Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister, N. Biren Singh launched the Chief Minister’s Coaching Scheme for Entrance Examination to Professional Courses at the Durbar Hall of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Wednesday. The launching programme was organised by the Department of Education (S), Government of Manipur.
The Chief Minister, while speaking during the launching programme, stated that the Government has launched various schemes and projects to help the students and safeguard the future generation by building infrastructures in education sector, under the supervision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
N. Biren Singh maintained that an initiative was taken up by the State Government to help the civil service aspirants in the State by providing scholarships for undergoing coaching classes for appearing for civil services examinations. He added that students who had undergone coaching class would find it easy to crack other competitive exams, even if they could not crack the civil services examination.
Regarding the scheme launched today, the Chief Minister mentioned that the coaching classes will be conducted in online mode, which would be two-way interactive manner. He continued that the Department of Education (S), Government of Manipur will sponsor the full course fee for the selected students under the scheme.
Advising the selected students to study hard, to crack the entrance examination after the coaching class, he announced that the Government would bear all the expenses for those students who have cracked the JEE or NEET in their further studies, he added.
The Chief Minister also mentioned that 120 schools have been covered under the School Fagathansi Mission till now and another 120 schools would be covered, making the total number of schools covered as 240. Also, under College Fagathansi Mission, the State Government have taken up initiative to ensure availability of all the basic requirements for imparting quality higher education in the Government Colleges of Manipur. Teachers have been provided training to transform the education system in the State under STAR Education programme, he added.
A book on general knowledge of Manipur named “Know Manipur” will be published very soon to help equip the young minds with the general knowledge of Manipur, he added.
The Chief Minister further directed the Director of Education (S) to organise a tree plantation programme for the selected students of coaching classes under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign.
Taking advantage of the launching programme, the Chief Minister mentioned about the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme- Pilot Project offering internship opportunities to 1.25 lakh young people across the Nation. He informed that 76 internship slots are available for Manipur and asked youth from the State to avail the opportunity. He continued that the internship duration would be 12 months out of which 6 months would be hands-on experience. Financial support of Rs 5000 as monthly allowance (Rs 4500 from the Ministry and Rs 500 from CSR) will be given, he added.
On the occasion, two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed between the Government of Manipur and the two partnering coaching institutes for the said scheme. On behalf of Government of Manipur, Director, Education (S) signed the MoU, while Dr. Sarvesh Chaubey, Deputy National Academics Director represented Aakash Educational Services Ltd and Shri Samir Kumar, National Head- Admissions represented FIIT JEE Ltd in signing the MoU.
