Overview

• CM Bhagwant Mann credited the Sikhiya Kranti initiative with 44 government school students clearing JEE Advanced 2025.
• Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains attributed the success to the PACE programme’s free coaching, live classes and residential camps.
• Eight UPSC coaching centres with libraries and hostel facilities will be established to train civil service aspirants.
• The state government has set an ambitious goal to double the number of students securing IIT admissions in the next session.
• New medical colleges and hospitals are being planned as Punjab positions itself as a technological hub and centre for innovation.