In this assessment, the World Bank has partnered with Outline India as the data and research partner to further, understand the landscape of the current functioning of the education sector in Nagaland, from the point of view of its officials, the VECs (akin to SMCs) and illustrate how to ameliorate the intended outcomes of the Communitisation Act.

Outline India would look into the capacity and functioning of the VECs in accordance with the roles and responsibilities envisaged in the Communitisation Act of Nagaland.  In the course of the next few weeks, Outline India will look at available bodies of work, including documentation made available by the Government, studies done by sectoral experts, dipsticks done by the World Bank to figure and compare on-ground realities vis a vis existing roles and responsibilities, as listed in the Act.

Outline India will help the World Bank with recommendations which shall thereafter be shared with Government of Nagaland by the World Bank to augment the education scenario of the region with special emphasis on the designing of the NECTAR project.

The larger goal is to set a roadmap for furthering the goals of the NECTAR project of the Government of Nagaland (GoN) with due support from the World Bank.