PSEB finalises Class XII Entrepreneurship curriculum for 5.6 lakh students
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The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has finalised the Entrepreneurship curriculum for Class XII, completing a two-year educational pathway designed to foster innovation, self-reliance and job creation among students, Education Minister Harjot Bains said.
Building on the success of the Business Blaster programme launched for Class 11 in 2022-23, PSEB has introduced Entrepreneurship as a compulsory subject across 3,692 senior secondary schools. Some 10,382 teachers and 231 master trainers have been equipped through 104 training programmes.
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With the Class XII curriculum and textbooks ready ahead of schedule, around 5.60 lakh students will pursue Entrepreneurship seamlessly in the 2026-27 academic year, Bains said while adding that the comprehensive curriculum would equip the students to transform ideas into viable ventures, covering startup challenges, legal procedures, finance, budgeting and more, preparing Punjab's youth to be job providers and economic drivers of tomorrow.
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