Over 2,000 schools undergoing infrastructure upgrade by state govt
Shillong, Feb 28: As many as 13 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) are under construction in the state, governor CH Vijayashankar said in his address to the assembly on the first day of the budget session on Friday.
Among them EMRS Pahamsyiem has been completed and EMRS Samanda will be completed soon, he said.
Among the remaining EMRSs out of total 38 sanctioned in the state, DPRs for 16 EMRSs have been approved for tendering process and land identification process is ongoing for seven EMRSs.
The governor also informed that over 2,000 schools are undergoing infrastructure upgrade by the state government under Mission Education initiative.
Stating that Meghalaya is at the forefront of implementing the NEP 2020, he said distribution of the Meghalaya Future Ready TLM Kit (JaduiPitara) has commenced and it is benefiting around 92,000 students across 3,925 schools.
The government has also launched the Meghalaya Vidya Samiksha Kendra, which is a command and control centre to track school education outcomes.
“This has enabled the state to track online teacher attendance, which has now increased from 30% to nearly 85%. It has improved the mid-day meal reporting from 5% to 95%,” he said.
Further, the governor informed that the Captain Williamson Sangma State University was inaugurated recently, making it the first state university to be recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Affiliation with the state university will ensure that the students would not be required to appear for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for under-graduation and post-graduation courses.
The government is actively implementing a range of central and state scholarship schemes to support students from Class IX to Ph.D level across all districts, he said.
Last year, 88,539 students benefited from these scholarships, totalling ₹104.50 crore.
