Lack of institutions “force” 15-20 thousand Arunachal students to move out every year

Expressing concern over difficulties faced by students of Arunachal Pradesh who have to go outside the state to pursue higher and technical education in their respective chosen fields, Tuki said his government had not only set up a number of new institutions in the past couple of years but also invited investors to set up institutions in the state.

Arunachal Pradesh has only 21 colleges, nine of which are private colleges, while the state has only one university and one engineering college. Absence of medical colleges and other similar institutions “force” students to go out, in the process face a lot of problems including ethnic discrimination. One Arunachali student had died in a racial attack in New Delhi earlier this year.

Though the state has 26 polytechnic institutes, three of which are private, these can hardly take in 750 students per year. Arunachal Pradesh has quota for its students in different medical colleges across the country, but 21 such colleges have altogether only 38 seats for the hill state. (ends)