Government Smart Schools Background

Background

Availability of infrastructure in schools such as adequate number ofclassrooms, playground, educational parks, science labs, ICT labs, toilets, etc.impact the quality of education and performance of schools. Various reports on thenstatus of education across different habitations reveal that the performance of students in such schools is better than those who study in schools with poor andinsufficient infrastructure.

In order to strengthen school education and improve learning levels ofstudents through ICT based education in Government schools, the Department ofSchool Education Punjab has been converting government schools into SmartSchools. As many as 261 government high and senior secondary schools havealready been converted into smart schools by the Department. Apart from this,around 2600 government schools have also been converted into smart schools with the help of school staff, CSR/NGO/NRIs and community, etc. As there are more than 19,000 government schools which cater to around 25 lacs students. It will take long time if government converts all these schools into smart schoolssinglehandedly. It is therefore intended that Corporate Houses, Industrial Houses, NGOs, NRIs, Alumni retired officers/teachers come forward to provide support to government schools for this noble cause to enable all children in Punjab to have access to good quality schools as early as possible.