• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

The Punjab Pulse

Centre for Socio-Cultural Studies

  • Areas of Study
    • Maharaja Ranjit Singh
    • Social & Cultural Studies
    • Religious Studies
    • Governance & Politics
    • National Perspectives
    • International Perspectives
    • Communism
  • Activities
    • Conferences & Seminars
    • Discussions
  • News
  • Resources
    • Books & Publications
    • Book Reviews
  • Icons of Punjab
  • Videos
  • Academics
  • Agriculture
  • General

Century-old school in Moga dist battling for survival

February 17, 2023 By News Bureau

Share

Century-old school in Moga dist battling for survival

17 February, 2023 – Moga : Over 100 years after a government school was opened at Guru Teg Bahadur Garh in Baghapurana subdivision of the district, the institution is now battling for its existence due to alleged apathetic attitude of successive state governments in the past two decades.

Established in 1920 during the British Raj, Government Senior Secondary School, Guru Teg Bahadur Garh, Rode, once inspired the state government to establish an educational hub in the area. A government polytechnic and a degree college were opened by the government in the vicinity of the school, giving an opportunity to students of at least 25 nearby villages to complete their diploma and degree courses near their home for better career opportunities.

Gurcharan Singh Brar, an octogenarian resident of the village, says, “It is amazing how deep the presence of the school runs in nearby villages. Almost every household in Rode and its adjoining villages has someone who has been educated at this school. Local people have a special connection with this school.”

He said the school had imparted quality education to poor kids of this region for over 100 years. “The state government must restore its pride and make it a school of eminence by restoring/preserving the infrastructure and appointing regular teachers as per the sanctioned strength,” he said.

Dilbagh Singh Brar, Principal of the school, said the institution was declared a smart school by the government a few years ago, but the enrolment of students in the school decreased over the past few years after the closure of the science and commerce streams. The science stream was closed in 2004 while the commerce stream was closed in 2020 after the transfer of teachers. The government did not fill these vacancies forcing the students to migrate to other schools.

“The strength of this school has always been good with 700 to 800 students for decades but after the closure of science and commerce streams, it has drastically declined to just 218 students,” the school principal said, urging the government to fill the vacancies of teachers.

He said the sanctioned strength of teachers was 35, but only 18 were there at present. “We have made local arrangement of a teacher under the PTA scheme,” he said.

The school has 24 computers to impart computer education to the students and a good library with over 6,500 books, but a lot needs to be done to maintain the decades-old-building and attract more students to the school. “Recently, we received Rs 2.5 lakh for whitewash and minor repairs, which has been spent to give a facelift to the school,” the Principal said.

The school has a track of 400 metres for athletics, a football ground and facilities for other games, but there is no physical education teacher.

Courtesy : The Tribune


Share

Filed Under: Social & Cultural Studies, Stories & Articles

Primary Sidebar

Mahraja Ranjit Singh Portal

Maharaja Ranjit Singh is an icon of Punjab and Punjabis. He is also called Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab) in view of the respect that is due to him for his bravery and visionary leadership which led to the creation of the Sikh Empire (Sarkaar-e-Khalsa). The Punjab Pulse has dedicated a portal to the study of the Maharaja with the view to understand his life and identify his strengths for emulation in our culture and traditions. The study will emcompass his life, his reign, his associates, his family and all other aspects pertaining to the Sikh Empire.

Go to the Portal

More to See

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

August 27, 2022 By Jaibans Singh

Body of kabaddi player found in room at Punjab police station premises after 3 days

July 8, 2025 By News Bureau

ਸ਼ੁਭਮਨ ਗਿੱਲ ਦੇ ਬੱਲੇ ਨੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਕਰਵਾਈ ਬੱਲੇ-ਬੱਲੇ

July 8, 2025 By News Bureau

Tags

AAP Amritsar Bangladesh BJP CAA Captain Amarinder Singh Capt Amarinder Singh China Congress COVID CPEC Farm Bills FATF General Qamar Bajwa Guru Angad Dev JI Guru Gobind Singh Guru Granth Sahib Guru Nanak Dev Ji Harmandir Sahib Imran Khan Indian Army ISI Kartarpur Corridor Kartarpur Sahib Kashmir LAC LeT LOC Maharaja Ranjit Singh Narendra Modi operation sindoor Pakistan PLA POJK President Xi Jinping Prime Minister Narednra Modi PRime Minister Narendra Modi Punjab QUAD RSS SAD SFJ SGPC Sikh Sukhbir Badal

Featured Video

More Posts from this Category

Footer

Text Widget

This is an example of a text widget which can be used to describe a particular service. You can also use other widgets in this location.

Examples of widgets that can be placed here in the footer are a calendar, latest tweets, recent comments, recent posts, search form, tag cloud or more.

Sample Link.

Recent

  • ASI’s son dies of ‘drug overdose’ in Kapurthala
  • Body of kabaddi player found in room at Punjab police station premises after 3 days
  • ਸ਼ੁਭਮਨ ਗਿੱਲ ਦੇ ਬੱਲੇ ਨੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਕਰਵਾਈ ਬੱਲੇ-ਬੱਲੇ
  • ਮਨਰੇਗਾ ਵਰਕਰਜ਼ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਰਕਾਰਾਂ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਮਾਰਚ
  • ਸੀਵਰੇਜ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੇ ਬਾਜ਼ਾਰ ’ਚ ਲਾਇਆ ਧਰਨਾ

Search

Tags

AAP Amritsar Bangladesh BJP CAA Captain Amarinder Singh Capt Amarinder Singh China Congress COVID CPEC Farm Bills FATF General Qamar Bajwa Guru Angad Dev JI Guru Gobind Singh Guru Granth Sahib Guru Nanak Dev Ji Harmandir Sahib Imran Khan Indian Army ISI Kartarpur Corridor Kartarpur Sahib Kashmir LAC LeT LOC Maharaja Ranjit Singh Narendra Modi operation sindoor Pakistan PLA POJK President Xi Jinping Prime Minister Narednra Modi PRime Minister Narendra Modi Punjab QUAD RSS SAD SFJ SGPC Sikh Sukhbir Badal

Copyright © 2025 · The Punjab Pulse

Developed by Web Apps Interactive