Newly sworn-in Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Okay Sangma.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has written to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan urging him to exempt the state from conducting Common University Entrance Test (CUET).
In a letter dated March 7, the Chief Minister mentioned, “The State of Meghalaya has recently undergone a Legislative Assembly Election the results of which have been declared last week. This has resulted in the delay of State Board examination and in this regard, students are facing unprecedented challenges to attempt the CUET for the State level undergraduates institutions.”
“In light of the above, and as most of the colleges in the state are affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University, I request your good office to kindly exempt the State of Meghalaya from conducting the CUET,” he added.
Mr. Sangma additional mentioned that he’s grateful that the National Testing Agency (NTA) as a premier autonomous and self-sustained testing group is conducting an entrance examination (CUET) for admission/fellowship to increased instructional establishments to assess the competence of candidates for admissions which has at all times been a problem.
“Last year we had requested the Ministry of Education your good offices to kindly exempt Meghalaya from the purview of the CUET through letter DO.CM/PER-UM/2022/48 dated Shillong, the 25th of April 2022, to which you had graciously agreed through your letter DO.No.65-4/2020-CU. dated 11th May 2022,” Mr. Sagma mentioned.
The Chief Minister additionally knowledgeable that the steps had been taken to create a State University, for which the federal government will quickly obtain approval of the Governor of Meghalaya. Notably, Meghalaya Chief Minister on March 9 chaired the primary cupboard assembly of the newly elected Government in Meghalaya.
The Cabinet Ministers had been additionally given their respective portfolios by Chief Minister. Mr. Sangma saved Cabinet Affairs, Elections, Finance, Forests and surroundings division, Home (political) division, Information expertise and communication division, Mining & geology division, Personnel & AR division, Planning funding promotion & sustainable growth division, Programme implementation & analysis division, and any portfolios not allotted to every other Ministers.
Prestone Tynsong, Deputy CM was given the cost of District Council Affairs division, Home (police) division, Parliamentary Affairs division, Public Works division (R), Public Works division (B).
Sniawbhalang Dhar, the opposite Deputy CM, was allotted Commerce & Industries division, Department of Prisons and Correctional Services, Transport Department, and Urban Affairs division. Meanwhile, Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh, the one lady within the State Cabinet, was allotted Health and Family Welfare, Law, Information and Public Relations, and Agriculture departments.
BJP minister Alexander Laloo Hek was given Veterinary, Fisheries, Printing and Stationery, and the Secretariat Administration departments whereas UDP’s Paul Lyngdoh was given the cost of Social Welfare, Tourism, Arts and Culture departments, whereas his get together colleague Kyrmen Shylla was allotted Excise, Revenue and Legal Metrology departments.
Notably, Mr. Sangma’s NPP gained 26 seats within the Assembly elections and he turned the Chief Minister for a second consecutive time period.
Conrad Sangma gained from the South Tura constituency with a margin of 5,016 in opposition to Bharatiya Janata Party’s Bernard N Marak, as per the info shared by the Election Commission of India on March 2. BJP and NPP had been companions within the outgoing authorities however fought the Assembly polls individually. Conrad Sangma on March 7 took oath because the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second consecutive time period.
Thomas A Sangma of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP)-led coalition authorities on March 9 was unanimously elected because the Speaker of the eleventh Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
