After the
partition of the country in 1947, the Punjab Education Department
functioned from a camp office set up in Shimla’s Metropole
Hotel. At that time, the Education Secretary was also Director
of Public Instruction. On February 15, 1959, the office was
shifted to Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab. In 1966,
when the southern districts of Punjab were constituted as
the new state of Haryana, the department was reorganised with
some staff going to the new state. At present, four Directorates
function under the Punjab Education Department, namely the
Directorate of Public Instruction, (Colleges), Directorate
of Secondary Education, Directorate of Primary Education and
Directorate of State Council of Educational Research and Training
(SCERT).
With growing pace of industrialization in Punjab, the main
stress has been on expansion, modernisation and reorientation
of Technical Education and Industrial Training system so as
to match it with emerging technologies for ensuring quality
manpower availability to the industrial sector. The basic
objective is to produce Engineers, Technicians and Craftsmen
who are welcomed as assets by the Industry of world class
capability. For this purpose, besides opening up new Engineering
colleges, Polytechnics and Industrial training in the emerging
areas, the existing institutions are being modernized by providing
new equipment and machinery with the assistance of World Bank
as also the State Government. To consolidate the development
in these fields, a new full fledge 'Punjab Technical
University' at Jalandhar has been established.
Punjab is ranked seventh in terms of
education amongst the states
The Higher Education Department, Government of the Punjab
provides education from Inter to Postgraduate level in various
disciplines through 361 Colleges functioning in the eight
divisions under the supervision and guidance of the Secretary
Education, Government of the Punjab. The total includes 76
Inter, 218 Degree and 67 Postgraduate Institutions (Male/Female).
The purpose is to not only enlighten the beneficiaries of
the department i.e. the students but also to broaden their
mental horizon in order to prepare them to cope up with the
challenges of the 21st century’s world.
The Department
envisions the society as a society habitually capable of living
with high ideals; tolerant of others’ views and aspirations;
a society which can co-exist with the changing times and assimilates
the phenomenon of globalization of the world; a society which
knows the joys of meaningful living; a society keen to protect
its younger generation and leave behind a better world. We
believe in equal opportunity for all in the quest for education
and are striving to impart quality education of a standard
recognized at the world community level. We recognize our
duty to make quality education affordable for the common man
and are striving to create an environment where education
would lead to prosperity and improve the general standard
of living for the masses.
STATE PROFILE OF PUNJAB
The state has a large network
of colleges and schools which has been necessary over a period
of time depending on the needs.
Punjab has a well developed
educational system consisting of
5 Universities, 2 deemed universities
38 Engineering Colleges: 9,455
students passing out each year
57 MBA & BBA Colleges:
2,000 students passing out each year
25 MCA Colleges: 1,180 students
passing out each year
355 undergraduate Colleges:
44,000 students passing out each year
75 post graduate Colleges
: 16,032 students passing out each year
Advantages of Punjab in Human
Resource
1. Easy Availability of unskilled
labour
2. High Productivity of skilled and unskilled labour
3. Peaceful and disciplined labour are some of the outstanding
features of human resources in Punjab.
Number of man-hours lost due
to lockouts, strikes and disputes are lowest in Punjab.
It is 1/3rd of UP, 1/4th of Haryana, less than half of Rajasthan.
Punjab also offers peaceful and productive labour at the very
reasonable cost.
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