21 English-medium model schools to be set up in Punjab

Updated on: Monday, August 03, 2009

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has decided to set up 21 English-medium model schools in educationally backward blocks in the state to impart quality secondary education to rural students.

Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur said the government has chalked out a plan to set up three senior secondary schools in Bathinda, two in Muktsar, five in Mansa, one in Patiala, three in Sangrur, six in Ferozepur and one in Tarn Taran.

'Our effort is to expand access to quality secondary education as there is a dire need to have schools with high standards of education for rural children, who may not access quality schools in urban areas,' she said.

The Centre would provide Rs three crore to develop infrastructure in a model school in addition to Rs 75 lakh annual fund to cover the recurring expenses. However, the land would be provided by the state government, she said.

The Education Minister said that the schools with English as a medium of instruction would have Punjabi compulsory. These would run classes from VI to XII and be affiliated to the Centre Board of School Education (CBSE).

A proposal in this regard had already been cleared by the Union Government. In order to supervise the functioning of these schools, the state government would set up district-level and state-level monitoring committees,

21 English-medium model schools to be set up in Punjab

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