Congress MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari on Sunday said that improvement in education sector is the need of the hour and the Punjab Government has upgraded the Government schools to the smart schools bringing them at par with the private schools.
Tewari said that the Punjab Government’s order to upgrade government schools for the development of education sector is going on continuously.“Rs 18.40 lakh has been released by the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh for the construction of the building of the Government Senior Secondary School in Dhangrali village under Sri Chamkaur Sahib assembly constituency,” he said on the sidelines of an event to lay the foundation stone.Tewari, along with the State Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, laid the foundation stone of the construction work for the school building on Sunday.
Channi said that the newly-built building of the school, named after the martyr Nayab Subedar Avtar Singh of Kargil war, would benefit not only the Dhangrali village, but also the children of many nearby villages.
He said that continuous work is going on by the Punjab Government to raise the standard of education.“Punjab Government is committed to the all-round development of the State and the Chief Minister has assured to provide employment to every youth of the state,” he said.