Against 500 seats at the Senior Secondary Residential School for Meritorious, Ludhiana, near Rose Garden, only 476 students have applied to seek admission to Class 11 in this school. Of 476, 422 are from Ludhiana while 54 are from the other districts of the state who have sought admission in the Ludhiana school for meritorious students. The last day for submitting applications was Monday.
However, 672 students from Ludhiana had scored above 80 per cent in Class 10 in Punjab School Education Board exams. But even then there are few students who have applied to get admission to the prestigious institute.
It is pertinent to mention here that there are several students who are not aware about the admission process in the meritorious school as the school heads concerned or computer teachers have not informed them about it. A student from Panj Garain village, Macchiwara, who reached the Senior Secondary Residential School for Meritorious on Saturday to get admission, requesting anonymity, said, “I was not aware about the admission process. I came to know about it from one of my friends, following which I decided to get admitted to this school. I have scored 83 per cent in Class 10. This school is 55 km away from my village.”
Talking to Hindustan Times, district education officer, secondary, Paramjit Kaur Chahal, said, “For the convenience of the students, we have decided to set up a counselling centre at Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar. The counseling will start on June 18 at 9 am. Earlier, we had decided to make venue at RS Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, but an exam falls on the same day at the aforesaid school so we decided to shift the venue at Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar. To inform the students regarding the venue, we will update this information on the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan website (ssa.org.punjab) and also on the DEO, secondary, website. The students are already informed to check the ssa website regularly to know the latest updates on admission in the meritorious schools.”
{{/usCountry}}Talking to Hindustan Times, district education officer, secondary, Paramjit Kaur Chahal, said, “For the convenience of the students, we have decided to set up a counselling centre at Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar. The counseling will start on June 18 at 9 am. Earlier, we had decided to make venue at RS Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, but an exam falls on the same day at the aforesaid school so we decided to shift the venue at Sukhdev Thapar Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar. To inform the students regarding the venue, we will update this information on the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan website (ssa.org.punjab) and also on the DEO, secondary, website. The students are already informed to check the ssa website regularly to know the latest updates on admission in the meritorious schools.”
{{/usCountry}}When contacted, Punjab education minister Daljit Singh Cheema said, “For 3,000 seats in six meritorious schools, more than 5,023 students have applied so there is a tough competition this time among the students. It shows that all the seats will be filled. We are recruiting teaching and non-teaching staff for all of the meritorious schools. The schools will get the staff before the initiation of the new academic session. We will start academic session in July and the date to start the academic session for the students will be updated on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan website.”
Posts vacant at Ludhiana meritorious school
In teaching category in Ludhiana, there are several vacant positions- one each in English, Punjabi, chemistry, computer, principal, and two vacant positions in commerce.
In non-teaching category, two posts of data entry operator and one each for clerk and warden have been lying vacant.
There are 171 vacants posts at all of the six meritorious schools across the state, the advertisement regarding which can be seen on Guru Nanak Dev University's (GNDU), Amritsar, website.
These include, three each in Punjabi and English, two each in maths and biology, four in physics and five each in chemistry and commerce. The number of non-teaching posts include one each for clerk and warden and two data entry operators.
Applicant details
Total applications for all six schools: 5,023
Applications for Ludhiana meritorious school: 476
Number of applications from Ludhiana residents: 422
Eligible Ludhiana students who have not applied: 185
Applicants from other districts seeking admission in Ludhiana: 54
Ludhiana students seeking admission in other districts: 11