S Supongmeren Jamir with other dignitaries and HSLC
Examination 2025 toppers during the NI Jamir Academic Excellence Award
ceremony.
- DIMAPUR — The 19th edition of NI Jamir Academic
Excellence Award, organised by the Kohima Ongpangkong Telongjem to felicitate
the toppers of the HSLC Examination 2025, was held at Molu Ki, Kohima, on May
24.
- Lok Sabha MP S Supongmeren Jamir, the special guest, shared
a brief biography of NI Jamir, inspiring students with late Jamir’s humility,
thirst for knowledge, and commitment to serve and uplift society.
- He also called upon the students to prioritise deeds over
words, be thankful to their benefactors, and maintain goodwill towards all.
Additionally, he called on them to identify and nurture future leaders who
could positively impact society and their community.
- SDO (Civil) Peren, Sentilong Ozukum, who spoke on the theme,
‘Takotet Kaketshir,’ shared a brief history of how American missionaries
introduced education to the Ao community.
- He also highlighted that with the introduction of the
gospel, the urge to read and learn the Bible grew, leading to the establishment
of the first school in Mokokchung district in 1878, which eventually spread to
other villages, a DIPR report stated.
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