TAWANG, Oct 28: Alan Gemmell, OBE, Director British Council India and 
Dr. Tayek Talom, Director, Higher and Technical Education, Government of Arunachal Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen educational and cultural cooperation, to support the knowledge ambitions and economic growth of Arunachal Pradesh today. The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in Tawang, in the middle of the most celebrated tourism festival of the state, the Tawang Festival.
The overarching MoU celebrates the British Council’s 70th anniversary in India and seeks to strengthen the relationship for the next 70 years.
As an immediate result of this MoU, 50 faculty members from government higher educational institutions will be trained by British Council every year, starting in December. Of these, 30 members will be from government colleges, 10 from government polytechnic institutes, eight from Central institutions established in Arunachal and two from officers of the higher education administration. Further, 50 students of higher and technical education institutes will be trained by the British Council in English Language skills annually.
The MoU will also work towards improving English communication of Arunachal Pradesh’s civil servants, developing capacity-building initiatives in the state, supporting improvements in the teaching of Mathematics and Science, capacity-building programmes for faculty and senior administrators of higher education institutions and it will seek to increase student and academic mobility for Arunachal Pradesh. 
Chief Minister Pema Khandu said, “I am very happy that we signed this MoU with British Council which will enhance the opportunities for young people in education and culture from Arunachal Pradesh, connecting them to international expertise and ideas. I am grateful to the British Council’s initiative here in Arunachal and across the Northeast.”
Alan Gemmell, Director of the British Council in India, said, “I’m delighted to sign this agreement with the State of Arunachal Pradesh in the presence of the  Chief Minister Pema Khandu. This new agreement will see us support his ambitions for young people in the state.  We’ve been inspired by the vision the  Chief Minister has for Arunachal and will work to support Arunachal’s world-class festivals such as Ziro and Tawang that promote the rich cultural heritage of the State globally.  This MoU also supports the vision of the Chief Minister in enhancing human resource capacity building in higher education and subsequently in school education.”
Debanjan Chakrabarti, Director of the British Council in East and North East India, said, “as a result of today’s MoU, we will help create capacity-building programmes for faculty and senior administrators of higher education institutions and civil servants in Arunachal.”

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