Punjab official’s message additionally included a schedule of social media actions for the academics (File).
Chandigarh:
The urge to be extra aggressive on social media forward of 2022 meeting election appears to have compelled the Congress-led Punjab authorities to have interaction its authorities college academics on on-line platforms.
Punjab ranked high throughout the nation within the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20, launched by the Centre a number of days again.
To have a good time this, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh held a stay interplay with the varsity academics and congratulated them for the achievement. But the stay interplay, which was streamed stay on the chief minister’s social media web page, earned extra dislikes than likes.
On the identical day, State Education Secretary Krishan Kumar requested the district training officers to be extra proactive on social media.
“You have to like, share and comment on the Facebook page of our school activities department. Also share and like the old posts,” learn a message by Mr Kumar, shared on one of many WhatsApp teams of district training officers. The message additionally included a district-wise schedule of social media actions for the academics.
The transfer, nonetheless, earned backlash from the opposition events. Earlier too, the federal government had confronted criticism for passing related orders.
As the state goes to polls, the Congress-led Punjab authorities can be attempting to counter the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi authorities’s narrative on enhancing well being and training sector.
On the latest achievement, Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla mentioned the AAP-led Delhi authorities ought to study from Punjab to effectively implement the varsity training mannequin.
Similarly, State Health Minister Balbir Sidhu, who was underneath fireplace for “vaccine-selling controversy” and can be going through allegations of corruption in procuring ‘Fateh’ kits, has additionally shot again at AAP.
“How could the Delhi government purchase same oximeter from various firms at different prices, whereas the Punjab government has been providing Corona “fateh kits” to patients at very low price of Rs 883, which included 19 items such as digital thermometer, steamer, pulse oximeter, hand sanitizer (500 ML), facemask three ply and all essential medicines,” he mentioned.
