Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presided over a meeting with senior officials of the education department on Tuesday.
In the discussion, he held that the department to explore the possibility of merging government schools with low enrolments.
There are a total of 89 schools that have zero enrolment and the CM wants the department to merge them for better results.
The CM held that this step would not only ensure adequate staff in schools but also pave the way for providing quality education to the students, a statement issued here said.
Expressing serious concern over the decline in the number of enrolments in government primary schools which was 1,30,466 in 2002-2003 compared to 49,295 in 2023-24, he mentioned that there were 89 government primary schools with zero enrolment of students in the state.
He further mentioned, “701 primary schools had less than five students, out of which 287 schools were located within a radius of two kilometres of another school whereas an additional 109 schools had a strength of only five students.”
“And, there is zero enrollment in 10 government middle schools while 18 schools had only five students, he added.
The chief minister also confirms the establishment of Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools in each assembly constituency in a phased manner which would ensure quality education and holistic development of the students.
Sukhu mentioned his government had introduced many innovative initiatives to enhance the standards in the government institutions and that the English medium had also been implemented from first class in all the government schools.
State Education Minister Rohit Thakur and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Ashish Butail were among those who attended the meeting.
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