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School Education
Overview
Under Free and
Compulsory Education all children in the age group of
6-14 are
to be provided free Primary Education. In order to achieve the goal
of
Universalisation of Primary Education efforts are being made to
increase
retention of children in schools, increase their enrollment,
opening of new
Primary Schools, provision of infrastructure in the
existing Primary Schools, innovative approach in the schools and
decentralized Planning, irrespective
of Social bias. The object of
Free and Compulsory Education is being achieved by mobilizing Community
support in the villages where large percentage of illiterate population
reside.
Number of Schools in
Punjab as on 31-03-97.
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Level of
Schools
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State
Govt.
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Non
Government (Recognised ) including aided school
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Total No of
Schools
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1. Primary
schools
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12184
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422
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12606
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2. Middle
schools
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2387
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157
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2544
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3. High
schools
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1740
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410
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2150
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4. Sr. Secondary
schools
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830
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262
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1092
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Total
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18392
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5. Senior Secondary
Schools having Academic and Vocational Streams out of Sr. No.
4
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345
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Nil
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345
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Enrollment
Total Enrolment as on 30.9.1996 (1996-97)
(In Govt. & Non
Govt. (Recognised Schools only)
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Grand Total |
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Boys |
Girls |
Total |
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Pre-Primary
Dept. |
17837 |
12781 |
30618 |
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Primary Dept . .
(I-V) |
1096018 |
985947 |
2081965 |
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Middle Dept.
(VI-VII) |
531644 |
437118 |
968762 |
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High Dept.
(IX-X) |
272426 |
218462 |
490888 |
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Sr. Sec. Dept.
(XI-XII) |
117362 |
84043 |
201405 |
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Grand Total |
2035287 |
1738351 |
3773638 |
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