Ministry of Education, Government of India officials led by Armstrong Pame IAS, Joint Secretary (ICC & RUSA), Ministry of Education GoI, undertook an official three-day official visit to Nagaland from January 14 to 17.
Kohima, January 16 (MExN): The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India officials led by Armstrong Pame IAS, Joint Secretary (ICC & RUSA), Ministry of Education GoI, undertook an official three-day visit to Nagaland from January 14 to 17.
The visit included a one-day regional workshop on RUSA/PM-USHA held on January 16 at Kohima for the North-Eastern States of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram, and hosted by the Department of Higher Education, Nagaland, stated an update received here.
Some of the key discussions during the workshop focused on PFMS/SNA-SPARSH issues, the PM-USHA Portal, review of ongoing projects, state-specific challenges, and best practices. The workshop aimed to provide handholding support to States and HEIs to improve implementation, fund utilization, and alignment with NEP 2020 and PM-USHA objectives.
Temjen Imna Along, Minister for Higher Education & Tourism, Government of Nagaland, also addressed the workshop.
Subsequent to the workshop, the Ministry official also conducted on-site visits to PM-USHA projects across Nagaland to assess both physical and financial progress. The visit included Dimapur Government College, where ongoing and completed PM-USHA components such as Girls Hostel, Academic Block, Incubation Centre/Skill Hub, and Library building upgradation works were reviewed.
The officials also inspected two Scheduled Tribe Girls Hostels at Kohima Science College and the Professional College of Music & Fine Arts, Tsiesema.
