Shillong, Oct. 30 -- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today said that the government has taken transformative steps to improve the education sector in the state.

Speaking at the MPOWER Education Conclave 2025, Sangma said that over the years, different departments in the government have lost focus of their purpose and focused more on achieving saturation in schemes.

MPOWER Meghalaya is a government-led project, supported by the World Bank, aimed at enhancing the well-being, empowerment and resilience of adolescents in the state aiming to address challenges like high dropout rates and teenage pregnancies through a multi-structural approach involving different sectors like education, health and skill development for youth aged 9-19. ...