29 crore for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan by Arunachal Pradesh govt

The Arunachal Pradesh government released an amount of Rs 29 crore as state's matching share for implementing Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in the state.

"This will facilitate the Union ministry of human resource development to release the remaining share of Rs 175 crore meant for salary of teachers of SSA and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) besides other SSA programmes,"

While showing serious concern over the enhancement of KGBV school teacher's salary, the chief minister assured to take up the matter with the ministry of human resource development immediately.

He observed that, it is imperative on the part of Central government to change the salary norms for KGBV teachers serving in tough and inhospitable terrains of Arunachal Pradesh which shares international borders with China, Myanmar and Bhutan.