Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday launched Schools of Eminence in Mohali and said it is a revolutionary step for ensuring the golden future of the students. Addressing a gathering at the launch event, Mann said that during the stints of previous governments, Punjab was shown as the front-ranking state in education only on paper.
The Chief Minister said that these 117 schools of eminence being set up in 23 districts of the state are temples of quality education. He said that the purpose of setting up these schools is to give wings to the dreams of the bright students of government schools.
These schools will enable the students to compete with their convent-educated peers in various competitive exams across the country, he added. These schools will be named after great martyrs and national leaders, the chief minister announced.
Further, the Chief Minister said that the teachers will be the foot soldiers to education reforms in the state. He said that his government has decided to send 36 teachers from the state to Singapore for updating their expertise. The official said besides career-related counseling, innovative teaching practices will be followed and guidance for professional exams will also be provided to students.
Mann said these 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 far when these government schools will provide a better education than the private schools, he said.
“Such schools have already revolutionised the education sector in Delhi. Now it is 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 role in bringing qualitative change 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 education sector and that several students were forced to leave their education in between.
“Those leaders wanted to give a push 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.
