Williamnagar: Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said that the Education Department is now coming up with a new format, where there would not be any more inter-transferable system for teachers.
Inaugurating the newly constructed additional building of Williamnagar Government College on Saturday, Sangma said that according to the new format only those teachers who would be willing to stay in a particular place of posting for a long term should apply in colleges. They cannot apply for transfer to another college whenever vacancies arise and deprive students of their right to quality education, the chief minister added.
He also opened Science Stream of the college.
Speaking on the event, Sangma said that there is no scope for compromise when it comes to the future of the children so there is a need to get out of the conventional mode of administration of Government colleges.
In order to accommodate students from across the district, the 5-room Assam-type additional building was constructed with the assistance of over Rs. 34 lakh under the Chief Minister’s Special Urban Development Fund. Meanwhile, 31 students have taken admission so far in the first batch of the newly opened Science Stream in the College.
He was of the view that if the administration wants the next generation to be productive then it should be able to take care of their potentialities and create that enabling environment to make the students have a sense of self-realisation of their own capacities.
The State Government has initiated the 125 million dollar (Rs. 619 crore) Human Capital Development programme under Asian Development Bank, which would take care of the school infrastructure, including digital learning, up-scaling of teaching and skilling of students in the rural areas so that they are able to compete with their urban counterparts, he said. He appealed to the implementing departments to complete these projects on time and dedicate them to the children of the state, so that they would be able to get more funds.
Stating that the students of class 11 and 12 were still minors, the Chief Minister spoke of the move to delink class 11 and 12 from colleges.
Others who attended the programme were local MLA and Minister for School Education & Literacy, Deborah C.Marak, Parliamentary Secretaries Cherak W. Momin, Brigady Marak, Sengnam Marak and Marthone J. Sangma, Principal Secretary, Education, D.P.Wahlang, Director, Higher & Technical Education, Ram Singh, Director, School Education & Literacy, Ambrose Marak, East Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, H.B. Marak, district officials, academicians, parents and students.
