Education Department mulls sponsoring students to US

IMPHAL, Feb 7: To sponsor education of two native students in the field of Atmospheric Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Ecology from Undergraduate level in the United States of America, the Education Department of the State has started holding talks in this regard.Conveying this to The Sangai Express, an official source informed that the State Government has been considering to sponsor ed-ucation of students in the three disciplines and in this connection the State Education Department has been establishing communication with authorities concerned of the United States of America.After finalisation of the matter, the State Government would be signing an agreement formally in this regard, the source informed, adding that the agreement is likely to be signed within the current year after a detailed discussion of the matter very soon.The proposed agreement, however, would not be applicable to whole of United States of America and it would confine only to the States concerned with which the agreement of the signed, the source further disclosed.The number of students to be sponsored may be increased after considering the expenditure and the available resources of the State, the source said, adding that the State Govern- ment is also considering sponsoring the education of the students in the United States of America in the field of Agriculture and Animal Sciences.For sponsoring the education of the students in the three disciplines, preference would be given to those who have opted Physics and Mathematics , the source said.Meanwhile, according to another source the Chief Minister has given his approval in-principle on the proposal of introducing ‘One Laptop per Child’ Scheme for students at the primary level. The State Government has earmarked Rs 3 crores for implementation of the scheme and the officials of the company concerned manufacturing the laptops have been invited to come to Imphal in this connection.