GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday held a meeting with a delegation of All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) and Bodo Sahitya Sabha regarding educational sector development in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) as per the Bodo Accord at his conference hall at Janata Bhavan in Guwahati.
During the meeting, it was decided to take up expeditious implementation of Clause 6.3 of BTR Accord. As per the request of the delegation, it was decided that 26 venture colleges would be taken up in BTR in the first phase for provincialization. Higher Education Department will check the status of the colleges, infrastructure, qualification of existing faculty, need for fresh recruitment etc and take appropriate action in this regard.
Decision was also taken in the meeting for creating adequate Bodo language teacher posts in schools in Bodo areas as per NEP 2020. Single cadre post creation will be done in all government and provincialized colleges.
The Chief Minister also said that a campus of Bodoland University will be set up at Udalguri along with science and law colleges in BTR. Decision was taken for holding special TET for Bodo Medium. The Chief Minister also directed to form an advisory committee with the representatives of WPTBC Department, Education Department, ABSU and Bodo Sahitya Sabha for supervising proper implementation of the decisions taken in today's meeting. A similar meeting will be held within 6 months for reviewing the status.
In the meeting, the Chief Minister also announced of offering Rs 5 lakh as ex-gratia to Malobika Daimary who was injured in a Forest Department firing incident at Boko in Kamrup district recently while directing the GMCH authorities to provide best treatment to her.
Education Minister Dr Ranuj Pegu, Urban Development Minister Ashok Singhal, Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) CEM Pramod Boro, ABSU president Dipen Boro and Bodo Sahitya Sabha president Taren Boro were also present in the meeting.
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