ThePunjab government schools have excelled in board exam results for the thirdconsecutive year. The Punjab School Education Board has declared results ofclass 10th and 8th today. The results of government schools fared better than the private schools and pass percentage for both the classes was nearly 99%.
InClass 10th, the pass percentage of government schools remained 99.96 percent against the 99.93 passpercentage of PSEB. The result of as many as 3576 government schools is centpercent.
Similarlyin class 8th, the pass percentage of government schools is 99.91 against the 99.88 pass percentage ofPSEB .The result of as many as 6215 government schools remained cent percent.
TheSecretary School Education Krishan Kumar while congratulating congratulated the students, teachers and parentssaid that it was a unique and co-achievement . The school heads, teachers,students and parents have made concerted contributions towards "MissionCent Percent" despite facing many odds due to unprecedented pandemicCOVID-19.
Hesaid that Education Department launched "Ghar Baithe Siklhiya"programme to cater to the educational needs of the students during pandemic andthe school teachers, really toiled hard and adapted to latest digitalapplications to prepare lessons for TV/Radio channels and even set up their owndigital classrooms via youtube, google and zoom apps to reach out to theirstudents.
Heexhorted the students and teachers to continue the hard work to materialise"Online Education" successful this year too. The department hasregular started classes on Doordarshan Punjabi under the " Ghar BaitheSikhiya" programme, he said.
Hefurther added that the government schools are conducting classes through Punjab Educare app and zoom app. The coachingclasses for competitive examinations NTSE, PSTSE and NMMS have also beenstarted by the department.
“Thebetter infrastructural facilities as well as quality education and BoardResults have been instrumental in bringing in change in the mind-set of the people.The change in public perception could easily be gauged from the huge increasein enrollment, especially shifting of students from private to governmentschools”, further added the Education Secretary.