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Garhshankar, April 18
The Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, on Saturday visited villages of remote bet area falling in Hoshiarpur and Ropar districts to boost enrolment drive, currently underway in the state. Starting from Government Senior Secondary School, Garhshankar, Krishan Kumar also visited government schools situated at villages Mehandwani, Binewal, Gurubishanpuri, Haibowal, Seehwan, Khurali and Bhangal. He interacted with the school heads, staff and took stock of the progress of the extension, augmentation of infrastructural facilities and enhancement in enrolment, besides potentialities of starting pre-primary classes in high and senior secondary schools.
He also went door-to-door at some villages to make the people aware about the various infrastructural as well as quality education facilities to mobilise them to get their wards admitted in government schools. Having seen the Education Secretary on the enrolment drive at Binewal village, Sanjay Kumar, husband of