After the partition of the country in 1947, the Punjab Education
Department functioned from a camp office set up in Shimla’s Metropole
Hotel. During that time the Education Secretary was also the Directorate of Public Instruction. On February 15, 1959, the office shifted to Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab. 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).Read on

All government schools in Punjab are affiliated with Punjab Schools Education Board.
The Government of Punjab is encouraging the participation of Private Sector by providing
incentives in the form of land at cheaper rates. Proposals are on anvil to set up a chain of
Adarsh Schools at the village level. In the first phase, 20 schools will be started and one
Adrash School has been planned for each Block. It is a corpus body.Read on

The Punjab School Education Board came into being under Act
of Legislation in 1969, amended in 1987. The main functions of the Board are to prescribe the syllabi, courses of studies and text books for school education; to arrange for the preparation, writing , compilation, printing; Publishing and sale of text books, other educational material and undertake the publication of any other educational work, book or periodicals; to hold examinations for school education, publish the results of such examinations and grant certificates to persons who have passed these examinations to define conditions for affiliation of institutions in terms of teachers and their qualifications, curriculum,equipment, buildings and other educational facilities and to institute and award scholarships, medals and prizes.Read on

All Children in the age group of 6-14 are to be provided primary education under Free and
Compulsory Education Scheme. In order to achieve this universalisation, efforts are on to
increase retention of children in schools, increase enrollment by opening new primary schools, more infrastructure in the existing primary Schools and innovative approach and decentralized planning irrespective of any social bias.Read on

Various institutions are functioning at the state level to usher in a qualitative improvement in the existing educational system of the State. Their aim is to develop syllabus and curricula of the various subjects at school stage and to monitor and develop new techniques and methodologies in the field of school education. Read on

Instead of creating new institutions, more attention needs to be paid to the consolidation of the the existing infrastructure which has been up-graded through additional investment under the World Bank Scheme to bring about further improvements in standards and quality of Technical Education in the existing institutions through an in-built system of constant quality and efficiency improvement, up-gradation and modernization in the Technical Education System. Read on

The Medical Education and Research in Punjab is governed by the Directorate of Medical
Education & Research, Punjab. This Directorate was set up in April 1973, to develop medical manpower and to ensure that medical education and teaching hospitals receive adequate attention and proper facilities for research work in the various branches of medicine. This Directorate works under the control of the Director, Research and Medical Education, Punjab. Its office is at Chandigarh. He is assisted by a Joint director,
Officer-on-special Duty and Deputy Controller (Finance & Account). Read on

Punjab is served by five universities at Chandigarh, Patiala, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar. More than 200 colleges are affiliated to these universities. The range, diversity and sophistication of subjects offered by the universities are as good as anywhere in the country. Presently three universities in the state have excellent departments of Business Management. There are also more than 200 colleges in Punjab affiliated to the five universities. There are five medical colleges in Punjab, one each at Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot, run by the government and two private medical colleges at Ludhiana, including the famous Christian Medical College. Read on