Punjab government has launched a career portal aimed at providing professional guidance to students of schools and colleges of the state. The portal aims to play a pivotal role in guiding students about various online courses, scholarships and vocations. Check details here
Nov 16, 2021, 10:47 IST
Punjab Career Portal: As per the recent updates, Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh has launched a career portal. The minister stated that the portal will play a significant role in guiding students about various online courses, scholarships and vocations as part of a series of measures being undertaken by the education department. The minister further added that 10 lakh students will now get the important information about career counselling, courses and scholarship sectors while sitting at home.
One major reason behind the unemployment problem of Punjab is the inability to choose the right career option, the minister said at a function here. If a student is able to get adequate career guidance at the opportune time, they can work wonders in accordance with their capability, as per the education minister.
Recently, the Punjab Cabinet has approved an amendment in the Punjab Learning of Punjabi and other languages Act, 2008 that makes Punjabi language as a compulsory subject for students of Classes 1st to 10th in all schools across the state. As per media reports, a spokesman for the Chief Minister informed that any school that breaks the rule of the said Act will have to pay a penalty of Rs 50,000, Rs 1 lakh, and Rs 2 lakh if it does so for the first time, the second time, and the third time respectively.
Recently, the Punjab government announced that it will distribute free uniforms to as many as 13,48,632 government school students from Class 1 to 8 at their homes for the academic session 2021-22 as grants of Rs 80.92 crore have been released by the education department. The boys will be given shirts, trousers, turban (patka) or caps, sweaters, socks and shoes and girl students will be given shirts-pants or salwar-kameez, sweaters, shoes and socks.
All girls studying in these classes and SC, ST, BPL category boys will be given free uniforms at the cost of Rs 600 per uniform. As per the data released, out of a total of 13,48,632 students, 7,65,024 are girl students while 5,08,436 are SC category boys and 75,172 are boys from the BPL category.
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