SHILLONG, Oct 14: Meghalaya is exploring different means to seek more investment in the educational sector in order to make the State an educational hub in the region. This decision was taken during the task force meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister DD Lapang. Disclosing the resolution of the meeting held at the State secretariat today, the Minister in-charge of Education Ampareen Lyngdoh said that fresh initiatives to rope in private sectors would be taken to regain the lost glory of the State as an educational capital.
“More impetus is needed to attract the interest of private players into this sector that has enough potential of being an industry in the State,” said Lyngdoh. She also indicated the government is considering to extend permission to private institutes and universities to impart education in the State with special emphasis on current prospect in education like Petroleum and Energy Studies and also cautioned that every university would be given a time frame of five years as gestation period to prove their worth in fulfilling laid down criteria. Claiming that the State has an outstanding record of providing maximum accessibility to students and also on SSA implementation, the minister decided to act in consonance with the UGC recommendations on the pay packages to teachers. THE SENTINEL
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