Punjab Government has provided free text books of worth Rs 16 crore to around eight lakh students studying in primary and upper primary classes in the Government and aided schools across the State. In all, about 7,96,393 non-scheduled castes students have been covered so far.
Punjab Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka said that the State Government was committed to impart quality education to the students studying in government and aided schools. “Government has already distributed books to 7,38,414 students and rest of the students will get the free books soon,” he added. Minister said that Punjab Government has also provided free text books of worth Rs 30 crore to 14.5 lakh students belongs to scheduled castes and backward classes studying in class I to X in the Government and aided schools across the State. He said that efforts were on to provide required infrastructure in all the Government schools and vacant posts of the teachers would be filled on priority.