Chandigarh: To help children explore their talent, Punjab is all set to organise summer camps for government school students from pre-primary to 8th standard across the state from July 3 to July 15, 2023, said the School Education Minister, Mr. Harjot Singh Bains.
Bains said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the School Education Department is taking a unique initiative for the first time and summer camps are being organized in all the government schools. He said that more than Rs 5 crore has been released by the government for these summer camps. With this amount, the school heads will bring material for activities to the students.
Education Minister Bains said that in the summer camps, children will be given work related to intellectual activities, health care, sports, art craft, basic values, mathematics, environmental education and language skills etc.
Mr. Harjot Singh Bains said that he will be personally monitor the functioning of the summer camps and will also try to interact with the students. He said that children from class IX to XII will be taught as usual.
