SMART CLASSES TO BE DEVELOPED IN ALL 137 GOVT SCHOOLS OF LUDHIANA CITY: MP RAVNEET SINGH BITTU
Author(s): City Air NewsPUNJAB GOVT ISSUES FUNDS AMOUNTING TO RS 6.28 CRORE FOR THIS PURPOSE BICYCLES DISTRIBUTED TO GIRL STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT SENIOR SECONDARY SMART SCHOOL, PAU Ludhiana, February 18, 2019: MP Mr Ravneet Singh Bittu...
PUNJAB GOVT ISSUES FUNDS AMOUNTING TO RS 6.28 CRORE FOR THIS PURPOSE
BICYCLES DISTRIBUTED TO GIRL STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT SENIOR SECONDARY SMART SCHOOL, PAU
Ludhiana, February 18, 2019: MP Mr Ravneet Singh Bittu today informed that smart classes would be developed in all 137 government schools falling in Ludhiana city. He said that funds amounting to Rs 6.28 crore for this purpose have already been allotted to the Education Department. He said this while attending a function organised to distribute more than 400 bicycles to girl students under Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme at Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Punjab Agricultural University, here today.
Mr Bittu informed that a grant of Rs 10 lakh would be allocated to each school, through which smart classes would be developed in these schools. He informed that the work is all set to start and a target to complete it by March has been fixed. He said that by next academic session, students of all 137 government schools of Ludhiana city would avail benefits of smart classes.
He further informed that under the Mai Bhago Vidya Scheme of the Punjab government, a total of 12704 bicycles would be distributed free of cost to the girl students in district Ludhiana. He said that a large number of bicycles have already been distributed, while the remaining would be distributed in coming days.
While addressing the students, Mr Ravneet Singh Bittu informed that the Capt Amarinder Singh led Punjab government is committed to uplift the standard of education in the state.
Prominent among those present on the occasion included Councillor Mrs Mamta Ashu, Senior Congress leader Mr Kamaljit Singh Karwal, School Principal Mr Sanjeev Thapar, Mrs Ramniq Kaur, besides several others.