Punjab & IIT Madras join hands to train school teachers as career mentors

• First state to introduce initiative to train over 5K teachers for future-ready students, says Harjot Singh Bains

Babushahi Bureau

Chandigarh, December 5, 2025: Punjab has taken a lead across the country by collaborating with the IIT Madras Pravartak to roll out a statewide career guidance program to create a structure where every teacher becomes a trained career mentor.

Disclosing this here today, Punjab Education Minister S. Harjot Singh Bains said that over 5,000 teachers will be trained to guide students towards informed, future-ready career choices under the ambitious teachers-upskilling program.

Bains stated that the program will offer teachers free online training in foundational career counselling, skil

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