In a sweeping transfer to streamline its schooling infrastructure, the Arunachal Pradesh authorities has ordered the closure of 386 authorities colleges throughout the state that reported zero pupil enrolment within the present tutorial yr.
Arunachal govt shuts 386 colleges with ‘zero enrolment’(Consultant picture)
The choice, introduced by the Division of Training late on Monday, is predicated on findings from a complete audit of the Unified District Info System for Training (UDISE), which highlighted numerous colleges mendacity dormant with no single pupil on their rolls.
Officers stated the step is a part of a broader college rationalisation train aimed toward higher deployment of instructing employees and academic sources.
The closures span almost each district, together with distant and border areas resembling Kurung Kumey, Higher Subansiri, Tawang, Anjaw and Changlang. The affected establishments embody major, higher major, center and secondary colleges, a lot of which have reportedly remained inactive for years.
West Kameng tops the record with 73 closures, adopted by Papum Pare (50), West Siang (31), Higher Subansiri and Siang (28 every), and East Kameng (23). Different districts seeing important affect embody Kurung Kumey (22), Changlang (16), Higher Siang (15), Pakke Kessang and Leparada (12 every) and Tawang (11).
Districts with fewer closures embody Kra Daadi (8), Shi-Yomi (7), Decrease Siang, Tirap, Kamle and Anjaw (5 every), Capital Complicated (4), East Siang (2) and one every in Namsai and Dibang Valley.
“These schools had not recorded any enrollment for multiple academic sessions, raising concerns over their administrative relevance and financial viability,” a senior schooling division official stated.
The division has instructed all deputy administrators of college schooling (DDSEs) and block schooling officers (BEOs) to make sure the bodily closure of those colleges and redeployment of employees as obligatory.
Authorities clarified that if any college students have lately moved to the affected colleges, they are going to be accommodated in close by practical establishments to forestall any disruption of their schooling.
The transfer is in alignment with the targets of the Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP) 2020, which advocates for consolidation of college infrastructure to boost tutorial outcomes and useful resource effectivity, the official stated.