India, April 11 -- justify;">Punjab on Thursday launched Mission Samrath 4.0, a flagship education initiative aimed at strengthening foundational learning and improving classroom accountability, with the introduction of a state-wide attendance tracking system.

Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains, along with AAP leader Manish Sisodia, unveiled the programme and released a compendium of 38 classroom practices developed by government school teachers.

Under the new system, parents will receive daily SMS alerts about their child's attendance. Officials said that if a student remains absent for seven consecutive days, the case will be escalated to district authorities, while absence beyond 15 days will be flagged at the state level....