Punjab education dept converts meritorious schools into coronavirus isolation centres

Parvesh Sharma

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, April 15

Apart from providing all government schools of the state to set up isolation centres, the Punjab education department has also put 10 meritorious schools at the disposal of deputy commissioners of all districts for use as Covid Care Isolation Centres.

Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Wednesday reviewed the arrangements at Meritorious School, at Ghabdan in Sangrur.

Singla said 8,346 beds are available in hostels of these residential meritorious schools and hundreds of classrooms could also be used by the medical staff for various other purposes.

“To help authorities in containing Covid-19, the education department has given meritorious schools also, while earlier we had given all our other schools. Meritorious schools are situated in Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali, Sangrur and Hoshiarpur districts,”  Singla said at Ghabdan after reviewing the arrangements.

Singla, who also has the charge of PWD, said PWD officials had also told to cooperate with the local administration for any improvement, required to set up isolation or quarantine centres.