Smart schools inaugurated in Jalandhar district

Jalandhar: CM Capt Amarinder Singh virtually inaugurated 110 smart schools in the district, besides a series of other projects. Jalandhar DC Ghanshyam Thori said facilities, including colourful furniture, projectors, laboratories, playgrounds and boundary walls, were inaugurated in the 110 smart schools. The DC kicked off distribution of 175 tablets for 25 government primary schools. He gave tablets to six schools. He said admissions to government schools had witnessed a surge of 14.9 per cent in the state as parents had moved their kids from private to government schools. TNS

Students end five-day protest

Jalandhar: The Punjab Students’ Union concluded their five- day protest outside Lyallpur Khalsa College on Saturday. They were protesting against the discontinuation of regular classes in colleges. Agitators urged the administration and college authorities to reopen higher institutes immediately. They sought the withdrawal of an FIR against a poet of the SC community. Varjit Kaur, district chief, Punjab Students’ Union, said “The government should reopen colleges in the state so that students can attend classes. There are many students who cannot afford gadgets to study online. If malls, multiplexes, schools and markets can reopen, why can’t colleges?” The government should devise a strategy for students pursuing higher studies. Students holding placards raised slogans against the government. Student leaders said the New Education Policy was directly linked to privatisation and commercialisation of education system and they strongly condemned it. TNS