21 model schools to come up in Punjab villages

Muktsar : Twenty-one model schools would be set up in the rural areas of Punjab at a total cost of Rs 70 crore.

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today launched the scheme and laid the foundation stone of such a school in Bhagsar village. Poor and bright students would be provided free education in these schools.

Badal said quality education in villages would enable the students from rural areas to pursue better job prospects.

Central university at Bathinda and Sri Guru Granth Sahib University at Fatehgarh Sahib were coming up to boost higher education sector. Seven government polytechnic colleges, 13 degree colleges and 21 model schools would be established soon, the CM said.
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