Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, November 14-
Punjab School Education Department has successfully trained more than 5000 lecturer-grade teachers from government senior secondary schools across Punjab as part of its flagship Business Blasters program. Divulging this, School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that this initiative is set to benefit over 1,78,000 Grade 11 students, equipping them with critical entrepreneurial and 21st-century skills through experiential learning.
He said that the Business Blasters program, a pioneering effort by Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann led government, is designed to develop an entrepreneurial mindset among students, shifting their perspective from being job seekers to job creators.
Notably, the Business Blasters program launched by the Mann government under the Young Entrepreneurs Programme Scheme in November 2022 showed immediate impact in its pilot phase. The program engaged 11,041 students of 11th grade from 32 government senior secondary schools across 9 districts, with 3,032 students receiving seed money totaling over Rs.60 lacs to support their business ideas in real-world situations.