Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announces shuttle service for school girls

While addressing a gathering on Teachers' Day, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that the state government will begin a shuttle bus service for school-going girls across the state in order to check the drop-out-rate among girl students.

On Monday, the Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, announced that the state government will begin a shuttle bus service for school-going girls across the state in order to check the drop-out-rate among girl students. The chief minister was addressing a gathering on the occasion of teachers'day. At the same time, he mentioned that it is the basic duty of the government to provide qualitative education to every child, while taking care of their basic needs, such as transportation, diet, infrastructure and others.

"In the absence of transportation facilities, the school drop-out rate is much higher among girls, so we have decided to grant this facility to every girl child of the state to counter this phenomenon vigorously,” Mann said, as reported by PTI.

On the same occasion, he mentioned that the services of teachers will only be teaching students, they will not be used for any other non-teaching work.

Describing digital education as the need of the hour, he said it is a must to compete at the global level. It has been decided to send teachers to Oxford, Harvard and other renowned universities to acquire new teaching skills, on lines of such a decision taken by the Delhi government.

The chief minister also shared his experiences with his teachers and paid respect towards them.

Urging the teachers to shun the path of agitation and inviting them for deliberations, he said the policies adopted during previous dispensations created unwanted hindrances but special attention is being given to education and health as these are the core areas of concern of the AAP government.

(With PTI inputs)