Punjab to provide free education to displaced students

Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said the students who have been shifted to relief camps would get the education in nearby schools

Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Saturday issued instructions to allow free education to the students of border districts who have been shifted to safer places in the wake of escalating tension on the Indo-Pak border.

Cheema said the students who have been shifted to relief camps would get the education in nearby schools.

"These students would not be required to take formal admission and to deposit any fee in these schools. The education department would take care of all the needs of these students so that their formal education may not suffer," he said.

The minister has instructed the schools to create separate sections if the influx of more students affects proper class room teaching.

"Those students who have not shifted to relief camps but have gone to their relatives' place may also attend the nearby schools without any formal admission or fee depositing," he said.