Nagaland | Central govt approves proposals for setting up two colleges in state

KOHIMA, October 3, 2018

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• The central government has approved proposals for setting up of two colleges for advanced studies – an Engineering College and a Multi-Professional College (law, management and music technology) in Nagaland.

In a major boost to Nagaland's higher education sector, the central government has approved proposals for setting up of two colleges for advanced studies – an Engineering College and a Multi-Professional College (law, management and music technology) in the state.

According to a statement from the Minister's office on Tuesday, this was informed by the Nagaland Minister for Higher and Technical Education Temjen Imna Along.

He said the Centre had given the nod to the Engineering College in early September, while the approval for the Multi-Professional College was announced when a team from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) visited the state for a review meeting for implementation of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) in Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram on September 27.

He stated that the MHRD team led by the joint secretary (Higher Education) MHRD and National Mission Director (NMD) RUSA, Ishita Roy while appreciating Nagaland for successful implementation of the first phase of RUSA, encouraged the State Government to introduce multi-disciplinary subjects to
cater to the needs to the students.

Ms Roy appreciated the efforts and the interest shown by Minister Temjen in leading the department to 'a higher level team.

(UNI)