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With support from the World Bank, the Department of School Education launched the ‘Nagaland Education Project - The Lighthouse – Nagaland Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources (NECTAR)’ on April 7, 2021, with an aim to improve and enhance the quality and learning outcomes of government schools in Nagaland.

NEP – The Lighthouse project is the first-ever World Bank (WB) financed education project in the Northeast region of India, directly implemented by a state government i.e. Department of School Education (DoSE), Government of Nagaland and aims to breathe new life into the education system of the state, while providing greater opportunity for students and teachers to realise their potential.

The education system in Nagaland faces several challenges, as reflected in the decline of student learning outcomes measured by the National Achievement Survey (NAS).

Through this initiative, the state government is committed to prioritise and focus its efforts on addressing three precisely targeted problems within the fixed project duration:


 * Enhance the governance of schools across the state
 * Improvement in teaching practices
 * Enhancement of overall learning environment

This project envisages to directly benefit about –

1,50,000 students in government schools in Nagaland.

20,000 teachers, including school heads.

100 district,  sub-district officers and members of 2000 SMC/SMDCs

The education project in Nagaland will address the critical gaps faced by students and teachers and play an important role in the development of the state, said C S Mohapatra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

The project is slated to run till June 2026.