(a) whether the Government is contemplating to open educational/technical
Institutions to promote education in the constitutionally recognised most backward and
neglected scheduled tribal area(region);
(b) if so, the places identified for the purpose, location-wise;
(c) if so, the steps taken so far in this regard; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A, FATMI)
(a) to (d): The National Policy of Education 1986 (as modified in 1992) has been providing
the necessary vision to steer the course of development of education in the country
particularly in removing regional imbalances. A number of universities/technicai institutions
already exist in areas falling under both Schedule V as well as Schedule VI of the
Constitution of India. In so far as the Central Government is concerned, it has established
the North-East HfH University, Shiilong, the Nagaland University, the Manipur University
and the Mizoram University. The Regional Engineering Colleges of Warangal and Rourkela
and Engineering College, Raipur have been upgraded as National Institutes of Technology.
It has been decided win principle` to confer Central University status to the State
Universities of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh and setting up of a Central University in
Sikkim. An Indian Institute of Management (IIM) is proposed to be established at Shillong.