The outbreak of Covid-19 since last year has helped thePunjabgovernment achieve an unusual trend of peoples rushing to itsschoolsfor the admission of their children.
Enrolmentin the government-run schools has increased by 1.51 lakh in the ongoing academic session 2021-22 compared with the previous year. Of these 1.51 lakh students, 87% shifted from the private schools.
The highest enrolment has been in the higher secondary classes. The number of new admissions went up from 3,75,457 on March 31, 2021, to 4,02,411 on April 30. Similarly, the number of students who took admission increased from 6,15,042 to 6,55,937 in the upper primary classes. At the primary level, 10,04,400 enrolments were recorded against 9,48,785 in the previous academic session.
Thegovernmentschools in Ludhiana recorded the highest increase in enrolment in classes from LKG to XII of 3,00,990, 8.83% more than the previous session, while in Mohali, the number of students went up from 1,06,465 in 2020-21 to 1,15,100, recording a jump of 8.11%. The number of students went up from 59,025 to 63,421 in the current session in Fatehgarh Sahib.