Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan office relocated, education sector miffed

Guwahati | Sunday | 23rd April, 2017

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I don't see any logic in shifting the office from Guwahati," said a school teacher who did not wished to be named. It will now be moved to New Delhi, from where all operational work will be done from July 1 this year. GUWAHATI: The Union human resource development ministry's decision to close down the technical support group office of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) here has not gone down well with those working in the education sector in the region.The office was set up in 2006 to look after the affairs of elementary education in the northeast, including Sikkim. Though employees of the office have submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to roll back the decision, they are yet to get any response from the PMO. "It's not possible always to control things from New Delhi..