Chandigarh, March 30: On the instructions of PunjabEducation Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, the school education department haslaunched a special campaign to motivate the people for admission in governmentschools as well as to create awareness about the Covid-19 epidemic.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the educationdepartment said that the schools have been closed till 31/03/2021 due toCovid-19. But the teachers of all the government schools are going from door todoor and urging the people to enroll their children in government schools.Teachers are informing the public about the new features of government schools.According to the spokesperson, the enrollment in government schools hadincreased by about 15% last year due to the efforts of the school educationdepartment and this year the increase is expected to be even higher than lastyear.
At the same time, the public is being made aware of theprecautions to be taken to avoid corona. In the meantime, the teachers areinforming the general public about the methods of hand washing as well as howto wear masks and keep physical distancing while going out of the house. Thespokesperson said that teachers were informing the general public about thesymptoms of the corona affected patient. The general public is being motivatedto take special care of the elderly and children and to follow the governmentguidelines regarding gatherings during social functions. According to thespokesperson, people are being made aware of the uses of Cova app and itsdownloading in their mobiles.