ITANAGAR, Jan 16: The fifth Council Meeting of the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSHEC) was held here at its Conference Hall on Tuesday.
Chairman APSHEC and Minister Education, Honchun Ngandam in his address applauded the progress made by the department in the growth and development of higher education in the State.
He also called upon all the members for positive and fruitful discussions and deliberations for the overall development of Higher Education in the State by conducting such brainstorming sessions frequently.
Appreciating the progress made so far in the State under RUSA programme, Ngandam called for continuation of proper and judicious utilization of resources available along with strict monitoring so that schemes are implemented in true letter and spirit. He further extended gratitude to Govt. of India for sanctioning Rs. 46 Crores and Rs. 65   Crores for Arunachal Pradesh under RUSA 1.0 and RUSA 2.0 respectively for quality development of higher education in the State.

Dr. Madhu Rani Teotia, Secretary Education cum Member Secretary APSHEC, while welcoming the members apprised the house that 3 new projects namely, Govt. Engineering College, Tezu, Lohit, Govt. Model Degree College, Kanubari, Longding and Govt. Model Degree College, Piyong, Namsai have been sanctioned by MHRD, GoI under RUSA 2.0.
Further Teotia stressed for proper and timely utilization of the funds already allotted to the executive agencies and institutions for the different projects as per the prevalent norms, so that the progress of the works is not hampered.
Dr Tayek Talom, Director of Higher & Technical Education cum SPD RUSA informed the house about all the RUSA projects being implemented in the State.

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