minister had decided opening three more such schools this year at Sangrur, Gurdaspur and Ferozepur.
During the meeting, Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal, Sangrur ADC Rajinder Batra apprised the Education Minister that the admission process has started at these schools.
The construction work of these schools is nearing completion and the classes would begin with the academic session taking off after admissions get over.