Aadil Mir, Itanagar, July 15: In an ongoing process of pre budgetary meetings with various departments. With health and education topping the priority sectors of the state government’s development agenda, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki reiterated on adopting a policy of “zero tolerance” in these social sectors.
“Quality education and good health will determine the future of Arunachal Pradesh” he said while taking the pre-budgetary review meeting of education department here on Monday evening.
Tuki appreciated the department of higher education for doing extremely well in last three years and encouraged them to continue their good work. He advised the department to formulate strict rules for admission in colleges on the basis of intake capacity by introducing cut off marks on the line of colleges all over the country. This would facilitate admission on merit without any discrimination whatsoever and help competitive spirit for qualitative education, he justified.
Five polytechnics, one each at Dirang, Laying, Pasighat, Roing and Namsai and one model Degree College at Geku will start this year, informed Director Higher Education Joram Begi. He however submitted that there is an urgent need to create few contingency posts of non teaching staffs to run these institutions smoothly. The CM assured to look into the matter. Apart from the new institutions, the Indira Gandhi Government College Tezu will have BSC course from the current year, while B Com stream shall be introduced in Government College Bomdila, Begi informed.
“Compulsory Toilet & Drinking Water facilities need to be ensured in all the schools” Tuki emphatically said while directing the department to work out on it.
Admitting to constitute a High Level Committee to look in to the challenges faced by the education department, CM firmly called for discouraging interference of politicians and unions in educational affairs. He further assured for provisioning teachers quarters wherever required especially in interior places.
After minutely going through the power point presentation of various wings of the education department, the CM opted for sending proposals to Government of India for availing resources to provide scholarship to children.
Source: 'Themetrolive.com'
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