CHANDIGARH: It was an altogether different experience for 415 students of seven Govt Senior Secondary Schools (GSSS) in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab when, on Saturday, they visited Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Punjab and Haryana High Court and some other places, about which they had so far read in textbooks and seen on television.
Said an excited 18-year-old Surinder Singh, class 12 student of GSSS Ferozepur, It was a memorable moment for us when we were there.
The protocol officer of Punjab and Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Rajan Kumar, addressed the students and introduced them to the functioning of Vidhan Sabha. In Punjab and Haryana High Court, officials of the bar council attended to the students.
The visit was organized by Awareness Mission Society headed by Ram Dayal of Chandigarh. Other places visited by the students included Rock Garden, Chandigarh Traffic Park-23, Panjab University (PU) and two media institutes. On the second leg of the two-day visit, the students would visit historical gurdwaras, including Machhiwara Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and Fathegarh Sahib on Sunday.
The organizer, who is an inspector-rank official with Chandigarh police, said the society organizes one educational tour every year and students of government schools from every district of Punjab are invited.
The society is also working in the field of free education for poor students across the state and providing special training to needy students for clearing entrance tests for admissions to Navodaya Vidyalayas in Punjab.
Source: TOI
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