In a bid to instill and strengthen the ethos of communal harmony and peace in the young minds, Bains has ordered schools to educate students about mutual brotherhood in daily morning assembly.
The Punjab government on Wednesday ordered closure of all schools till August 26 in the wake of heavy rains in different parts of the state. Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the state government has ordered holidays with immediate effect in all schools government, aided, recognised and private due to the heavy rains, which have caused flooding in different districts of the state.
Dalit and Christian communities in Punjab call for a strike to protest ethnic violence and mistreatment of women in Manipur. Schools in Punjab to be shut down on August 9 in support of the strike.