AAP MLAs join PTMs in Govt schools to get first-hand experience of problems

Ludhiana, September 3, 2022: In the first such initiative in Punjab,  Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday joined in the parents-teachers meeting (PTMs) held in government schools of the district and interacted with teachers-students-parents to understand ground realities of educational institutes.  

MLAs Sarvjit Kaur Manuke, Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina, Manwinder Singh Giaspura, Ashok Parashar Pappi, Tarunpreet Singh Sond, Kulwant Singh Sidhu, Jiwan Singh Sangowal and Jagtar Singh Dyalpura, Dr Sukhchain Kaur Bassi, wife of MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi and others visited the schools falling in their respective constituencies today.

Exhorting the students to never give up, MLAs said that success and setbacks were part of life and those who overcome challenges and obstacles, always being remembered by the world. They said that students must imbibe qualities of hard work, determination and dedication in their lives as these were the key to success. 

MLAs reiterated the commitment of Punjab government to transform the education system of the state and said multipronged strategy was being implemented to bring back glory of the government schools. They said that 100 government schools would be upgraded as ‘schools of eminence’ in this year as announced by Punjab Chief Minister and teachers would be sent to abroad for training purpose so that quality education could be ensured to the students. They said that AAP dispensation had already started focusing on empowering government schools in Punjab by ramping up infrastructure and recruiting teachers and other staff. Calling teachers nation builders, they solicited their wholehearted support and said the state government would make sincere efforts to make Punjab a frontrunner in India in the field of education.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik along with MLA Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina visited Government Senior Secondary School, Dholewal and Giaspura at and Government Primary School, Dhandari and met the parents-teachers. Malik also motivated the students to dream big and work with discipline to achieve their goals. They also tasted the food prepared in mid-day meal kitchen to check the quality.