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Punjab Launches Province-Wide Health Screening for Special Education Students With Digital and Safety Push

Officials set treatment and referral targets under the first province-wide initiative as thousands of surveillance cameras are slated to go live by November.

Overview

  • More than 35,600 students in special education centers will receive health screenings, including eye and dental exams, with over 20,000 to get on-the-spot treatment.
  • Over 9,000 children are slated for care at health centers and district hospitals, and about 5,000 will receive specialized treatment in major-city hospitals.
  • A door-to-door enrollment drive has added more than 5,000 new students to special education centers across Punjab.
  • Under the CM Punjab Freelancer Programme, 10 new computer labs are approved, eight labs will be upgraded, 18 master trainers and 1,760 students have been trained, and laptops will go to the top 50 performers.
  • Security plans include 989 cameras in 142 centers in Phase I and coverage of 158 more institutes in Phase II, with 3,450 cameras expected operational by November and 4,381 installed by next May, all linked to a central monitoring room for safety and behavioral assessment.