Patiala News:Bhagwant Mann government made Punjab the leading state of the country in the field of education – Harpal Singh Cheema

-Dual Singh Lotte Memorial Sports Complex built by Kartar Combine at a cost of Rs. 1.25 crore at School of Eminence Bhadson is dedicated to the students.

-Said, like Kartar Agro Industry, other entrepreneurs should also come forward for social service work

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has made the state the leading state of the country in the field of education within the last four and a half years.
The Finance Minister today dedicated the S. Daulat Singh Lote Memorial Sports Complex, built by Kartar Combine and Tractors Industry at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore at School of Eminence Bhadson, to the students in the presence of Kartar Agro MD and Chairman Amarjit Singh Lote. On this occasion, MLA of Nabha constituency Gurdev Singh Dev Mann, Kartar Agro Directors Harvinder Singh Lote, Harmeet Singh Lote, Manjit Singh Lote, Manpreet Singh Lote, Sukhdev Singh Lote, Inderjit Singh Lote and President FICO Gurmeet Singh Kular were also present.
On this occasion, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema appreciated the contribution of Kartar Agro in social service, especially in the field of education, saying that Kartar Agro is a famous combine harvester manufacturing company, but it has joined hands with the government to provide a good educational infrastructure to our students along with the agricultural sector. Cheema said that if other industrial houses also extend their hand for social service like Kartar Agro, then it becomes like icing on the cake.
The Finance Minister said that Bhagwant Mann government included education and health among its top priorities, so today the state has become a leading state in the field of education and the Schools of Eminence built all over Punjab are setting new milestones in providing education. He said that this year 882 students of government schools of the state have passed NEET, 361 students have passed JEE Mains and 64 have passed JEE Advanced.
He said that Punjab has become the first state in India to include ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) as a core subject from class 1 to 12. Apart from this, Punjab was included among the best performing states in India in the ‘Education Quality Report 2026’ of NITI Aayog. Whereas, in the ‘Performance Grading Index 2.0’ (for States/Union Territories, 2024-25) released by the Ministry of Education (Department of School Education and Literacy), Government of India, Punjab has also emerged as one of the top performing states in the country.
Harpal Singh Cheema expressed the hope that just as the Punjab government has made efforts to keep the youth of the state away from drugs by building more than 3000 playgrounds in the state, in the same way, the S. Daulat Singh Lote Memorial Sports Complex built at Bhadson will also provide the students with an excellent facility and environment to excel in various sports. On this occasion, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, MLA Gurdev Singh Dev Mann along with School Management Committee Chairman Gursewak Singh and School Principal Pritinder Ghai and District Education Officer Mamta Khurana honored Amarjit Singh Lote. On this occasion, a large number of teachers, parents and students along with members of the Lote family were present.