Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Friday felicitated the students who earned distinction by topping the Class XII examination. He also extended gratitude and high words of praise towards the teachers of such school who have excelled exceptionally well in the examination.
At the same time, Cheema announced that while the teachers with good result would be awarded with appreciation letters by the department, the Education Department would soon convene a meeting to evaluate the performance of those teachers who had given dismal performance in the examination.
Cheema expressed deep contentment over the result of government schools, rural area schools, girls and sportspersons. “It is the outcome of various welfare schemes of the Punjab Government that the girl students in every succeeding examination raised their standards and notch top positions,” he said.
He said that 341 students secured position in the merit list and all these students got more than 95 percent marks. “Out of this merit list, 76 students belong to government schools including 23 from meritorious schools. It is also noteworthy that this year, 41 sportspersons also did exceptionally well in the academics besides their routine sports activity and they secured position in the combined merit list,” he added.