Teachers asked to identify out-of-school children

Kanwaljit Singh Sandhu, District Education Officer, Amritsar, conducted a review meeting at the district level with all the education officers and school heads present. The meeting was held at Sri Guru Nanak Kanya Senior Secondary School, Ghee Mandi, with Deputy DEO Indu Bala Mangotra and all the Block Education Officers and Centre Head Teachers of the district present.

Sandhu instructed the teachers to work at the ground level and identify the out-of-school children and make efforts to connect them with school education. "As part of the education elevation programme under Sikhiya Kranti, we have asked teachers to go door-to-door to identify children, who are not in schools and make efforts to enroll them," he said. The teachers were also briefed on setting up data of Adhaar card updation of the children on e-Punjab portal.

During the review meeting, a detailed report was received regarding the schools damaged due to the recent floods, an assessment report of which has already been sent to the state government. He also informed that in order to promote and preserve Punjabi language as mother tongue, the PSEB has announced the launch of the International Punjabi Olympiad 2025. The registration process for the Olympiad will end on October 31.

Unlike the previous two editions, this year the Olympiad will be held in online and offline mode, with questions being framed from a set curriculum.