Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said on Wednesday that the virtual mode of education is the way forward and it will help Punjab become an educational hub.
Commenting on the New Education Policy 2020, the chief minister said, “Education via the virtual method has helped students and Punjab is now becoming an educational hub. Various foreign universities from countries such as USA and UK are showing interest in setting up campuses here.”
Captain Singh chaired a Chitkara University function “Recalibrate 2020 – Getting the youth of Punjab industry ready for the post-Covid world”, a virtual round table discussion.
The CM also spoke on a variety of issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, sliding economy etc. He also talked about employment schemes and other plans that will be launched soon. “We need to focus on the people living in villages, where 65% of the state’s population resides,” Singh said.
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