Punjab authorities bars personal faculties from rising charge

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: Days earlier than the following tutorial session begins, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday directed all personal faculties towards rising charge or compelling kids to purchase books, uniform or stationery gadgets from choose outlets.

Mann mentioned mother and father wish to present schooling to their kids but it surely has develop into expensive, making it unaffordable.

“Today, I am going to announce two big decisions which our government has taken related to the education sector,” mentioned Mann earlier than making the bulletins in a video message.

“No private school in Punjab will hike fee in this semester when new admissions take place,” Mann mentioned.

He mentioned no personal faculty within the state will compel kids or their mother and father to buy books, uniform and stationery gadgets from a specific store.

He mentioned the personal faculties should present kids and their mother and father with addresses of all outlets promoting stationery gadgets, books and the uniform.

“It is up to parents from where they want to purchase these items for their children,” Mann mentioned. He mentioned the selections will come into pressure with speedy impact.

An in depth coverage on this regard might be issued quickly, he mentioned. Earlier on March 19, Mann threw open 25,000 jobs in varied state authorities departments, together with 10,000 within the Police Department.

On March 28, Mann introduced the rollout of the doorstep ration supply scheme, saying the poor will not want to face in queues nearly as good high quality ration might be delivered on their doorstep. However, the scheme might be non-obligatory for the eligible beneficiaries, Mann had mentioned.

In final month’s Punjab Assembly polls, AAP stormed to energy, decimating the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party mix and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance.

The Congress, which was in energy within the state, acquired 18 seats within the 117-member meeting, whereas the AAP received 92 seats.