Shillong, June 23: A high level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Dr. Mukul Sangma accompanied by the Deputy Chief Minister, I/c Education, Shri R. C. Laloo was held today, the 23rd June, 2016 to discuss and address some pressing issues in the Education Department.
The Government is seized of the matter pertaining to difficulty in getting admissions at the Class XI stage throughout the State and in order to ensure that all students are admitted in various institutions, an additional allocation of Rs. 3.5 crores was earmarked and 102 Assistant Lecturers and 11 Laboratory Assistants will be appointed soon on contractual basis to bridge the gap at the +2 level. This step is being done on a pro-active basis to ensure that no students are left out in admission in any institutions across the State.
A policy call was also made that the Government will encourage partnership with the Communities and Educational promoters and therefore provincialisation of institutions will not be taken up but rather support in the form of Deficit Funded Schools and Colleges would be initiated.
All Educational institutions which have been impacted by calamity will be taken up for repairs immediately through Disaster Relief Fund to ensure continuity in teaching and learning.
