SHILLONG, SEPT 21: The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government today finally approved the final draft Meghalaya State Education Policy, 2018 which seeks to address the various challenges faced by the education sector in the sttate.
Addressing media after a cabinet meeting held here on Friday, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said, “We have approved the final draft Meghalaya State Education Policy, 2018 which is a long pending aspiration of the people of the state.”
Tynsong also congratulated the education minister Lahkmen Rymbui and the education department for ensuring that the state get its own education policy.
Terming it as a big decision taken by the MDA government, Rymbui said, “The policy tries to address the main issues and concerns facing the state today and attempts to provide policy options for the government based on best practices and research driven interventions.”
Stating that the policy also places the learner as the focal point for the education system envisions for Meghalaya, he said that it further covers broad areas which include vision, overall goal, goals for the development of early childhood care and education (ECCE), elementary, secondary, higher secondary and teacher education.
Asked, the education minister informed that the education policy would also address the problem of having different categories of schools and teachers in the state.
“The policy has a plan of action in place to address the different problems in the education sector,” he said.
According to him, the first draft State Education Policy, 2018 was based on a comprehensive analysis of the education sector in the state and evolved out of numerous consultations held with national and state level experts, practitioners, administratiors and key stakeholders.
He said that the draft policy was also uploaded in the education department’s web portal for public viewing during April this year.
The minister further informed a 24-member Task Force on the Meghalaya State Education Policy was constituted by the government in March for finalising the policy. It comprised of leading educations, practitioners, current and retired educational administrators.
A total of 230 suggestions from various individuals, associations and organizations were received and scruitinized by the Task Force. After incorporating all relevant suggestions, the final draft policy was submitted to the education department on July 30, Rymbui said.
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