The Chief Minister didn’t just make promises from a podium. He reminded everyone that he was once sitting exactly where those students are. Itanagar, September 10 — There was something different about the way Pema Khandu spoke on Wednesday. Standing before bright-eyed students, proud parents, and a room full of educators at the state-level Golden … Read more
Thirty young faces. Thirty stories of hard work from some of India’s most remote classrooms. And a Chief Minister who stood in front of them and said, plainly, that the state had let its government schools down for too long. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, joined by Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona, felicitated 30 … Read more
The Chief Minister didn’t just show up to hand out awards. He showed up as a former government school student who still remembers what it felt like to sit in those classrooms. Itanagar, September 10 — There was a moment at Wednesday’s Golden Jubilee Meritorious Students’ Awards ceremony that stood out from the usual applause … Read more
No new private school is getting the government’s nod in Arunachal Pradesh. Not now. Not until the rules catch up with reality. That was the clear message from Education Minister Passang Dorjee Sona on Monday when he addressed the first foundation day-cum-scholars’ meet of the Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars’ Forum near Itanagar. In what … Read more
Roads, schools, power lines, AI platforms, honey farms — the Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet just signed off on all of it in one sitting. In what is arguably one of the most sweeping reform decisions the state has seen in recent memory, Chief Minister Pema Khandu chaired a Cabinet meeting on July 17 that cleared a … Read more
On a day that meant everything to 111 young men and women, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu walked into a ceremony — and walked out having set a new bar for what the state expects from its teachers. A Moment Years in the Making July 16 wasn’t just another government function. Khandu personally handed … Read more
