Punjab names government schools after martyrs: Vijay Inder Singla
Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla today said that to honour the martyrs and freedom fighters belonging to the villages
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla today said that to honour the martyrs and freedom fighters belonging to the villages of the state, the education department has decided to rename 2 more government schools.
The cabinet minister said that earlier, 8 other government schools in various district have already been named after the martyrs. He added that the step have been taken following the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
He said that another Government Middle School (GMS) at Mattran village in Sangrur district has been named after freedom fighter S. Hazoora Singh, who was a prominent worker of Parja Mandal movement being led by Sewa Singh Thikriwala.
He added that S. Hazoora Singh also led Kisan Sabha and was jailed for two terms, 1.5 year and 2 years respectively.
He added that the school has been named as Shaheed Naik Nirmal Singh Government Senior Secondary School. The cabinet minister said that seven other schools in various districts have been renamed after the names of martyrs which included four brave-hearts of Punjab, who sacrificed their lives while fighting unarmed with Chinese army in Galwan Valley.
He added that other three schools were Shaheed Maninder Singh Attri GSSS (Boys) Dinanagar (Gurdaspur), Shaheed Jaimal Singh GSSS Ghaloti (Moga) and Shaheed Sukjinder Singh Government High School Gandiwind Dhatal (Tarn Taran).