Punjab govt notifies free education for girl students

Updated on: Friday, July 29, 2011

The Punjab government waived fees from girl students studying in Class 9 to 12 in government as well as aided schools in the state from the current academic session.
  
Now on, no admission fee, re-admission fee, amalgamated fund and sports fund would be charged from any girl student, as per a notification issued here, an official spokesman said.
  
Besides, there would be no fee for courses like geography, fine arts, physics, chemistry and biology, he said.
  
Earlier, no fee was charged from girl students up to Class 10 in state government schools.

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