Punjab To name government schools after martyrs or freedom fighters, not only the recommendation made by the DC, SSP or the department will work, but now the documents related to their martyrdom will also have to be kept in the file. These documents have also been fixed by the department. The entire process of filling the documents will be online. After this, the case will go ahead in the committee of the education secretary. The Director School Education has issued orders in this regard.
According to the department, to change the name of the school, in the category of Martyr category on the online portal, in the column containing proof of document, Battle Casualty or Operation Casualty Certificate and in the case of freedom fighter, the copper plate or pension record given for the cooperation put in freedom was put together. Go If the certificate is not produced, the case will be dismissed.
After this, the school principal will have to file a fresh case again. After this it will be considered in the monthly meeting. At the same time, the department has also sought a list of those schools from all the districts, which have been named after prominent personalities so far.
Significantly, in 2021, an online portal was prepared by the Education Department in this regard. In this, after the recommendation made by the Panchayat, MC and important departments, further process went on while the decision was taken on the spot by the state level committee. Now the report of the said departments will have to be sent in advance.
Earlier, the names of 56 schools running on the basis of objectionable words or caste were changed. Also some names were named after the martyrs. During this, there was even an objection regarding some names. After this, steps have been taken in this direction by the department.
School named after jawan martyred in Assam
Resham Singh, a resident of village Guru Nanakpura, posted in the army, was martyred in Assam in 2021. Now the school in his area is named after him. Government Elementary School Dera Bajigar Block Raiya will now be named as Shaheed Resham Singh Gurunanakpura. The effort behind this will be that the young generation gets inspiration from the life of the martyr.
The people of the area are very excited about this thing. Only one name was proposed from Amritsar district to the education department. Apart from this, a school has been named after Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh in Malerkotla, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in Moga and Dr. BR Ambedkar in one district.