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Chief Minister unveiled the statue of the founder of Sawlyngdoh Higher Secondary School at Mowkaiaw

Shillong, December 17, 2021: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui, Commerce and Industry Minister Snaiwbhalang Dhar and MLA Nujorki Sungoh on Friday unveiled the statue of the founder of Sawlyngdoh Higher Secondary School – “Thomlin Suchiang” to mark the Golden Jubilee celebration of the School.

Attending the celebration, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma reiterated that Government is committed to overhaul the education scenario in the State.

“During 2018 election, we had made a commitment to the people that given an opportunity to lead the Government, we will accord priority to improve the education system,” he said.

Stating that education is one of the top priority of the Government, he said, “We have a challenge before us. There are legacy problems in the education system. However, we have prioritised the sector and have made an effort to slowly reverse the trend. We have large number of schools with limited infrastructure, wherein we have put thrust to upscale teaching and learning infrastructures”.

Lamenting on various bottlenecks in imparting quality education, he said, “We have many Schools where students are studying without any proper infrastructure. However, this has not dithered our spirit and we are moving forward with a positive approach to ensure that we are able to transform the education system.”

He said that Government spends about Rs. 2000 cr per annuum for different educational purposes, which comprises of grants, salaries and infrastructure projects.

“Despite investing large amount in education sector yet we have a challenge but step by step we are trying to overcome these challenges. We accept there are problems in the education sector but we are moving forward in a positive direction,” he added.

During the programme, the Chief Minister also released the school souvenir.

Initiatives : Agriculture

Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020

The Mission comprise of a series of interventions to support farmers and entrepreneurs by enabling them to build growth-promoting basic infrastructure and services. Under this Mission, 1917iTEAMS – the IT Platform aimed at enabling farmers access to agricultural information, crop advisories and markets will be expanded logistically through induction of another 100 vehicles.

Creation of the Directorate of Food Processing on May 2018

With the objective of seizing opportunities in the sector and the untapped food processing potential of the state for uplifting the livelihoods of farmers and value chain actors, the Government of Meghalaya created the Directorate of Food Processing (DFP) as a one-stop agency to handle all matters relating to food processing in the state and to deal with all central government Ministries and Agencies (viz. Ministries of Agriculture, and Food Processing, SFAC, NCDC, NABARD, etc.) in all matters pertaining to the development of agricultural food processing sector.

First Ever Farmer’s Parliament held on 4th - 5th December 2018

The parliament was organised by the state department of agriculture in collaboration with Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) and the Hill Farmers' Union (HFU). As a step toward the promotion of new technologies, HFU with the support of Meghalaya government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence App for farmers — called Nongrep (nongrep in Khasi language means farmer) with its software partner Impetus Solutions from Hyderabad — as a social innovation project. This app will address matters of farm aggregations, soil health and disease identification, crop yield, farm produce pickups, market linkage and retail sellers app.

Launch of the Farmer’s Portal on 7th May 2018

The Meghalaya Famers’ Portal (www.megfarmers.gov.in) of the Department of Agriculture is a platform for farmers to seek any information related to agriculture. Detailed information on farmers’ insurance, agricultural storage, crops, extension activities, seeds, pesticides, farm machineries, etc. is provided. Details of fertilizers, market prices, package and practices, programmes, welfare schemes are also given.

Awards & Recognitions
  • Meghalaya has been selected for the Commendation award in 'Total foodgrains Category-III' for 2017-18. The award consists of a citation and an amount of Rs. 1 crore.
  • Meghalaya Agriculture Department and the MIE Meghalaya Team won the '7th eNabling North East (eNorth East) Award 2019-20' in the 'Agriculture & Rural Development' category for 1917 iTEAMS project which is a project in collaboration with Digital India.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Meghalaya on May 2018 the Krishi Commendation Award for the year 2015-16, in recognition of the commendable foodgrains production achieved by the State.
  • Meghalaya has been adjudged the Most Improved Small State in the category of Agriculture and received the India Today – "The State of the States” Award on 23rd November 2018.