Big gap in teachers and students to be overcome, says CM Manik Saha

Agartala, Jan 02, 2025, By Our Correspondent

Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday asserted there has been a big gap between teachers and students affecting the quality learning process in the northeastern state .Addressing a programme in Gomati district, the Chief Minister said the state government has been trying to implement the national education policy-2020 in the schools properly.“We are constantly reviewing the implementation of national education policy envisaged to well equip our students. There has been a big gap between teachers and students. In many schools, there have been no headmasters. I have already spoken to the secretaries of education and finance departments to overcome the shortage”, he said.Reiterating that the government is trying to ensure quality education to the students, Saha, who also holds the Education portfolio, said the department has taken steps for teaching training.“Earlier, we used to follow the syllabus of West Bengal Board and Calcutta University that resulted in the students had to ‘study double’ to compete in any national or state level examinations. Now, this trouble has been removed. The government has already introduced NCERT syllabus giving the students of the state an edge to compete in any national level examination without any trouble”, he said.The Chief Minister also highlighted the development in the education sector in the northeastern state.“At present, the state has as many as six private Universities in addition to state government-run MBB University and Tripura University, a central university. Now, the students from outside the state are coming to study in the northeastern state”, he said.Saha also highlighted distribution of bicycles among the girl students studying in IX free of cost”, he said