Punjab sanctions RS 1,09,00000 for smart staff rooms in schools
Abhijit Srivastava | July 27, 2021 | 09:33 PM IST | 1 min read
Punjab education minister Vijay Indr Singla's plans to convert government schools into smart schools.
NEW DELHI: Punjab's education department, on the instructions of the education minister Vijay Indr Singla has released a grant of RS 1,09,00000 for smart staff rooms. This is part of the state's smart school policy, the education department said in a social media post.
About 70% government schools have been converted into smart schools so far under the smart school policy. This was done as an extension of the 2019-20 initiative launched by the Education minister to improve infrastructure in state schools.
Every school has been given a sum of RS 3,000 for renovations; the rest of the cost is to be covered by the respective schools' own resources. 3,638 schools in the state received funds. For more information log onto the official site- https://punjab.gov.in/
On the instructions of Education Minister @VijayIndrSingla , the education department has released 1.09 crore grant for smart staff rooms. About 70% government schools have been converted into smart schools so far under the smart school policy.
— Government of Punjab (@PunjabGovtIndia) July 27, 2021
The list of all the schools that have been allocated funds.
|
Sr. no. |
Number of schools |
Area |
Amount |
|
1) |
227 |
Amritsar District |
RS 6,85,000 |
|
2) |
90 |
Barnala |
RS 2,70,000 |
|
3) |
202 |
Bathinda |
RS 6,06,000 |
|
4) |
85 |
Faridkot |
RS 2,55,000 |
|
5) |
81 |
Fatehgarh Saheb |
RS 2,43,000 |
|
6) |
147 |
Fazilka |
RS 2,43,000 |
|
7) |
125 |
Ferozepur |
RS 4,75,000 |
|
8) |
207 |
Gurdaspur. |
RS 6,12,000 |
|
9) |
269 |
Hoshiarpur distric |
RS 8,07,000 |
|
10) |
273 |
Jalandhar, |
RS 8,19,000 |
|
11) |
232 |
Kapurthala, |
RS 3,96,000 |
|
12) |
343 |
Ludhiana |
RS 10,29,000 |
|
13) |
131 |
Mansa |
RS 3,93,000 |
|
14) |
168 |
Moga |
RS 5,04,000 |
|
15) |
153 |
Muktsar |
RS 4,59,000 |
|
16) |
81 |
Pathankot |
RS 2,24,000 |
|
17) |
203 |
Patiala district |
RS 6,09,000 |
|
18) |
114 |
Rupnagar, |
RS 3,42,000 |
|
19) |
105 |
SBS Nagar |
RS 3,15,000 |
|
20) |
221 |
Sangrur |
RS 6,63,000 |
|
21) |
109 |
SAS Nagar |
RS 3,27,000 |
|
22) |
172 |
Tarn Taran |
RS 5,16,000 |
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