CHANDIGARH; Recognising the exemplary mentorship and dedication in direction of fostering tutorial excellence in authorities colleges, Punjab Training Minister Harjot Singh Bains, together with former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP Punjab Prabhari Manish Sisodia, felicitated over 300 principals of presidency colleges whose college students certified the JEE (Most important), JEE (Superior) and NEET-UG 2026 examinations underneath the Punjab Tutorial Teaching for Excellence (PACE) initiative.
Addressing the felicitation ceremony held at Mohali Membership in SAS Nagar, Training Minister Harjot Singh Bains mentioned, “Punjab Authorities colleges have recorded one other 12 months of exceptional success in national-level aggressive examinations. 361 college students certified JEE (Most important) 2026, registering a 35.2% enhance over the earlier 12 months, whereas 64 college students certified JEE (Superior), reflecting a forty five.5% year-on-year enhance,” he added.
The Training Minister famous, “882 college students from Punjab Authorities colleges certified NEET-UG 2026, in comparison with 847 in 2025 and 437 in 2024, marking development of over 100% in simply two years. These achievements mirror the sustained affect of Punjab Sikhya Kranti and the strengthening of educational help in authorities colleges.”
The Training Minister Harjot Singh Bains identified 10 college students from authorities colleges have secured admission to the Indian Institutes of Know-how (IITs), 36 college students to the Nationwide Institutes of Know-how (NITs), and greater than 90 college students to authorities engineering schools throughout the nation. “These figures display that Punjab Authorities colleges are actually producing college students able to getting into the nation’s premier establishments,” he added.
The Training Minister affirmed, “At present, Punjab’s training mannequin is being mentioned throughout the nation. That is the results of our academics’ arduous work, dedication and dedication. In 2022, fewer than 80 college students from authorities colleges certified these examinations. At present, 882 college students from each district of Punjab have certified NEET.”
Highlighting the pivotal position of faculty heads, Minister Harjot Singh Bains mentioned, “For the final 4 years, I’ve maintained that every part rests with the principal. principal can remodel a dilapidated constructing right into a temple of studying. However with out love for instructing, even the very best insurance policies will fail and that very same faculty shall be lowered to ruins.”
He additional knowledgeable that the College Training Division organised 4 large-scale residential teaching camps in June 2026 at Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar and Mohali, benefiting 3,000 college students by way of intensive tutorial classes, doubt decision, mock checks, mentoring and centered preparation for JEE and NEET.
Congratulating the principals, Harjot Singh Bains mentioned, “I’m assured that you just and the whole faculty workers will proceed to contribute to the Punjab Sikhya Kranti with the identical ardour, dedication and unwavering dedication, and make the state of Punjab proud.”
Addressing the gathering, former Delhi Deputy CM and AAP Punjab Prabhari Manish Sisodia mentioned, “A constructing alone doesn’t make a faculty. Authorities can assemble buildings, however it’s academics who remodel it into a spot of studying and aspiration.”
He mentioned Punjab Sikhya Kranti is targeted on creating world-class infrastructure in authorities colleges whereas concurrently strengthening tutorial help by way of skilled teaching, structured mentoring, steady assessments and residential programmes, enabling college students from authorities colleges to compete with the very best in JEE, NEET and different national-level examinations.
Manish Sisodia mentioned, “For lakhs of scholars, the federal government faculty is now not a compromise. It’s now a gateway to IITs, NITs, medical schools and a greater future.”
The occasion was additionally attended by PDC Member Anurag Kundu, Director College Training (Secondary) S.S. Bal and different senior officers of the College Training Division.
