Ferozepur sees 5.22% rise in admissions in Govt Primary Schools in Ferozepur
HARISH MONGA
Ferozepur, May 15, 2023: In the wake of private schools increasing the fee, Govt. Primary Schools in the district have witnessed 5.22% increase in enrollments of children of first to fifth classes, as a result of hard work of teachers, said Rajiv Chhabra, District Education Officer (P).
Divulging with details, DEO(P) Rajiv Chhabra and Dy.DEO(P) Sukhwinder Singh said, we thank for the efforts made by the Punjab government, under the patronage of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Education Minister, Harjot Singh Bains, during the last few years to make the government schools up to date in all aspects and with the result, 3,233 students increase has been witnessed in the session. Apart from this, the employees, teachers have also contributed hard work to this achievement.
According to the latest data, 65,196 students were enrolled in the primary schools of the district in the new session till May 17, 2023, while the number of students during the previous session was 61,963. In this way, 3,233 more students have been enrolled from the first to the fifth class than the previous session, which comes to around 5.22%.
DEO Chhabra said,iIf we look at the overall achievement, the block Makhu of the district is running at the first place with a percentage increase of 7.60%, Ferozepur-2 block at the second place with 7.07% and Block Mallanwala Sahib at the third place.
He said, it is all due to the improvement of the standard of government schools by the Education Department of the Punjab Government. People from all walks of life are giving preference to put their children in government schools as the education department has conducted the admission campaign in a very systematic way this time by using the traditional means of street dramas, songs have been used by the department and through fairs, religious places and door-to-door appeals, parents have been motivated to enroll their children in government schools. Besides, there was also a TV, radio, social media, posters, pamphlets and flexes were also used to promote this campaign.
School teachers have worked very hard to show parents the facilities of government schools and very good results, which have come out due to which admissions in government schools have increased, he added.
Sources said as private schools had been increasing the fee every year, most parents were now preferring admitting their wards to government schools. Also, several people lost their jobs during the Covid-induced lockdown, forcing them to withdraw their wards from private schools and seeking admission to government schools. This has resulted in a steep increase in the number of admissions to government-run schools.