Arunachal Pradesh CM
visits Google Headquarters, seeks help to develop education
Arunachal Pradesh
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki visited the Google headquarters in California and
sought ideas from the company on how to improve education in the state.
Highlighting various
problems associated with the education system in the state, Tuki sought ideas
from Google on how to improve it in the state and also impart quality education
to each and every student without any bias, an official communique said here
today.
The Chief Minister
stressed on the importance of improving the standard of the teaching fraternity
in the state and urged Google to impart training and know-how to the teachers
in the state and bring them at par with international standard.
Google being a pioneer
in e-education would be of tremendous help in fulfilling the vision and ideals
set by the state government, Tuki observed.
Google highlighted the
advancement in education these days and how it has become a pioneer in the
field of quality e-education and dedicated team of professionals in this
regard.
Google has agreed to
make detailed Arunachal specific report and project and bring in solutions
keeping in mind the local issues associated with it.
The Chief Minister
also requested Google to invest in IT based industries in the state, the
communique said.
The Arunachal Chief
Minister visited the Google headquarters, Mountain View, California, USA on
Saturday on an invitation by Google for the Google Global Education Symposium
on Ministers and held talks with the Google Education team led by Caesar
Sengupta, vice-president, product management, Michael de la Cruz, Global Head
of Education, Bram Bout, Worldwide Director of Education and Gagandeep Singh
Puri, Head of Education in India.
PTI