SHILLONG, MAR 12: Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma on Wednesday informed that 38 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) have been sanctioned for the state.
Sangma in his reply said,”We have also proposed setting up four Center of Excellence for Sports and we are awaiting the Centre’s approval.”
He informed that five of the 38 EMRS are facing land issues and they include Laitkor block, Mawryngkneng block, Mylliem block, Umsning block and Laskein block.
According to him, 16 projects are ongoing while 7 are in the stage of detailed project report (DPR) preparation.
The minister informed that so far construction of the two EMRS at Samanda and Pahamsyiem have been completed.
“We are pushing with the ministry to make them functional (at the earliest),” he said.