SHILLONG: Secretary, NEC Ameising Luikham, reviewed the ongoing NEC funded projects in the North East on June 23.
The officials of the concerned departments of the state governments in the Northeast attended the meeting. Secretary, NEC emphasised on the need for timely completion of the projects and schemes by the implementing agencies to achieve the objectives of the various projects for the development of the education sector in the NE States.
The meeting on regional plan for the education sector was also held on the same day. This meeting was chaired by Prof. Ashoke K. Dutta, Member, NEC. M.P. Bezbaruah among others.
The meeting was attended by Vice Chancellors from the Universities of Tripura, Nagaland, Dibrugarh and representatives from institutions like NEHU, Gauhati University, IIT, Guwahati, etc.
Various aspects of the education sector were discussed like the prevalence of high school dropout rates in all the states of the region, popularisation of teaching of science and mathematics including provisioning of laboratories especially at school level through modern methods, the need to provide hostels especially for far flung areas, teachers training, promotion of distance education, establishment of centres of excellence especially at the university level, incentives for attracting faculties and low private sector participation. There is a need to have updated and sufficient data on various aspects of the education sector so that a regional plan could be formulated, the meeting felt .
Studies could also be conducted so that there is renewed focus on the areas that need immediate attention of both the state governments and the NEC
