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600 schools closed in Arunachal Pradesh

Sarojini Bishi

Itanagar: State Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona has informed the Assembly about the closure of 600 schools in Arunachal Pradesh. Pasang said this in response to a question from Congress MLA Kumar Y. The government has decided to close schools which have very few children and have not enrolled new students for the current school year. All the children studying there who are closed have been given the opportunity to enroll in other schools nearby, he said. It is indicated that there are more than 2 thousand 800 government schools in Arunachal Pradesh and there are 7 thousand 600 permanent teachers and students.

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