Facilities like shooting ranges, hockey astro turfs, swimming pools, and uniforms will be provided in govt schools -Bains
Bahadurjeet Singh/Sri Anandpur Sahib ,August 4,2024
Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that government schools will now have all the facilities that were previously only available in model and convent schools. Work has started on constructing astro turfs for hockey, football, and swimming pools, as well as shooting ranges. Government schools are being developed as nurseries for future Olympic athletes.
Harjot Singh Bains, Education Minister of Punjab, laid the foundation stone for the first shooting range at Government Adarsh Senior Secondary School, Lodipur, Sri Anandpur Sahib, Rupnagar district. He said that shooting, which was previously a sport only for the rich, will now be available to students of government schools, including those with special needs.
In addition to the shooting range, an astro turf hockey ground, a football astro turf ground, and an all-weather swimming pool are being constructed in the district. Punjab is leading the way in education reform, with new dimensions being established.
The Government Adarsh School, Lodipur, is being developed as a School of brilliance , with a budget of Rs 4 crores. The school will have a new building, and the shooting range will be equipped with digital and manual facilities.
The Education Minister said that just as trees planted today will bear fruit and provide shade in 5-7 years, the facilities being provided today will help our students become Olympic athletes and bring glory to the country in the future.
Harjot Singh Bains also mentioned the reforms being implemented in government schools, including the construction of hockey astro turfs, shooting ranges, football astro turfs, and all-weather swimming pools, where students from nearby schools can also receive training, and professional coaches will be appointed.
The Government Adarsh School is being developed as a School of Brilliance, and the School of Eminence in Kiratpur Sahib is being renovated with a budget of Rs 10.30 crores. The Government School in Nangal is being renovated with a budget of Rs 5 crores, and a hockey astro turf ground is being constructed with a budget of Rs 1.50 crores.
The Education Minister said that students of government schools will now surpass those of convent and model schools. He laid the foundation stone for the shooting range, which is expected to be completed within three months, and instructed that it be completed quickly.
Facilities like shooting ranges, hockey astro turfs, swimming pools, and uniforms will be provided in govt schools -Bains. Present on the occasion were Dr. Sanjeev Gautam, Member Medical Council, Tehsildar Sandeep Kumar, Deputy District Education Officer SP Singh, Block President Jagjit Singh Jaggi, Chairman SMC Promod Kumar, Deepak Soni Media Coordinator, Jasprit JP, Rohit Kalia President Truck Union, Pammi Dhillon, Kehar Singh, Rampal Kahlon, Gurmeet Kalota, Rt Daya Singh, Jagga Bahlu, Tarlochan Singh Lochi, Jaswinder Baath, Manu Puri, Nitin, Ankush, Babu Khan, Naresh Soni, and Sumit Kumar.”
