Meghalaya Govt approves constitution of SHDC for implementation of MPOWER

Meghalaya Cabinet on Friday approved the constitution of the State Human Development Council (SHDC) for implementation of the Multisectoral Project for Adolescent Wellbeing, Empowerment and Resilience (MPOWER) in the state.
Addressing media persons , Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that the SHDC will be headed by the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma. He said the chairman of the state executive level will be the chief secretary while all respective deputy commissioners will be the head of the district level committees for the implementation of these new initiatives of the government.
“Through this initiative in the name of MPOWER, the government will focus on how to make sure the physical and mental health of those children and also to make sure the skill beyond 9 is in place because after 9 years old they understand what is their interest and what interest they want. So through this initiative taken by the government I am very sure we will be able to take care right from 0-9, again 9 to 18-19 and beyond that because we really wanted to make sure that each and every citizen right from their childhood they are being taken care of physically, mentally and also government will also try to identify their interest, future and career in the days to come,” he added.


The past and present scenarios need to be documented, analysed and understood.
A set of criteria would also have to be generated.
Symptoms have to be differentiated from the Problem , and both have to be thoroughly defined.
There is also an urgent need to have a Dynamic Database created for the purpose.