Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday directed the State Education Department to complete civil works of six special schools being setup for economically weaker and meritorious students of the State by July.
The Chief Minister was presiding over maiden meeting of the Society constituted for encouraging poor meritorious students across the state. Badal said that these schools must be made functional from the coming session to impart quality education with hostel facility free of cost to all the poor meritorious students of the State. Chief Minister also approved to constitute a search committee headed by Chief Secretary for selection of a project director, besides six principals for the schools.
“The process of nominating five experts for guiding schools through their vital inputs, would also be completed soon,” he said. Punjab Education Development Board would workout sources funding to the tune of Rs 17.36 crore annually to make payment of salaries to the staff, besides incurring expenditure on hostel facility. A separate recruitment board had already been constituted for the selection of staff.
Stressing on the need for timely completion of entire project, Badal directed all six Deputy Commissioners present at the meeting to keep close vigil over the construction work to avoid any undue delay. These schools were being established to impart free quality education and hostel facilities for all economically weaker and bright students of the government schools, who had scored 80 per cent or above marks in the Class X examinations.