Last Updated: 3 October 2026
Oct 2025: ₹98 crore project to install 8,230 Interactive Flat Panels in govt schools (3,600 schools) to make classrooms digital[1]
Oct 2025: ₹98 crore project to install 8,230 Interactive Flat Panels in govt schools (3,600 schools) to make classrooms digital[2]
Earlier, government schools had a shortage of benches, children sitting on mats, broken walls, leaking roofs, unclean toilets, no boundary walls, and no security guards
Target: All 20,000 government schools of Punjab should see improvement in terms of better infrastructure and other facilities
Till Aug 2026: ₹2,638 crore invested in infrastructure across 19,125 government schools; ₹1,000 crore more approved from World Bank[3]
-- Sikhya Kranti 2.0 (Mar 2026): ₹3,500 crore over 6 years with World Bank support to take govt schools to global standards[4]
-- In 2022: 8,000 schools had no boundary wall, 3,200 had non-functional toilets & ~4 lakh students sat on floors
¶ 1. New classrooms[5]
10,000+ new state of art modern classroom have been built
- 5,399 new classrooms inaugurated in April 2025[6]
- 2,261 smart classrooms with interactive panels have been installed in 1,886 schools[6:1]
- By Aug 2026: 10,000+ interactive panels installed and 5,012 schools upgraded with computer labs[7]
¶ 2. School Wall boundary construction[5:1]
In 75 years under Congress/BJP, Govt schools didn't even have boundary walls
Building boundary walls in 8000+ schools constructed
-- Total length of boundary walls to be constructed: 1,400 kilometers
- ~1,000 kilometres long boundary walls constructed in 6,812 schools inaugurated in April 2025[6:2]
- By Aug 2026: 99.9% government schools have boundary walls[7:1]
¶ 3. Benches and Furniture[5:2]
1,16,901 dual desks bought & provided to government schools
- By Aug 2026: 2 lakh desks distributed[7:2]
Not a single student sit on ground
Not a single school left in the state devoid of benches
¶ 4. Washrooms
Bathrooms/toilets have been constructed in 1,400+ schools[5:3]
- 2,976 New toilets in 2,934 schools[6:3]
- 7,166 toilets repaired across 4,889 schools[6:4]
- By Aug 2026: 13,920 new toilets constructed[7:3]
¶ 5. Wifi/High Speed Internet in all Schools[8]
17,000+ schools have received internet connection as of March 2025[9]
- MoU between the Education Department and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) on 13 September 2023
- Total 19,120 primary/middle/high/secondary Schools will be covered with high-speed fiber internet as per plan
- WIFI connection in each school
- This project will cost Rs 29.3 crore
¶ Other Related
References:
https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=212236 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 16 Oct 2025) ↩︎
https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=212236 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 16 Oct 2025) ↩︎
https://www.rozanaspokesman.com/news/punjab/070826/punjab-rises-from-8000-schools-without-boundary-walls-to-no-1-in-sch.html ↩︎
https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=218551 (Punjab Govt Press Release) ↩︎
https://yespunjab.com/sending-72-teachers-to-finland-will-be-a-milestone-for-punjabs-education-system-harjot-bains/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://yespunjab.com/sikhya-kranti-over-12k-govt-schools-upgraded-to-best-education-standards-harjot-bains/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://theprint.in/india/punjab-govt-invested-rs-2300-crore-in-school-infrastructure-education-minister-bains/3018712/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/high-speed-net-for-19k-schools-554521 ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/punjab-government-giving-wings-to-students-dreams-harjot-singh-bains/ ↩︎
