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Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains exchange MoU with Finnish Ambassador for primary teacher training

NEW DLEHI: Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, on Friday, exchanged memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Finnish Ambassador in New Delhi to provide international-level training for government primary school teachers of the state of Punjab. He was accompanied by former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

Punjab Education Minister facilitates meeting of 1158 Assistant Professor Union with Attorney General

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Higher Education Minister Mr. Harjot Singh Bains, today orchestrated a meeting between the leaders of the 1158 Assistant Professor Union and the Attorney General of Punjab Mr. Gurminder Singh. During the meeting, he assured the union leaders that the case regarding the recruitment of 1158 Assistant Professors, currently under hearing in the High Court, would be pursued with utmost vigour.

Punjab education department holds webinar 'Jeevat Kayi Hazaar' dedicated to Shaheedi Jor Mela

CHANDIGARH: “The events that unfolded at Fatehgarh Sahib and Chamkaur Sahib during the course of winter months caused a huge transformation in the history. The supreme sacrifice of the Sahibzadas and the Sikh soldiers would continue to be a source of inspiration till eternity.

Punjab Education Minister asks all education institutes to hold special session on martyrdom of Sahibzadas

CHANDIGARH: In order to make the present especially the younger generation aware about the sacrifices made by the family of Dasmesh Pita Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Education and Higher Education Minister Pargat Singh today made significant announcements and directed all the educational institutions across the State to hold special sessions dedicated to the martyrdom of 'Chaar Sahibzade'.

Kejriwal needs to learn from the Punjab education Model- Vijay Inder Singla

CHANDIGARH/SANGRUR:While criticising Arvind Kejriwal for favouring Delhi Education model Punjab cabinet minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla slammed the Delhi Government for deceiving people with over exaggerated claims of their Delhi Model.

Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh starts meetings to remove grievances of teachers, unemployeds

CHANDIGARH: The Education Minister Mr. Pargat Singh today commenced a series of marathon meetings at the Punjab Bhawan, Chandigarh with the teachers as well as other stakeholders associated with the department to give a patient hearing to their demands, grievances and other issues to ensure their early resolution.

Punjab Education minister greets teachers on teacher's day

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla today warmly felicitated the teaching fraternity on the eve of Teacher's Day.

Punjab Education Dept conducts written examination for the recruitment of teachers in Border Area

CHANDIGARH: Under the direction of Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, the Directorate of Education Recruitment has completed another phase of recruitment process by conducting written test today to fill the backlog of various posts in Master Cadre in Border Area.

Punjab Education Dept directs school heads to ensure student participation on the International Yoga Day

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has directed the school heads to ensure the participation of the students on the occasion of International Yoga Day.

Punjab Education Minister felicitates Teachers on Eve of Teachers' Day

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SAS NAGAR : The Education Minister, Punjab, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema honoured 2 academicians with Lifetime Achievement Award, 34 teachers with State Award, 33 teachers/education Officers/employees with commendation letters.

Punjab Education Minister expresses satisfaction over good showing

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SAS NAGAR (MOHALI) : Expressing satisfaction over the 10th standard results declared today, Punjab Education Minister Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema congratulated the meritorious students. In a press communiqué released here, he said that education department has made a giant leap towards quality education in the state, for which students, teachers and departmental officials deserve kudos. He said that the teachers and schools showing good results would get commendation certificates, while the schools with poor results would be identified and then an analysis would be done.

Punjab Education Department announcs result of 5th and 8th class exam

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CHANDIGARH: Education Department, Punjab, today announced the results of 5th and 8th standard examinations. A total of 2,14,053 students appeared in 5th standard exams out of which 42,128 scored 80 percent while 1,44,049 students scored more than 60 percent marks.

Three Punjab Education officials suspended for negligence

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CHANDIGARH: The Education Department, Punjab has suspended 3 employees in 3 different cases involving gross negligence of duty regarding harassment faced by employees/teachers thronging departmental offices for important works and undue delay in cases concerning disbursing/releasing post retirement benefits, jobs on compassionate grounds and court cases. The step has been taken as per the directions issued by Education Minister, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema.

Punjab Education system needs revamp, minister makes a good start

By Satinder Bains
CHANDIGARH: It is indeed a matter of satisfaction and a bold step taken by Punjab Education Minister Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema who
has brought to light the short comings in his own department and takes steps to ractifiy the wrongs done by his predecessors.
Dr.Cheema has highlighted the fact that 80,000 students in Matric exam had failed in English paper and 35,000 have failed to even
clear the exam in Punjabi language, our mother toungue and official language of Punjab Government.

Punjab Education Dept conducts written examination for the recruitment of teachers in Border Area

Punjab Education Dept directs school heads to ensure student participation on the International Yoga Day

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has directed the school heads to ensure the participation of the students on the occasion of International Yoga Day.

Punjab Education Dept gives another opportunity to newly appointed Center Head Teachers for the selection of the station

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has decided to conduct the station selection process of the newly selected Center Head Teachers through direct recruitment on May 10, 2021.

Punjab Education Minister give consent to conduct online classes on DD Punjabi from 5th May

CHANDIGARH: To curtail the loss of education of students due to closure of schools, Punjab Education Minister, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has given the consent to conduct online classes through D D Punjabi.

Punjab Education Department's enrollment drive as well as online education gained momentum on Singla's direction

CHANDIGARH: Punjab school education department has accelerated the drive for providing online education to the students along with enrollment campaign for the new academic session.

