Overview

• Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains launched the subject in Chandigarh with AAP in-charge Manish Sisodia, confirming rollout for the 2025–26 academic year.
• Students will work in teams to design ideas, build prototypes, pitch for seed funding and take products or services to market.
• Written exams will be replaced by school-based assessment using self-evaluation, peer review and teacher or mentor feedback.
• The syllabus allots 18 periods per year, including 3 theory sessions and 15 project-focused sessions to reduce exam pressure.
• The government cited reach of roughly 2.68 lakh students across 3,840 senior secondary schools and projected Rs 300–400 crore in annual student-led activity at a 10% success rate, framing the move as an expansion of the Punjab Business Blasters programme that has grown to nearly 1.8 lakh participants in 1,927 schools since 2022.