Overview
- At a Chandigarh event, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann distributed letters to 385 special educators, 157 primary teachers, eight principals and 56 compassionate appointments.
- Mann said the state has created 61,281 government jobs since April 2022 and asserted that all were merit-based and unchallenged in court.
- Punjab formally created a separate cadre for special educators to support about 48,000 children with special needs in government schools, according to officials.
- The government highlighted training for educators in Singapore, at IIM Ahmedabad and in Finland, and said 118 Schools of Eminence are being established.
- Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said seating shortfalls reported in 2022 have been resolved and a free bus service is carrying about 10,000 schoolgirls daily.