Punjab School Principals

With the Punjab government sending a second batch of 30 school principals to Singapore for training, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asserted that the process to select these teachers is completely transparent.

A day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit questioned Bhagwant Mann over the selection of school principals for a foreign trip, the Chief Minister on Tuesday said only elected representatives should take decisions.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday questioned a government appointment and the selection of school principals for a foreign trip, drawing a sharp response from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

The Aam Aadmi Party had before last year's Assembly polls given a "guarantee" to people that the education system will be completely transformed in the state, the chief minister said.

The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave its nod to the implementation of a scheme for training of teachers abroad.

Teachers from 36 Punjab government schools will leave for Singapore on February 4 to attend a training programme, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Thursday.

Rakesh Sharma, the principal of Shaheed Gurdas Ram Memorial Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), at Zira in Ferozepur, has paid for the air travel expenses of students featured in the merit list of the state board exams from his own pocket.

When four students of a government school in Punjab's Ferozepur district featured in the merit list of the state board exams, ending a 12-year wait, the overjoyed principal did not hesitate to fulfil their wish of air travel.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had called the meeting with teachers and principals of government school to discuss reforms in education.

The Chief Minister also launched an online portal to seek ideas and suggestions from teachers for bringing “out of the box” educational reforms. He said teachers should send ideas online through this portal to help change the conventional system of education and make it paperless.

The principal-cum-owner of a private school in Punjab's Rupanagar district and two of his aides have been arrested based on the disclosure of several incidents of alleged sexual assault of girl students over the past 15 years, police said Wednesday.

An FIR has been filed against the principal of a school for running classes in Haibowal area of Ludhiana in Punjab, police said.

A day after four children were killed as their school van caught fire in Punjab's Sangrur, the driver and school principal have been arrested, the police said.

The pollution in Delhi and its adjoining areas reaching a critical stage, the centre indicated that it will keep tabs on the matter. PK Mishra, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, reviewed the situation this evening with senior officials from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Pollution levels peaked to a three-year high that made breathing diff...

The incident, which came to light last week, was brought to the chief minister's notice after a video showed students crying and complaining that they had been stripped by the teachers in the school premises.

With the Punjab government sending a second batch of 30 school principals to Singapore for training, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asserted that the process to select these teachers is completely transparent.

A day after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit questioned Bhagwant Mann over the selection of school principals for a foreign trip, the Chief Minister on Tuesday said only elected representatives should take decisions.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Monday questioned a government appointment and the selection of school principals for a foreign trip, drawing a sharp response from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

The Aam Aadmi Party had before last year's Assembly polls given a "guarantee" to people that the education system will be completely transformed in the state, the chief minister said.

The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave its nod to the implementation of a scheme for training of teachers abroad.

Teachers from 36 Punjab government schools will leave for Singapore on February 4 to attend a training programme, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Thursday.

Rakesh Sharma, the principal of Shaheed Gurdas Ram Memorial Government Senior Secondary School (Girls), at Zira in Ferozepur, has paid for the air travel expenses of students featured in the merit list of the state board exams from his own pocket.

When four students of a government school in Punjab's Ferozepur district featured in the merit list of the state board exams, ending a 12-year wait, the overjoyed principal did not hesitate to fulfil their wish of air travel.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had called the meeting with teachers and principals of government school to discuss reforms in education.

The Chief Minister also launched an online portal to seek ideas and suggestions from teachers for bringing “out of the box” educational reforms. He said teachers should send ideas online through this portal to help change the conventional system of education and make it paperless.

The principal-cum-owner of a private school in Punjab's Rupanagar district and two of his aides have been arrested based on the disclosure of several incidents of alleged sexual assault of girl students over the past 15 years, police said Wednesday.

An FIR has been filed against the principal of a school for running classes in Haibowal area of Ludhiana in Punjab, police said.

A day after four children were killed as their school van caught fire in Punjab's Sangrur, the driver and school principal have been arrested, the police said.

The pollution in Delhi and its adjoining areas reaching a critical stage, the centre indicated that it will keep tabs on the matter. PK Mishra, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, reviewed the situation this evening with senior officials from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Pollution levels peaked to a three-year high that made breathing diff...

The incident, which came to light last week, was brought to the chief minister's notice after a video showed students crying and complaining that they had been stripped by the teachers in the school premises.