'Quality education, moral values key objective of DAV schools'

Chandigarh: Haryana Director General of Police (DGP), B.S. Sandhu said that providing quality education and moral values to children is the key objective of DAV Police Public Schools. Keeping this goal in mind, 22 schools have been set up by the Police Department and all the schools have been provided with good teachers and facilities to ensure that students get quality education.

Sandhu was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a new building of DAV Police Public School constructed by Haryana Police Housing Corporation at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore, in Kurukshetra on Wednesday.

The DGP congratulated all the officials, guardians, teachers and children for the new building and said that 22 schools have been set up by the Police Department in Haryana in which about 16,000 students are getting quality education. Half of these 16,000 students are the children of police personnel. Apart from quality education, all these schools have been provided with facilities of sports, cultural activities and other modern facilities. Efforts were being made to make these schools the best schools in the State, he added.

Later, while interacting with media persons, Sandhu said that in view of Diwali, the Court has fixed a time period of two hours from 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting crackers. Those who would not abide by these orders would face registration of cases for the contempt of court.

He said that in view of the festival season, the police administration is fully alert and the duties have been put in place to make all out arrangements in the state. All officers and employees will perform their duties with utmost dedication.

ADGP, Ambala Range, Dr. R.C. Mishra, Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.S. Gulia, Superintendent of Police, Surinder Pal Singh, representative of DAV police public school management and other dignitaries were also present on this occasion.