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Day 4 of counselling: : 71 students enrol in Ludhiana’s meritorious school
A total of 31 girls— 10 in commerce stream, 7 in medical stream and 14 in non-medical stream— got enrolled in Ludhiana’s meritorious school, while 40 boys took admission in the meritorious school, of which 15 enrolled in commerce, 13 in medical and 12 in non-medical; the counselling took place at Ludhiana admission centre
On the fourth day of counselling for admission to Class 11 and 12 in Ludhiana meritorious school, a total of 71 students enrolled on Tuesday. The counselling is being held by the education department at Ludhiana admission centre.
A total of 31 girls— 10 in commerce stream, 7 in medical stream and 14 in non-medical stream— got enrolled, while 40 boys took admission in the meritorious school, of which 15 enrolled in commerce, 13 in medical and 12 in non-medical.
The Ludhiana meritorious school has a total of 500 seats, including 200 for boys and 300 seats for girls, following 40:60 criteria.
While there are 120 seats for boys in the non-medical stream, 180 seats are reserved for girls. In both the medical and commerce streams, 40 seats are for the boys and 60 seats are reserved for girls.
The counselling for ten meritorious schools in Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Sangrur and Talwara was held in 22 centres across Punjab.
According to officials in the education department, those who cleared the entrance exam have been given the liberty to visit any of the 22 centres to get their enrolment done.
The counselling session was broadcast live on the online portal of the education department.
Around 18,000 students had appeared for the entrance exam this year in May, of which 6,266 cleared the test. According to officials, there are around 4,600 seats in the ten meritorious schools across Punjab.
