India's Punjab announces free education for girls

AMRITSAR: The provincial government of India's Punjab state has announced free education for girls in government schools and colleges from nursery to PhD, reported the India Times.

The chief minster of the Indian state also announced provision of free books, both in hard and soft copies, to students.

He also announced free Wi-Fi services for 13,000 primary schools and all 48 government colleges in the province.

The Indian publication further added that theliteracy rate in Punjab is 75.84 per cent while the national average of literacy in India is 73pc.