Punjab education secretary lends personal touch to school enrolement drive

PATIALA: Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, has not only lent new dimension but also come forward to give personal touch to the " Enrollment Drive" currently underway in Punjab. He visited village SaidKheri in Rajpura subdivision of the district on Satuday evening. The Education Secretary, using the public address system of the local Gurudwara Sahib, himself made an appeal to the residents to get their wards admitted in the government schools.

Punjab Education dept. releases around Rs. 7 crore to raise the standard of govt.schools

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab School Education Department has decided to release an amount of around Rs. 7 crore to the government schools for taking various measures to compensate the students for the loss of education due to closing of the school during Covid-19.

Punjab Education Secretary Lends New Dimension to the Enrollment Drive

PATIALA: The Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, has come forward to lend new dimension to the ongoing enrollment drive "Each One, Bring One". He paid obeisance at Gurudwara Sahib situated at village Baran in the district Patiala in the morning and himself made an announcement using the public address system to mobilise people to get their wards admitted in the government schools.

Punjab Education dept constitutes 'Enrollment Booster Teams' for admission in govt schools during the new academic session

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has constituted 'Enrollment Booster Teams' for admissions for the session of 2021-22 so, that this enrollment drive can be run successfully.

Punjab Education department releases grant of Rs 23.65 crore for skill labs in 379 government schools

CHANDIGARH: As part of the series of initiatives are being taken by the Punjab Government to impart vocational education to the students in the government schools, Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said that an amount of Rs.23.65 crore has been released for setting up the skill labs in 379 government schools.

Instructions issued to make Punjab educational institutions completely tobacco free

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab school education department has re-issued instructions to make the schools and educational institutions completely tobacco free.

Punjab Education Department releases a schedule for study of the students through EDUSAT

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has released a schedule for study of the children through the Edusat program.

Punjab education Minister Singla sits on hunger strike in solidarity with farmers & Arhtiyas

CHANDIGARH: Expressing solidarity with the Punjab farmers on three Agriculture Laws, Punjab Education Minister Vijay InderSingla sat on one day hunger-strike on Wednesday in Sangrur. Around two hundred Arhtiyas from Punjab also accompanied Singla in this Hunger strike.

Punjab Education minister Singla felicitates Kapurthala students with apple ipad, laptop and android tablet

KAPURTHALA: School Education Minister Punjab Mr. Vijay Inder Singla felicitate the winners of ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ belonging to Kapurthala district with Apple iPad, Laptop and Android Tablet during a brief ceremony in view of COVID-19 pandemic. The cabinet minister specially visited PAP Complex Jalandhar to give away the prizes to the winners of record breaking online competition, ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ from three districts including Kapurthala. Apart from congratulating the winners, Mr. Singla assured them every possible help in achieving their future goals.

Punjab education department decides to exempt physically challenged employees from Diksha app training

CHANDIGARH:On the instructions of Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, the School education department has decided to exempt the physically challenged employees from the Diksha app training.

Punjab education department simplifies the process of issuing school leaving certificates

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Government has facilitated the process of issuing school leaving certificates to the students so that the students would no longer have to visit the schools again and again to get these certificates.

Schools imparting online education can charge only tuition fee: Punjab Education Minister

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, while giving a big relief to parents of the state, said that only those schools which are imparting online education will be allowed to charge only tuition fee for lockdown period and admission fees, uniform or any other charges in any form will not be charged from the students. He added that the school managements should also refrain themselves from increasing the fee or any other charges during academic session 2020-21 in view of the nationwide disaster.

Punjab education department seeks applications for 2182 posts of master/mistress cadre

CHANDIGARH: Fulfilling its promise to provide maximum employment opportunities to the youth of Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab government has invited applications for 2182 posts of Master/Mistress Cadre of various subjects.

Punjab Education minister Vijay Inder Singla apponited AICC secretary

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Cabinet Minister and National Spokesperson of Congress Party Vijay Inder Singh has been appointed Secretary, All India Congress Committee (AICC).

Punjab Education Minister flags off PUCA’s Indo-Canadian academic delegation

Higher Education Minister, Punjab, Sh. Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa today flagged off a 15 member delegation of Punjab Unaided Colleges Association (PUCA) to Canada. The delegation is going under the leadership of Chairman, Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh & President, PUCA, Dr. Anshu Kataria. The objective of the delegation is to explore the possibilities of strategic tie-ups between various Colleges & Universities of Canada & PUCA member Colleges.

Punjab education minsiter urges center to help upgrade school infrastructure

NEW DELHI: Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Saturday urged the Centre to lend a helping hand to states for upgrading school infrastructure thereby making them competitive and comparable with private sector.

Punjab Education minister releases smart school policy 2019-20

CHANDIGARH: Providing further thrust to its agenda to ensure quality and value-based education for all, Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Thursday unveiled the Smart Schools Policy 2019-20 terming it as a major step which would augment the existing infrastructure thereby revolutionising the education sector in state.

Punjab Education Minister extend greetings on Teachers Day

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla today warmly felicitated the teaching fraternity on the eve of Teacher's Day.

Punjab Education Minister prohibits sale of uniform and books in school premises

CHANDIGARH: Taking strict note of the reports of economic exploitation of parents by the managements of certain private schools, Mr.Vijay Inder Singla Education Minister Punjab has issued directions that all the private schools affiliated to CBSE/ICSE and Punjab School Education Board across the State shall not direct or compel parents to buy school uniform and books from an earmarked shop/firm. The sale of uniform and books within the school premises has also been prohibited, henceforth.