Committed to raise the bar of the State’s education system, Punjab Government has decided to set up an “Integrated Education Hub” at Jalandhar.
The Hub, expected to provide major fillip to education in the region, would come up in a 43-acres land of the local sports college. For the purpose, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday asked the officers of the State Government to prepare a master plan, besides ensuring execution of work at the earliest. “This land must be utilised judiciously by constructing Integrated Education Hub having a world class Government College, Sports School and Special School to impart quality education to the students of the region,” said Badal while presiding over a meeting of the officers at the local circuit house.
He said that while the Government College and Sports School would be pivotal in providing quality training to the budding players of the region, the special school would give education to the meritorious students securing 80 per cent or more marks from the Government schools. laying thrust that these schools and colleges should be equipped with ultra modern sports facilities, Badal also stated that the provision of hostel must be made in these institutions to provide boarding and lodging facilities to the students.
“The hostels in this hub should be double-storey with the provision of expansion so that it could meet the needs of future. likewise, the grounds of college and schools should have the latest infrastructure so that the players could be groomed well,” said Badal. He also asked the officers to ensure that astro turf was installed on the hockey field so that the national game could be given impetus.