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Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Ludhiana: Hunar Sikhya Schools push for skill-based education for Class 11
In a push towards skill-based education, four government schools in the district were chosen under the Punjab government's pilot project 'Hunar Sikhya Schools' (HSS) designed to equip Class 11 students with industry-relevant skills. The initiative has seen overwhelming response from students, particularly in trades related to finance and digital marketing. Students at Government Senior Secondary School, PAU, during a skill-based course class under Hunar Sikhya Project in Ludhiana on Tuesday. (Manish/HT) The selected schools include Government Senior Secondary Schools (GSSS) at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Dhandari Khurd, Hambran, and the Girls' School in Sahnewal. Each of these schools is offering two specialised trades under the scheme. At PAU school, the trades offered are Digital Design and Development (DDD) and Banking, Finance Services and Insurance (BFSI). According to principal Pardeep Sharma, while 25 seats were sanctioned for each trade, the demand for DDD exceeded expectations, forcing the school to increase capacity. Instructor Jatin Arora explained that the DDD trade covers website design and mobile app development, both with and without coding, and equips students with real-world skills that allow them to work independently after completing Class 12. GSSS Dhandari Khurd is offering DDD and Beauty and Wellness trades. Of the 25 seats available in Beauty and Wellness, 18 have already been filled, while in DDD, nearly all the seats are taken, indicating strong interest from students. The girls' school in Sahnewal is running BFSI and Healthcare Sciences, where nearly all 25 seats in each trade have been filled. GSSS Hambran is offering the same two trades. Here, BFSI is proving more popular than Healthcare Sciences. An instructor noted that the banking course is attractive because it trains students for six different job roles, including tally operator, account assistant, mutual fund agent, LIC agent among others. However, while the project guidelines require two dedicated teachers per school, the posts are yet to be filled by the department. For now, vocational instructors and deputed teachers are keeping the trades functional. Principal Sharma expressed hope that permanent teaching staff will be appointed soon to strengthen the initiative further.
Hans India
12-05-2025
- Hans India
Punjab: Drug cartel linked to Turkey-based smuggler busted, three held
Dealing a major blow to an international drug smuggling and hawala cartel, Punjab Police have busted a cartel linked to Turkey-based smuggler Navpreet Singh with the arrest of his three operatives, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday. Those arrested have been identified as Gurdeep Singh (35), a taxi driver from Amritsar, Pardeep Sharma (29), a garment shop worker from Bikaner in Rajasthan, and Mani Sharma (36), a Ludhiana-based garment businessman. Police teams have recovered 1.10 kg of heroin, Rs 1.06 crore of hawala money (Rs 84.02 lakh in cash and Rs 22 lakh frozen in bank accounts), one cash counting machine, besides impounding their car (without a number plate). DGP Yadav said preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused Gurdeep was operating the local network of hawala and drugs smuggling on the directions of his handler Nav Bhullar, who had provided him a house to use as a hideout in Amritsar and all logistic support to run the cartel. Accused Bhullar is wanted in big hauls of drug and hawala cases by state agencies, he said. The DGP said further investigation is underway to trace backward and forward linkages of the cartel. Sharing operation details, Commissioner of Police (Amritsar) Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that acting on a specific intelligence input, a police team strategically formed teams and apprehended Gurdeep Singh from near Lok Heart School in Ram Tirath Road in Amritsar and recovered the drug consignment and drug money from his possession. The operation was conducted under the supervision of DCP (Detective) Ravinderpal Singh, ADCP (Detective) Jagbinder Singh and ACP (Detective) Harminder Singh Sandhu. The Police Commissioner said during interrogation, accused Gurdeep Singh talked about the involvement of accused -- Pardeep Sharma and Mani Sharma -- and also revealed that the latter had delivered Rs 5 lakh each in drug money. Following revelations, police teams tracked both the accused and arrested them, he said, adding that further investigations are on.
