Shillong, Aug 8: The state government has taken up with the Centre on the need to accommodate Meghalaya students from Manipur pursuing agriculture studies in the state college due to the unrest in Manipur.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday submitted a letter to Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and President of the ICAR Society Narendra Singh Tomar seeking his intervention to impress upon the University authorities to make an interim arrangement for the students of Meghalaya pursuing their 4th year of BSc. Agriculture at CAU in Imphal.
In the letter, the CM requested Tomar to make arrangements so that the students of 4th year BSc can conduct their Rural Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE) Programme in Meghalaya. He requested to allow the students to conduct their RAWE programme under the aegis of the CAU located at Kyrdemkulai, a consistent college of the CAU in Imphal.
Conrad also appealed to the Union Minister to relocate all the Meghalayan students of CAU Imphal to CAU campus in Kyrdemkulai until normalcy returns to violence hit Manipur so that they are able to continue their education without any interruption.
