Dimapur, April 28 (MExN): Nagaland Minister for Higher & Technical Education Temjen Imna Along along with Higher Education and Technical Education departments officials called on Jual Oram, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs to discuss various issues regarding education of tribal students of the State.
A press release issued by Kuolie Mere, PRO (IPR), Nagaland House, New Delhi informed that in the meeting, the Minister requested the Union Tribal Affairs Minister and his Secretary to release the pending backlog for post-matric scholarship which amounts to Rs. 7,71,73,310/- for the year 2016 and also to release the balance amount for the year 2017-18.
The Secretary Tribal Affairs, Leena Nair (IAS), according to the release, assured to look into the matters at the earliest. She also assured to extend all possible help to the State.
Imna Along also requested the Secretary MHRD R Subrahmanyam, (IAS) to consider and relax the eligibility criteria to apply for RUSA schemes for the students of Nagaland in particular and the North East in general to uplift the students of the region.
During the meeting with AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe, the Chairman assured the Minister that the Council will consider setting up of one government engineering college and one training centre under NITTTR Kolkata for faculty development programme in the State.
