Senior secondary sections within areas of urban local bodies to be made co-educational : CM

Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the senior secondary sections running in the government schools of the State within area of urban local bodies would be made co-educational.

The Chief Minister was presiding over the meeting of the education department, held here today. He said the state government would rationalize the schools where enrolment was low and there was another similar level school within manageable distance.

Education Minister Rohit Thakur, Secretary, Education Rakesh Kanwar and senior officers of the education department attended the meeting.