ITANAGAR, Mar 6: Chief Minister Pema Khandu today dedicated the Don Bosco College sports stadium to the people of the state named in memory of his Late father and former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Dorjee Khandu.
Lauding the Don Bosco authorities for completing the stadium successfully within schedule which has been named as Dorjee Khandu Memorial Stadium, Khandu said it is an example of ideal work culture worth imitating across the state. Incidentally, the Chief Minister during his last visit to the college in 2017 had felt the need for a stadium in its premises and announced Rs 3 crore as a grant for its construction. “I regret that due to unforeseeable circumstances the full sanctioned amount could not be released. Despite that, the Engineering wing of the Education department under close supervision of college authorities completed the project on time,” he informed, while calling upon all agencies executing projects in the state to emulate the example. The Chief Minister, however, assured that the remaining 1 crore of the total promised amount will be released  this financial year. The gesture of the college authorities to allow the stadium to be used by the state government and other organizations for state and national level events is appreciable, Khandu said while advising Education Minister Er Taba Tedir who was present on the occasion to study the feasibility of its further expansion. “Give a detailed project report and I assure that funds will be placed for its further expansion,” he announced.
Drawing reference to the State Budget 2021-22 FY, Khandu reiterated his government’s thrust for overhauling the state’s education sector. “We have kept a budget provision of about Rs 1000 crore for education and will develop and create infrastructure wherever needed, especially in rural and interior places,” he said, assuring that teachers’ welfare will be given due importance and to begin with, teachers’ quarters will be constructed for all government schools wherever required.
“We are also concentrating on providing in-service training to all government teachers and Rs 15 crore provision has been kept exclusively for their training and exposure trips,” the CM detailed.
Asserting that the ‘convergence’ model is the new game plan of the state government, Khandu, while giving an exposition on it said it actually implies ‘1 + 1 = 11’ instead of ‘1 + 1 = 2’. Addressing the students, he urged them to learn and adapt their indigenous cultures for their preservation and underlined the need for learning and speaking the mother tongues as much as possible. While expressing gratitude to the college which started its journey in 2002 for producing many doctors, engineers, civil servants, scholars, entrepreneurs, etc., Khandu appealed to the students to come back to the state after completing professional and university courses.
The Chief Minister also acknowledged the contributions of organizations like RK Mission, Vivekananda Kendra and others in the field of education. The state government will continue to provide grant-in-aid to all these organizations, he assured. CMO

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