No fee to be charged at govt schools this session: Punjab CM
CHANDIGARH: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, announced that government schools in state will not charge any admission, re-admission or tuition fee from students for the 2020-21 academic session on account of the Covid-19 crisis.
As far as private schools are concerned, the state government had already moved court, said the CM.
Captain, while addressing #Askcaptain session, announced provisional admission in Class 11 for the 31,000 Class 10 students in the open school system, who could not be promoted amid the covid crisis based on internal assessment, as no such assessment exists for them. He announced a cash prize of Rs 5,100 each to 335 students who scored above 98% in Class 12.
On restriction of two persons in a seven-seater vehicle, when buses are allowed to ply with full capacity, the CM said economic viability has forced government to allow this. But even now, passenger traffic is as low as 25-30% of normal, he said. buses on the festival, the CM said there are no restrictions on buses as far as Punjab is concerned, but other states might have imposed curbs.
PUNJAB FULLY PREPARED TO TACKLE ANY EXIGENCY: CS
Reviewing medical infrastructure arrangements in hospitals across the state, chief secretary Vini Mahajan said the state government was well prepared with requisite bed capacity, ventilators in hospitals, besides having adequate arrangements of PPE kits, masks and testing kits to deal with increasing Covid cases.
Though the situation was under control and people need not panic, the chief secretary urged people to strictly adhere to the health and safety protocols, including social distancing, proper wearing of masks and washing hands frequently to contain coronavirus.