Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema today visited two government schools of Banur sector here to know students' problems.
During his visit to Government Senior Secondary School Banur and Government High School Dharamgarh, Cheema fulfilled the long pending demand of the students on the spot regarding providing free coaching for preparation of competitive exams.
Cheema assured the students of Banur school that free coaching would be provided by government to the students at cluster or block level in order to mitigate the circumstances of students who take expensive coaching.
He said that this would materialise at the end of current session.
Cheema further said that the science lecturers of government schools would give coaching to the students.
He said that more than 1600 students had availed the free coaching facility provided at district level in a first of its kind experiment.
Cheema said because of the long duration and cumbersome study process in becoming a doctor, lesser number of students are opting for Medical stream.
He also listed lack of interest in Biology also as the reason for lesser number of students opting for medical discipline.
