Nagaland MP Supongmeren Jamir on Thursday flagged what he described as a “pressing paradox” in Nagaland’s development trajectory during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, calling for urgent central intervention to strengthen professional education in the state.
Speaking under Rule 377 (Matters of Public Importance), Jamir said that despite Nagaland recording an impressive 95% literacy rate, only 29% of this literate population falls within the crucial 15–29 age bracket. This demographic gap, he said, has profound implications for the state’s aspirations for regional equity, human resource development, sustainable economic growth and national integration.
“Hon’ble Speaker, through your chair, I wish to bring to the notice of this House and the concerned ministries a vital need for my state,” he said, noting that Nagaland’s youth must be “empowered to become architects of the state’s progress” if it is to align with the national goal of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Jamir pointed out that while Nagaland currently has nine polytechnic institutes and three private law colleges, it continues to lack government-run institutions in core professional streams.
Beyond the state’s lone National Institute of Technology (NIT), there are no government colleges for engineering or law — a gap he said is forcing students to leave the state in search of affordable and quality professional education.
Calling the situation “a significant infrastructural deficit,” the MP appealed to the Union Government to sanction and establish two key institutions in Nagaland:
•A Central Law College
•AGovernment Engineering College
He urged the Centre to consider the proposals on “humanitarian and developmental grounds,” adding that these institutions would serve not only as educational infrastructure but as a foundation for innovation, empowerment and equitable growth.
