"Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is recognizing its unsung heroes and they are being given a place in the curriculum," said CM Pema Khandu.

New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence in the national capital on Thursday.

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu showed his dance moves during the celebration of the Assamese festival Bihu in Itanagar.

Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], February 4 (ANI): A 104 ft tall monumental national flag was hoisted by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday at an altitude of 10,000 feet at Ngangpa Natme (Buddha Park) at Tawang, a Buddhist pilgrim town bordering China.

Itanagar Nov 18 PTI Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said the state government has been revamping the entire education scenario and closing down schools with zero enrolments He said that the number of government schools in the state has increased from only three since Independence to more than 3000 but the quality in education has not witnessed the desired rise We have so far closed down about 400 zero enrolment schools across the state and decided to select one school in each of the 60 assembly constituencies to be developed as a model school with all facilities Khandu said on Tuesday while inaugurating the permanent campus of the Government College at Bomdila in West Kameng district The chief minister called upon community based organizations to visit their areas and recommend which schools may be shut down and which schools in a periphery can be clubbed into one an official communique said Let us club schools situated not at far from each other into one and focus on its development with proper infrastructure and sufficient teachers he added The new permanent campus of the college is situated in the outskirts of Bomdila town the district headquarters in a plot of 70 acres Established in 1988 the college was being run in a building of the Higher Secondary school Khandu thanked the villagers for donating the land for the permanent campus and said that the newly created infrastructure in a perfect ambience at a distance from the town would encourage the students to focus more on education He informed that the government is aware of the shortfalls both in manpower and infrastructure of the 19 government colleges in the state which are all affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University the lone central university in the state Besides the 19 government colleges which cater to more than 15000 students we have nine private colleges and two technical institutions Northeast East Regional Institute of Science and Technology NERIST and NIT he informed Khandu said that at present 478 assistant professors are teaching in the 19 government colleges whereas about 400 more are needed besides there was a shortage of about 110 staff in these colleges He directed the education commissioner to personally process for recruitment of the said manpower by bringing it up on file in the cabinet meeting due to be held in December We will take up the matter in the next cabinet meeting and approve recruitment of the required manpower through Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission APPSC and Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board APSSB Khandu assured To the demands for proper internal roads in the campus enhancement of intake capacity of the boys and girls hostels and introduction of science stream he called upon the authorities concerned to process for the same and submit as soon as possible to the government for further action and approval Khandu acknowledged the request for college buses as the new campus is about 6-7 km away from the main town and caters to more than 700 students As my wife is an alumnus of this college she has offered to provide any kind of support or help for it As a payback to her alma mater she has decided to donate a bus for the college he announced while also adding that another bus would be provided by the state government Reiterating the state governments commitment to improve the education scenario of the state Khandu said the year 2021 has been declared as the Year of Education Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju and state Education Minister Taba Tedir were also present on the occasion the communiqu added PTI UPL RG RG RG