Education Minister RakkamA Sangma has said it is for everyone to shoulder the responsibility to bring the necessary reformation in the education system of the state.
Rakkam assures timely disbursement of teachers’ salary
He also assured timely disbursement of teachers’ salary.
“I will take every MLA, every academician and every stakeholder including NGOs on board while taking the education sector forward… Our NGOs are not only to go to the street, they will also be taken on board. I wish to meet all teachers for their opinions,” Rakkam told reporters.
Stating that providing quality education is on his priority list, Rakkam said, “We need infrastructure be it syllabus, trained teachers, taking care of the teaching community – it includes all. In this tenure, we will try our best to make improvement in all sectors. We will try our best as education needs major reformation.”
The education minister said that they are also working out on what needs to be done in as far as the presence of too many categories of schools.
“We have a unique system which is not present in other state. In the last 50 years, we have travelled all along. There are many categories of schools but right now I am not able to tell the details but we are working out on what needs to be done.”
He said that the department will also examine the other issues including schools having single digit enrolment of students to ensure both teachers and students are not affected.