Officials of Ministry of Education undertakes official official visit to Nagaland.
Share
DIMAPUR — The officials of Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, led by Armstrong Pame, Joint Secretary (ICC & RUSA), undertook an official three-day official visit to Nagaland from January 14.
The visit included a one-day regional workshop on RUSA/PM-USHA held on Friday in Kohima for the North-Eastern states of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Mizoram, an update stated.
The visit was hosted by the Department of Higher Education, Nagaland.
Key discussions during the workshop focused on PFMS/SNA-SPARSH issues, the PM-USHA portal, review of ongoing projects, state-specific challenges, and best practices.
Also read: Advisor Zhaleo urges preservation of Naga traditions at Tsüngkamnyo
The workshop aimed to provide handholding support to states and HEIs to improve implementation, fund utilisation, and alignment with NEP 2020 and PM-USHA objectives.
Temjen Imna Along, Minister for Higher Education & Tourism, Government of Nagaland, also addressed the workshop.
Subsequent to the workshop, the Ministry official also conducted on-site visits to PM-USHA projects across Nagaland to assess both physical and financial progress.
The visit included Dimapur Government College, where ongoing and completed PM-USHA components such as girls’ hostel, academic block, incubation centre/skill hub, and library building upgrade works were reviewed.
The officials also inspected two scheduled tribe girls’ hostels at Kohima Science College and Professional College of Music & Fine Arts, Tsiesema.
“These initiatives underscore the Government of India’s continued commitment to strengthening higher education infrastructure, promoting gender equity, fostering skill development, and ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth in the North-Eastern Region under the PM-USHA framework,” it stated.