Meghalaya Govt ready to talk with MCTA on issues concerning NEP: CM

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaSeptember 12, 2023

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said the State is going ahead with the NEP implementation.

Speaking to reporters, Sangma said, “There is no going back on NEP implementation.”

The CM said the government is ready to talk to Meghalaya College Teachers’ Association (MCTA), which are staging a non-cooperation movement against NEP implementation, and address their concerns.

“I again welcome them all whoever has concerns please come, our education minister is willing to meet and if necessary I am also available anytime if you need clarification, we are there to clarify,” he added.

Sangma said he had spoken to many principals and most of them have expressed that they want to go ahead with the NEP implementation and the government has assured to extend the support they needed.

Meanwhile, the chief minister said there is no direct funding from the Centre as far as implementation of the NEP is concerned.

“The Centre has been helping us in different ways (but) there is no specific guidelines from the government saying we will give this much money for NEP implementation,” he said.

According to him, indirectly the Centre is helping all the states whether it is for the creation of infrastructure at the college level, whether it is in terms of support for training etc.

“I thank GOI, especially the education minister, who has been very supportive of Meghalaya in every step. He has always supported us. I don’t want to say that they are not helping but direct funding for NEP that is not there,” Sangma said.