{"id":54391,"date":"2025-11-03T20:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=54391"},"modified":"2025-11-03T20:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:07:01","slug":"now-focus-on-giving-jobs-not-asking-cm-manns-business-class-has-made-punjab-a-startup-state-guarantee-of-earnings-along-with-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/now-focus-on-giving-jobs-not-asking-cm-manns-business-class-has-made-punjab-a-startup-state-guarantee-of-earnings-along-with-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Focus on Giving Jobs, Not Asking \u2014 CM Mann\u2019s \u2018Business Class\u2019 has Made Punjab a \u2018Startup State\u2019! Guarantee of \u2018Earnings Along with Degree\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Punjab E News:<\/span> With Bhagwant Mann\u2019s visionary thinking and inspiration from Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s education model, Punjab has taken such a historic initiative across the country that has changed the very definition of the traditional education system. Now children in Punjab\u2019s classrooms are not just getting degrees, but laying the foundation of their own business. This is not just education, but an economic revolution whose name is \u2018Business Class\u2019 (Entrepreneurship Mindset Course \u2013 EMC).<\/p>\n

This program, which has now become a mandatory subject in higher education, is a historic step by the Punjab government in the direction of transforming youth from job seekers to job givers. Chief Minister Mann clearly said, \u201cNow every youth of Punjab will become an entrepreneur, and every college will become the birthplace of new businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

In accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the Punjab government has made the \u2018Entrepreneurship Mindset Course\u2019 (EMC) mandatory in higher education. This course has started from the academic session 2025\u201326 in major courses like BBA, BCom, BTech and BVoc. At its launch itself, nearly 1.5 lakh students from 20 universities, 320 ITIs and 91 polytechnic institutions have become part of \u2018Business Class\u2019.<\/p>\n

This program is based on the \u201cPunjab Business Blasters\u201d model, which gave thousands of children at the school level the confidence to become entrepreneurs. Now the same thinking is being implemented at the college level. Punjab has proved that the real purpose of education is not just to give degrees, but to make youth self-reliant and confident. The most special thing about this program is its AI-enabled digital platform \u2018Punjab Startup App\u2019, which guides students throughout the entire journey from idea to business. Available in three languages \u2014 Punjabi, Hindi and English \u2014 this app gives students the opportunity to connect with business planning, marketing, financial management and investors.<\/p>\n

Students have to develop a new business idea every semester, prepare its prototype and then launch it in the real market to earn money. Based on this entire experience, they are given 2 credit points. No exam, no cramming \u2014 now every student will be evaluated by their earnings and innovation. This is not just education, but an \u2018Earn While Learn\u2019 revolution, which has transformed colleges into mini-industries.<\/p>\n

Chief Minister Mann said, \u201cThere is no shortage of talent in Punjab\u2019s children, they needed to be given opportunities. We have given them not just books, but tools to turn dreams into reality. Today future industrialists are being prepared in our classrooms. This scheme is not putting youth in the line of getting employment, but sitting them at the table of giving employment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s goal is that this program should reach 5 lakh students by 2028-29. This will give birth to thousands of new startups, which will give a big boost to the state\u2019s GDP. In India, approximately 1.5 crore students graduate every year while only 15 lakh jobs are available. This initiative of the Punjab government is a decisive step towards eliminating that gap and promoting a self-employment based economy. In just 15 days of launch, 75,000 students have registered on the \u2018Punjab Startup App\u2019, and so far \u20b925 lakh business turnover has been done.<\/p>\n

Punjab\u2019s children are now taking flight \u2013 from solar torches to USB chargers, every idea is creating a new story! This program is now not a subject, \u2018the era of cramming-give paper\u2019 is gone \u2013 now Punjab\u2019s youth are not job seekers, they are job givers! This is a game changer for those lakhs of unemployed, who are now earning up to 10,000 rupees every semester along with studies. This program is not just an educational scheme, but a mission of the Punjab government that connects the future of youth with employment, self-reliance and self-respect. Now youth are not looking towards foreign countries, but are realizing the dream of \u2018Make in Punjab\u2019 while staying in their Punjab.<\/p>\n

This initiative of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is making Punjab a \u2018Startup State\u2019 \u2014 a state where the government is giving children opportunities along with jobs. \u2018Business Class\u2019 is the announcement of Punjab\u2019s new era where every classroom is a startup center, every student is a potential entrepreneur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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