Shillong, June 27: The Centre has agreed to set up a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Shillong provided land is allotted by the government fo

Shillong, June 27: The Centre has agreed to set up a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Shillong provided land is allotted by the government for the purpose. Meghalaya chief secretary Ranjan Chatterjee, who is camping in Delhi, today said over phone that the Union education secretary had agreed to set up an NIT in Shillong. The Meghalaya capital already has a medical college and an Indian Institute of Management.“The Centre only wanted Meghalaya to provide sufficient land to construct the building and other infrastructure facilities,” Chatterjee said. However, for the time being, Meghalaya and the other states that do not have NITs will be allotted more seats in the ones that do. A meeting was held in Delhi between the ministry of human resource development and the secretaries and commissioners of different states and Union Territories yesterday to discuss the seat allotment at NITs in the country. A state education department official said according to the policy of reservation of seats in technical institutions for states lacking in such facilities, the Centre had agreed to allot mores seats to affected states. The assurance comes in the wake of the new admission policy of filling up 50 per cent of the total seats of NITs for students from outside, on all-India merit basis. “The assurance of the Centre is welcome as this will compensate the loss. But Meghalaya and other states will suffer with the new admission pattern in NITs where there will be reduced seats,” said the official. According to state commissioner of education L. Roy, the state will suffer after the new system is introduced. Source: telegraph india