Other
Activities :
(a)
The Department could organize a workshop on “Sensitization of Principals of Secular
and Theological
Colleges
on the Right to Information Act,2005 and Voluntary Blood Donation on the
6th August,2007.
(b) The Department of Higher Education
instituted in the year 2006, the Meritorious Teachers Award (with cash incentive) for
selected Govt. Colleges Lecturers and
Commendation Certificate (with cash incentive) for the selected Ministerial Staff.
Altogether, Four Lecturers and five Ministerial Staff from different Govt. Colleges were
selected for the Award and Commendation
Certificate for 2006.
(c ) NAAC (National Assessment and
Accreditation Council )- Under NAAC, the Department
could organize a Principals Workshop on the New Methodology of Assessment &
Accreditation on the 30th Oct’2007 at Hotel Japfu , Kohima. The Workshop
was well attended by both Government and Private Colleges Principals.
(d) With a view to verify the number of
students applying for Scholarship claiming to be genuine Hostellers, the Department of Higher Education
conducted checking’s on all the hostels within Kohima and Dimapur. The Department detected 4338 bogus Hostel Certificates
attached to Scholarship forms. As a result of this drive, the department could save an
amount of Rs.52.00 Lakhs. The amount is kept with the State Government.
In order to stop the misuse of Hostel
Certificates, for the first time, the department has introduced the system of issuing
Eligibility Certificate to both Private and Government hostels within Nagaland.
Henceforth, only those students who are genuinely residing as hostellers in the recognized
Hostels, possessing Eligibility Certificates will be entitled to apply for re-imbursement
of Hostel fees under the Post Matric Scholarship Schemes.
(e) The Typist of Govt. Colleges are being
trained to use Computers in their respective institutions during 2007-08.
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