Gangtok, May 31 : The north eastern states demanded central assistance for building schools and related infrastructure for proper implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).
The lack of school buildings and related facilities in the villages of NE states have proved to be an impediment in the education of children in spite of the implementation of the SSA, Mizoram Education Minister R Lalthangliana, who presided over a meeting of the education ministers of the NE region, told reporters here.
The NE states are committed to universalisation of primary education and liberal funding by the Centre was required to implement SSA and other schemes.
Lalthangliana expressed satisfaction over the Centre agreeing to bear 90 per cent of the expenditure for implementing SSA in the 11th plan, keeping with the demand by the NE states.
He also stressed the need for good teachers and said that expenses on providing training to them should also be shared by the Centre in the proportion of 90:10.
There was need for strengthening the higher secondary education too - a fact agreed to by all the NE states, he said and suggested that NGOs be co-opted for spreading education.
Asked, he ruled out the impact of militancy and related activities on the academic activities or implementation of SSA in the NE states.
Meghalaya Education Minister Manas Choudhuri concurred with Lalthangliana and said the two issues were not related.
PTI
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