Punjab has seen a tremendous surge in the services sector over the past two decades powered by a large talent pool in the State. The State Government has taken a number of steps to improve the quality of education in the State. These include roll-out of national level schemes at the primary level, implementation of private skill development courses at subsidized fee, soft-skill improvement courses and teacher education programmes, among others.

The State has also recently facilitated setting up of premier institutions of higher learning such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Roopnagar and the Indian School of Business (ISB) at Mohali. The key highlight of Punjab's transforming education scenario has been the rapid growth of non-government sector institutions which are setting new standards in providing quality technical education.