Punjab Education Minister OP Soni on Monday announced that the prize money for winning school teams will be increased to Rs one lakh with a trophy and Rs 11,000 for each winner of academic, sports and cultural activities from the next year.
Soni, speaking on the concluding day of three-day academic competitions to mark Punjab School Education Board’s 50th anniversary, announced that the teachers of prize winner students would also be honoured.
Soni, who gave away the prizes on the last day of these three-day events, also exhorted the winners and inspired them to work hard to bring laurels for their district, state on international level.
“It is the responsibility of the teachers to provide qualitative education to the students coupled with cultural and sports activities so that students could compete with ease,” he said.
Sharing his vision for the state education, Soni said that quality education is the need of the hour. “The department has academically sound work force and efforts are afoot to upgrade the infrastructure as well,” he said while calling upon the teachers and the principals to work diligently for the improvement in educational standards.