Nagaland’s lone Lok Sabha MP, S Supongmeren Jamir on Friday raised a critical issue during Zero Hour in the ongoing Winter Session of the Parliament concerning the deficit in higher education infrastructure in Nagaland despite the state’s high literacy rate.

Drawing attention to Nagaland’s literacy rate of 95%, Jamir underscored the pressing paradox  that only 29% of this literate population is within the crucial 15-29 age group. He stated that addressing this gap is fundamental for Nagaland to achieve regional equity, human resource development, sustainable economic growth, stronger national integration, and convergence with the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Highlighting a significant infrastructural gap, the MP pointed out that while Nagaland has nine polytechnic colleges and three private law colleges, it severely lacks government-run institutions for professional higher education. This absence, he pointed out, hinders the state’s potential and forces youth to seek opportunities elsewhere.

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He also highlighted that beyond the sole National Institute of Technology (NIT), Nagaland urgently requires government colleges in the core professional streams of law and engineering.
Towards this, he called for the sanctioning and establishment of a central law college and a government engineering college. He urged the central government to consider this request on humanitarian and developmental grounds, emphasizing that such institutions are not merely infrastructure but a foundation for empowerment, innovation, and equitable growth.