Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Saturday launched his government's ambitious project Schools of Eminence, saying it is a "revolution⛎ary" step in ensuring a golden future for the students and also a giant leap towards becoming a real frontrunner in education.
A b𝓡udget of R🦹s 200 crore has been earmarked for the Schools of Eminence project.
The project aims at reima𝐆gining education in🍒 government schools envisioning holistic development of students and preparing them to be responsible citizens. Its five pillars are state-of-the-art infrastructure, academics, human resource management, sports and co-curricular activities and community engagement, a senior official said.
Under the Schools of Eminence project, 117 government schools in 23 districts will be upgraded with a special emphasis on classes 9 to൲ 12.
The official said besides career-related counselling, Innovative teaching prac💞tices will be followed and guidance for professional exams will also be💯 provided to students.
Mann said the𒉰se schools are being set up to cherish the aspirations⛄ of the freedom fighters which will groom students for futuristic needs and help Punjab emerge as a role model in the education sector.
The day is not fa⛎r when these government schools will provide a better education than the private sch🐻ools, he said.
"Such school🐽s have already revolutionised the education sector in Delhi. Now it is๊ the turn of Punjab where this model will be implemented successfully," Mann said.
Describing teachers as nation builders, the chief minister said they have to play a pivotal ro🙈le in bringing qualitative ch🐠ange in the education sector.
About his government's decision to send ♌36 teachers to Singapore for training, he said it will help them learn the advanced practices prevailing around the 🦄globe.
He alleged the previous governments ignored the eduꦜcation sector and that several students were forced to leave their education in 🍒between.
"Those leaders wanted to give a ౠpush to their political career while compromising with the future of the students from weaker and underprivileged sections of society. Due to regressive policies of these leaders, the state lagged in fields of health and education thereby jeopardising the progress of youth," Mann alleged.
