Ludhiana: A classroom block at Government Senior Secondary School, Sekhewal, was handed over to the school authorities after completion by a private firm. Since the announcement of the construction of the school building, the enrolment of the school has got doubled. While there were only 750 students in the school in the previous academic session, the enrolment stands at 1,500 now. Also, the school qualifies as a smart school. The work which was started in December 2018, involving a cost of Rs 1.75 crore, has been completed despite the economic slowdown during the lockdown this year.
The school building comprises 10 classrooms, one staff room, separate washrooms for girls, boys and physically challenged students and water coolers with purifiers. The facility was handed over to the school management where district education officer Swarnjit Kaur, area counsellor Manpreet Grewal and MLA Ludhiana (north) Rakesh Pandey remained present. From Vardhman, Neeraj Jain, JMD, and DK Sindwani, director, were there and they encouraged the students and staff to make optimum use of the resources provided and urged them to study well and get good results.
Owing to Covid crisis, a limited number of people attended the event and precautionary measures were strictly adhered to. The principal of the school, Naresh Kumar, and the district education officer appreciated the company’s endeavours in promoting education and upgrading the infrastructure of the government school.
Neeraj said, “They have previously supported government schools at Giaspura, Kasabad and Lohara in Ludhiana while another project was going on at Ladhowal as well. We had earlier provided furniture to the school and established a computer lab as well.”