12th Manipur Legislative Assembly third session | Text of the Governor's address

5-Feb-2023

Hon'ble Members, my government is taking various steps to develop the education sector.

Under Mission NAAC 2.5+, accreditation of 20 Government colleges by National Assessment and Accreditation Council has been achieved

To assist civil service aspirants, free physical class room coaching has been started for 200 aspirants under the Chief Minister's Scholarship Scheme for Civil Services Coaching

Under Chief Minister's College Maheiroi E-Support Scheme, 2,000 smart phones were distributed to meritorious students belonging to poor families for providing access to various e-learning platforms 'Bamboo Innovation and Incubation Centre' has been set up in Manipur Technical University. MTU has also become a member of the United Nations Academic Impact and of the India Universities and Institutions Network for Disaster Risk Reduction.

To empower students with latest knowhow in automobile sector and strengthen employment opportunities, Government Polytechnic, Takyelpat signed an MOU with TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR to set up Toyota Technical Education Programme

Hon'ble Members, infrastructure development projects of Dhanamanjuri University for a total cost of Rs 55 crore under RUSA were inaugurated

Under School Fagathansi Mission', 120 High and Higher Secondary Schools, have been covered.

Student enrolment increased by over 30% from 2019 to 2022 academic sessions in Phase-I An increase of 5 98% was recorded in Phase-II To address other gaps, 10,630 pairs of dual desk and benches were provided: 106 new classrooms, 98 new toilets and 32 Science Laboratories and Libraries constructed, and 687 classrooms repaired

5,000 Tablets pre-loaded with digital learning content were distributed to students of 310 Government schools under State-wide Integrated Education Management System and Digital Learning Platform. STAR Education Programme is also being implemented in 253 schools covering all districts. Under this, 10,876 tablets were distributed to Primary Teachers to enable them to use resources available on various digital portals

My Government enriched local contents in textbooks of Science, Mathematics and Social Science for Classes to VIII A write up on Mount Manipur was included in Social Science text book of Class VIII

My Goverment has been providing 24x7 power supply to town areas and around 23 hours per day power supply to other areas. For lighting up important areas, 74 High Mast have been installed across the state. 929 numbers of LED Street Light has been commissioned.

Prepaid energy meter for 4 41 Lakh consumers have been installed till date The AT&C Loss for FY 2022-23 is 20% with a target to reduce it to 15% by FY 2024-25 by augmenting to AB Cable and saturation of pre-paid meters