Picking another leaf from Delhi, Punjab launches ‘Business Blaster Young Entrepreneur Scheme’ in 31 govt schools

Bains said that the project will help to fulfill dream of the students studying in the government schools to become entrepreneurs.

Bains said that the AAP government wants to make Punjab’s education model better than the rest of the world, and they are working dedicatedly to ensure that the students who have studied in the Punjab government schools would not be concerned about their future.

He said that in order to boost business enterprises in the state, children of government schools will become “job givers” and not “job seekers”.

He said that to fulfil this aim, the Punjab government led by CM Bhagwant Mann decided to start the Business Blaster Young Entrepreneur Scheme. The students of classes 11 will be provided seed money of Rs 2,000 to start a business, which is aimed at developing young entrepreneurs at the school-level.

He said that under the first phase the scheme will be launched in 31 schools in 9 districts of Punjab state including Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Sangrur, Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, Ropar and SAS Nagar (Mohali). He said that the scheme will be implemented in all schools of Punjab from the next academic year.

He said that under this scheme, first business proposals will be taken from the children and then they will be discussed further with established industrialists. A group of 8 students each will be formed to work on the proposals which will be found suitable and students will be given complete guidance.

He said that there were bright children studying in the government schools across Punjab who have to succeed in life and he hopes that this scheme will not only make the students of its government schools employers but also eliminate many problems of the state.