The Arunachal Pradesh Government has been striving to empower girl students through ‘Vidya Scheme’ since 2016-17.
According to an official bulletin posted by the Arunachal CM – Pema Khandu, a total of Rs 10,000 is being fixed deposited in the name of every girl student, while every girl student of government schools from Class VI-XII has been attaining free sanitary napkins.
The state government has disbursed funds worth of Rs 52.87 Crores till date, under the ‘Vidya Scheme’. While, funds worth of Rs 11.73 Crores has been disbursed under the ‘Health and Hygiene Scheme’ till date.
The key objective behind introducing the ‘Vidya Scheme’ is to enhance the girl’s education, in order to encourage girls for education.
Our Vidya Scheme has been empowering girl students since 2016-17. Rs 10,000 is being fixed deposited in the name of every girl student, while every girl student of government schools from Class VI to XII gets free sanitary napkins. pic.twitter.com/lT3F8Eehfp
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) October 8, 2022
The state government has also been putting immense efforts to expand further quality education infrastructure. As part of its continuous initiatives, the seats of higher learning have been upgraded and the creation of 65 new posts for Assistant Professors have also been approved.
As per the bulletin, Rs 3 crores has been granted for the State Engineering College of Toru; while, grant-in-aid of Rs 5 crores has been disbursed for the Arunachal University in Pasighat. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been inked with the Rashtriya Raksha University for establishing a campus at Pasighat.
Nothing is being left unturned to expand further quality education infrastructure. Our seats of higher learning are being upgraded. We've approved the creation of 65 new posts for Assistant Professors. Rashtriya Raksha University campus at Pasighat will be a big asset for us. pic.twitter.com/Ohm5lAyAJn
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) October 8, 2022
Considering “libraries as an important part of human capital development”, the state government has constructed knowledge-banks i.e., easy-to-access libraries, so that students can enrich their knowledge and contribute more to the state’s progress.
The official bulletin further reads that “a double-storied Model Library Building has been completed at Naharlagun. While, libraries has been built at Deomali, Pongchau, Wakka, Laju, Mahadevpur and Khimiyang. Two sub-divisional libraries has been constructed at Dambuk and Bilat. While, two block libraries has been completed at Kanubari and Hanoko.
Libraries are an important part of human capital development. Not only essential for students but also for common people!
It's our sincere efforts to have rich, easy-to-access libraries so that our students can enrich their knowledge and contribute more to the state's progress. pic.twitter.com/D8TfqMHXDe
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) October 8, 2022
