Overview

• At a ceremony in Anandpur Sahib on October 5, Bhagwant Mann presented state teacher awards to 71 educators.
• Mann called teachers nation builders, describing teaching as a mission to enlighten students and preserve Punjab’s cultural legacy.
• He cited flood damage to 3,200 government schools and 19 colleges as well as 8,500 km of roads, 2,500 bridges, and crops on five lakh acres.
• The government highlighted capacity-building efforts including training for 234 principals in Singapore, 152 head teachers at IIM Ahmedabad, and 144 primary teachers at Turku University, with the next Finland batch slated for November.
• Structural measures include appointing 1,920 campus managers and establishing 118 Schools of Eminence with an outlay of ₹231.74 crore.