PASIGHAT, Mar 28: Education Minister Taba Tedir accompanied by the Pasighat West MLA Ninong Ering, DC Tayi Taggu, SP Sumit Kumar Jh...
PASIGHAT, Mar 28: Education Minister Taba Tedir accompanied by the Pasighat West MLA
Ninong Ering, DC Tayi Taggu, SP Sumit Kumar Jha, Sainik School Principal Commander
Praveen Kumar Pola and host officers and engineers today visited the state’s lone Sainik School (Niglok) and inspected the progress of ongoing prefabricated structures consisting library, mess, girls hostel, two boys hostels, eight class rooms, twelve one BHK residential staff quarters and two detached toilet blocks constructed by the ‘Engineering Wing’ of the state’s education department.
The Minister also inspected the academic, administrative and hostel blocks being constructed in full swing by the PWD to complete the project at the earliest as fifth batch of Class-VI is waiting to join the school. During the inspection the Minister stated that no stone would be left unturned in providing infrastructure support for smooth running the school adding that in return the school has to show its mettle for sending highest percentage of cadets from the school to NDA, in days to come. He complemented the school Principal Pola for his outstanding performance and also appreciated the constructing agencies for quality works. Later, the minister interacted with the cadets and congratulated them for their admission in the prestigious school and blessed them for brilliant careers ahead wishing success for entry in coveted NDA, in future. He informed the cadets that despite being a zero revenue state, the Government is providing an annual scholarship of Rs 95,535/- to every APST cadet irrespective of their parental income and asked the cadets to work hard to excel in life and bring laurels to the state. With a detailed power point presentation, Principal Commander Praveen Kumar Pola briefed the Minister about the aim and concept of Sainik Schools and various academic, training and co-curricular activities undertaken in the school for overall development of cadets including recently
initiated NCC training for Class IX cadets. Further the Principal informed the visiting Minister
about the grants and assistance provided by the state to the school and thanked all stakeholders
including District Administration for their time to time support and assistance to the school. The
Principal informed that from 08th August, 2018 to 24th February, 2022 the state has credited Rs
9,50,00,000/- to the school account as annual Grant in Aid for FY 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-
21 as running expenditure and to procure furniture, educational and lab equipment, maintenance of temporary accommodation, sports amenities, CBSE affiliation including NPS employer share for school employees. He further informed that the State Government has also provided Mahindra Bolero, Tata School Bus, Tata Ace, Activa Scooty and Mahindra Scorpio to the school for various transportation needs in addition to one 63 KV Kirloskar DG Set and two RO Plants. The Department of Education also facilitated to transfer four 1 BHK, two 2 BHK and one 3 BHK residential quarters to the school from IGC Niglok. Pola also informed that from Indian Armed Forces one officer from Indian Navy, one JCO and two NCOs from Indian Army are posted as Principal, NCC and PT Instructors and they are imparting respective service training to the cadets to align them to Military Bearing.
Presently 243 cadets including 10 girls are on the rolls, and 120 cadets of Class VIII and IX are physically at school and remaining 124 cadets of Class VI and VII are at home as their hostels are coming up. From the academic year 2022-23 the cadet strength will be 303 including 20 girls. PresentlyPrincipal, eight teachers, Matron, Nursing Assistant, five administrative staff, eight General Employees and three service personnel are posted in the school. His team would work hard to make the school ‘Pride of Arunachal Pradesh’ and best among the north eastern Sainik Schools.The minister in-spite of his hectic schedule took out time to visit Arunachal Pradesh University Academic Block construction site, Apex Professional University (APU) and 5
th IRBn Welfare School early this morning. At APU, expressing his dissatisfaction over the present status, he directed the officials to improve required infrastructure so that more and more students from Arunachal Pradesh and other neighboring states could take admission in the university, for higher studies. He also informed that he would hold a meeting with the authorities of the private universities of the state shortly at Itanagar so that state’s universities Act/guidelines of the state are properly implemented.
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