Tripura CM Manik Saha Vows to Bridge Teacher-Student Gap, Boost Education Quality with NCERT Syllabus – Times of India

AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha announced on Thursday that his administration aims to bridge the significant disparity in the teacher-student ratio across the state to deliver quality education in schools. Speaking at a programme in Gomati district, Saha highlighted ongoing efforts by the state government to effectively implement the National Education Policy-2020 in educational institutions.
“We are constantly reviewing the implementation of National Education Policy envisaged to well equip our students. There has been a big gap between teachers and students (in Tripura). In many schools, there have been no headmasters. I have already spoken to the secretaries of education and finance departments to overcome the shortage,” he said.
Saha, who also holds the Education portfolio, said that the government is trying to ensure quality education to the students.
“Earlier, we used to follow the syllabi of West Bengal Board and Calcutta University which resulted in the students having to study more to compete in national or state-level examinations. Now, this problem has been removed. The government has already introduced NCERT syllabus giving the state’s students an edge to compete in national-level examination,” he said.
The chief minister also highlighted the development in the education sector in the northeastern state.
“At present, the state has six private universities in addition to state government-run MBB University and Tripura University. Now, the students from outside the state are coming to study in the northeastern state”, he said.
Tripura University is run by the central government.
Saha also highlighted distribution of bicycles among the female students studying in IX free of cost.
“To encourage female students, the education department has distributed 1.30 lakh bicycles among those studying class IX in the last year. For a student, a bicycle means a lot because she can go to school easily,” he said.