In Jalandhar, there is a proposal to convert 27 schools into smart schools. However, the silence on the seething demand for the provision of better salaries for over 27,000 teachers across various unions has been given a comfortable miss in the state budget. Rs 50 crore for the purposeFree sanitary napkins to all girl students from Class VI-XII. The government lures and fools people by making populist promises like laptops and mobiles and in today’s budget, free Wi-Fi, smart schools and solar panels have been promised.” District Education Officer (DEO) Satnam Singh said, “The provision of smart schools for the state is a great declaration made by the government in the budget. Initial allocation of Rs 10 crore during 2018-19Installation of solar power systems in all senior secondary schoolsRs 10 crore for activities undertaken under ‘Padho Punjab, Padhao Punjab’ programmeWi-Fi services for 200 schools by March 2018.
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