Itanagar: UNESCO will roll out a pilot project in Arunachal Pradesh soon in the fields of education, HIV/AIDs awareness and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in collaboration with the state government for benefit of youths with special focus on adolescent population.
At a time when several UN Agencies are working towards programmes related to vulnerability of youths, Dr Umarov during the meeting elaborated on the themes and projects being implemented by UNESCO all over the world and India.
He also mentioned that teachers’ training is an important component of ensuring quality education and appealed UNESCO to help the state in this regard.
While reiterating his commitment to increase the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS in the state the Tuki mentioned that Arunachal Pradesh was the state which gave a fillip to the activities of UNAIDS in India by organising mass awareness programmes in the state last year, the statement said.
He also outlined the activities of his government for welfare of youth and students that also included special emphasis on Skill Development and Employment Generation.
Tuki suggested that in order to increase the effectiveness of the pilot project of UNESCO, proper plans have to be made to include the target population right from the block up to the district levels.
