Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Tuesday met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the National Capital and sought his kind attention on issues which are adversely affecting the student community of the State.
The Chief Minister also requested the Union Education Minister to issue necessary directions to the Ministry of Education and NTA to conduct a special CUET examination for those students of Meghalaya who have missed the said examination due to allotment of CUET examination centres outside the State.
“We have requested the government to consider setting up CUET centres in all 12 (twelve) Districts of Meghalaya in the institutions which possess adequate infrastructure and testing facilities for CUET examination,” he said.
For immediate attention of the Government, the Meghalaya government has suggested that the CUET centres be set up in Shillong, Tura, Jowai, Nongstoin and Williamnagar which will cover the other adjoining districts.
During his interaction, he mentioned the frequent problems faced by Teacher Training Institutions in the State for uploading documents as required and mandated by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). He also highlighted the glitches in the NCTE website which always reflects errors.
Sangma also informed that the central government has been kind enough to establish a premier institution of North East Regional Institute of Education (NERIE) in Meghalaya which has a present intake of only 50 students for B.Ed Courses for the entire North Eastern region.
However, he pointed out that very few seats have been allocated to the aspiring students of Meghalaya as compared to students hailing from other States.
The Chief Minister also requested Pradhan to explore the possibility of increasing the enrolment capacity at NERIE, Meghalaya so that aspiring students from all States in general and Meghalaya in particular can have access for undergoing courses at NERIE which is a premier institution.
