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Amritsar, July 29

The District Education Office has initiated a unique, motivational meet and greet programme for the academic achievers from the district.

DEO (Secondary) Satinderbir Singh in an attempt to encourage and acknowledge students’ academic success held a ‘Coffee with Toppers’ session here on Wednesday.

In a first, the programme is a way to boost the morale and felicitate toppers and support them in their further academic pursuits. The inaugural meet and greet session was held with Harman Sharma, who was the topper in PSEB Class XII exams, along with other merit holders, including Amandeep Kaur and Gagandeep Kaur, who have scored above 98 per cent marks. They met the DEO (secondary) Satinderbir Singh and shared their stories of hard work and success. These achievers were also entitled for the cash award of Rs5,100 announced by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh during ‘Ask Captain Facebook Live Show’ on Saturday.

“It was not our hard work, but also of our teachers, who reviewed our performances and continued teaching through digital applications despite the lockdown. Extra classes were taken and simplified study material of different subjects were provided and tests were taken regularly to ensure meticulous preparation for the examination. We were stressed, but then our queries and exam preparations continued through online and web applications, so it was a respite,” said Harman.

DEO Satinderbir stressed on different approach adopted towards government school-teaching methods for this year’s good scores.

“It is the impact of the ‘Sikhiya Sudhar Muhim’ and the ‘Mission Cent per cent’, that government schools have consistently been performing well. For the consecutive second year, the government schools have out-shined private ones in the PSEB results both in quantity and quality. Government schools have not only achieved 94.32 per cent pass percentage as against the 91.84 per cent of private schools, but there are 1,903 Government Senior Secondary Schools in the state, of which 1,204 schools have achieved 100 per cent result. On the other hand, of 1,718 private schools, only 528 schools could achieve 100 per cent results,” said Satinderbir Singh, while exhorting students to be the ambassadors of government schools to make people aware about the changing scenario of government school education.

“It is a matter of pride for the teachers of government schools, as their hard work has paid off. We are extremely happy with this cash prize announcement as it would further motivate the students to perform well,” he further added.

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July 29, 2020 at 11:28PM
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