Ludhiana's government school students got two new landmarks on Sunday, August 3, 2026 — and with them, a signal that Punjab's public education push is still accelerating. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann dedicated new Schools of Eminence at Kidwai Nagar and Miller Ganj in Ludhiana, pushing the district's count under the scheme to 16 campuses.

What Ludhiana's 16th and 17th Campuses Actually Offer

The two new schools are not cosmetic upgrades. Each campus comes equipped with modern classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, an auditorium, and a suite of advanced learning facilities designed to close the gap between government and private schooling. For families in Kidwai Nagar and Miller Ganj — dense, working-class pockets of Punjab's industrial capital — that gap has historically been wide.

The School of Eminence Programme's Ludhiana Footprint

The School of Eminence scheme was launched by the Punjab government around 2022–23 as the centrepiece of its Sikhya Kranti (education revolution) agenda. The idea: select government schools, pour in infrastructure investment, and make them genuinely competitive with private institutions rather than simply functional. Ludhiana, Punjab's largest city by population and a major industrial hub, has become one of the scheme's most active districts — with 16 schools now carrying the designation.

The Chief Minister's Office described the new campuses as part of the government's 'ongoing efforts to strengthen public education and provide world-class learning infrastructure to students.' The phrasing is official, but the footprint is real: laboratories, auditoriums, and upgraded classrooms in localities where such facilities were once the exclusive preserve of fee-paying schools.

Punjab's Broader Bet on Public School Infrastructure

Punjab is not alone in this playbook — states across India have pursued infrastructure-led education reform in recent years — but the Mann government has made it a signature commitment since taking office in March 2022. The pattern is consistent: district-by-district rollouts, facility-first upgrades, and high-visibility dedications that keep the programme in public view. Whether the infrastructure translates into measurable gains in enrolment and learning outcomes is the question that will define the scheme's legacy. Those numbers are still emerging.

For now, two more schools in Ludhiana carry the eminence tag — and 16 districts across Punjab are watching to see when their own tallies move.