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Punjab Government has sent books to all the government schools in the State before the start of the new academic session so that the education of the students is not suffered, said the state’s School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, who made an official visit to the border areas of Ferozepur district on Wednesday to know the condition of education facilities in the government schools there.
During the previous governments, the students never got the books on time, he said.
The Minister said that the government schools are being improved a lot by the government led by Bhagwant Mann; and seeing this improvement, enrollment in government schools has also increased.
“During the admission campaign, many government officials or teachers have also admitted their children to the government schools,” he said while appealing to the parents to enroll their children in government schools because now there has been a lot of change and a complete improvement has been brought in education and infrastructure.
He said that soon such government schools will be prepared in Punjab where there will be full staff, there will be coaches for various activities or sports, principals will bring training from abroad, business blaster scheme launched in the Government schools.
During his visit, Education Minister arrived at the school by boat to find out about the state of the government school in Kaluwala — a border village located on the Sutlej River. “I have come to know some time ago that two girl students of Kaluwala village go to school by boat every day and the people of this village also take the help of this boat to go to the city or other villages. That’s why we have come here to understand the situation. The students here have to face many difficulties daily to get their education,” he said.