Tripura CM Manik Saha highlights state's focus on improving education quality

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, while inaugurating the state-level Teaching Learning Material (TLM) competition and exhibition at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan on Feb 6, highlighted the state government’s focus on creating policies and programs to improve the quality of education.

“Today’s children are the future of tomorrow. Teachers will have to work to strengthen their foundation from an early age. The main objective of the state government is to formulate various policies and programs to ensure quality education in educational institutions. Providing loans and scholarships to deserving students is also one of the objectives of the education sector,” said Saha.

According to the Chief Minister, a structure cannot be built to its full height if its foundation is weak. Children's foundations should also be reinforced from an early age.

“The management of such learning materials at a low cost by the education department is very commendable. Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has formulated the National Education Policy to improve the education system. And the National Education Policy includes a system for creating such teaching-learning materials,” he said.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly said that in the future, the country or the world will be in the hands of those who have knowledge. Nothing is possible without knowledge. It is not possible to move forward if the foundation is weak. The Education Department has taken the initiative to identify and address the gaps where we did not have the opportunity or proper management earlier,” he added.

The objective is to attain basic literacy and numeracy abilities by 2026–2027, according to Saha.

“The Nipun Mission was launched nationwide on July 5, 2021. Nipun Tripura was launched in the state on November 18, 2022. And we are now seeing the results of that initiative. Our goal is that all schools should produce good results, and the government is working in that direction,” Saha said.

“In a small state like Tripura, about 150,000 students fall within the target age group of the Nipun Mission, with around 12,000 teachers involved in its implementation. These teachers are being trained accordingly,” added Saha.

Saha continued, “Under this program, 10,182 teachers and approximately 90,000 students from pre-primary to second grade are being covered with the initiatives of Nipun Tripura. Teachers have played a crucial role in the success of Nipun Tripura—they are the main driving force behind this mission. Schools from different districts participated in this exhibition today, and everyone tried to perform exceptionally well.”