New Delhi, March 2 -- The teachers in schools in Punjab, taking their job one step ahead, have started giving wake-up calls to their students at 5 am every day.

The call is made by school heads, mentors, teachers voluntarily at 5 am and usually ends with asking them to call back if they find any doubt on a topic while studying.

"The entire drill is voluntary and there are no department instructions regarding the same," Amarjit Khatkar, Principal of a school in Mukandpur told The Indian Express.

The practice was started by the teachers following a meeting with the Education Secretary recently.

These "wake-up calls" to students and parents are for motivating them for Board examinations, which have been started under "Mission Shat Pratis...