Our Correspondent
KOHIMA, OCTOBER 21
Having much concern for Nagaland to become a healthy and progressive society, Director of Higher Education, Chubatola Longkumer, has underlined the need for a refined education system in the State.
Though, serving as the incumbent head of the State’s Higher Education department, Chubatola had no reluctance to comment that the education system in the State needs a drastic transformation, if we (Nagas) were to progress at a greater pace.
“Education imparted or received at schools is falling short of target. It is not serving towards what is required. Quality education has much broader sense,” she opined while emphasizing on the need of quality education as the key towards a vibrant future.
Chubatola was addressing a host of students and leaders during the introductory session of the All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) 17th Biennial General Conference held at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima.
The four-day conference, which will conclude on October 24, is being held under the theme “Excel beyond boundary.”
Chubatola also urged the student community to take the responsibility to be ‘change makers’ in the society.
“We need to be change makers in the society. And this is the challenge of the hour today,” she remarked while she advised the students stating that “everything starts with a small beginning.”
Stating her observation that the Nagas has a tendency playing ‘blame game’ all the time, Chubatola regarded this as a set back and a losing ground for the whole Naga society.
To this, she urged the general public not to keep blaming one another, but to share the responsibility by understanding one’s own potential. “Each of us has a role to play and everybody is responsible to make Nagaland a progressive society,” she said while counting on individual’s contribution as very essential and a major force to push the State towards greater heights.
Sharing on individual’s contribution, she cited an example on clean election system in the State. Lamenting on the deteriorating election culture in the State, Chubatola urged the student community to be ambassadors of clean election.
“To talk about clean election, all of us have failed on our part, including the Church,” she said this extending the challenge to the students, whom she regarded as leaders of tomorrow.
“It (Clean election) won’t happen unless all of us realize the consequences of its demerits,” she said while she implored the gathering to carry the same message to all the institutions in the State.
The director of Higher Education also urged upon the mammoth gathering towards having a revolutionized mind with the hope to build a better future.
“We need to have a revolutionized mind,” she said this as against the culture of organizing strikes and protest rallies in order to put-forth one’s grievances.
Chubatola also advised the students to inculcate the good work culture practiced by our forefathers, while she tendered a special advice for the girl students to put extra effort in order to excel, so as to come at par with men in every field of competition.
“We need to take up the challenge so that the future will thank us,” she concluded.
The programme commenced with invocation pronounced by Keduolhoulie Shüya, pastor, Meriema Baptist Church, introduction by Temjennungsang, info & publicity secretary, ANCSU, welcome note by Imtiongba, convenor, programme committee, greetings by Dievi Yano, president, Angami Students’ Union and special number by Seyievinuo Chüzho.
The programme was chaired by Kuzoto Lohe, member, organizing committee, while Katho P. Awomi presented the ANCSU general secretary report.
The inaugural session tomorrow (Thursday) would be graced by Y. Patton, Minister of Home, and Deo Nukhu, Parliamentary Secretary of Higher & Technical Education, as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively.
