Itanagar: Centre has assured Arunachal Pradesh of setting up of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in remaining districts besides establishment of more Block Level Teacher Education Institutions (BLTEI) in the state to make qualified teachers.
This assurance was given by secretary, HRD ministry Anshu Vaish when state’s Education Minister Bosiram Siram called on her and Additional Secretary (MHRD) Amita Kaul in New Delhi yesterday official sources said here on Thursday. Siram acknowledged the ministry’s support to Arunachal Pradesh for development of education sector. He also appreciated chief minister Nabam Tuki for clearance of state matching share in a phase wise manner to avoid delay in quality delivery of services as well as release of central share against national flagship programmes of the department. During the meeting, the departmental initiative for working out modality to meet up state matching share was also discussed, sources informed.
On the issue of granting recognition to four different private colleges offering BEd courses, Siram sought interference of the ministry to enable those colleges to start courses from the next session for which the ministry assured to initiate action at the earliest, the sources said. (PTI)