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Kohima, Feb. 25 (EMN): Chief Secretary Temjen Toy on Tuesday said that there is no room for complacency or ‘morom’ reserved for teachers and ‘we have to either perform or perish’.
He was addressing the department of School Education's introduction of ‘teacher’s diary’ at the Secretariat Conference Hall in Kohima.
Toy expressed hope that the diary will not only monitor the teachers but also help in motivating them to work harder.
He pointed out that many in the society try to take up the profession as ‘the last resort of employment’. However, he cautioned, "Not everyone can be in teaching profession for the sake of securing a job.
“It is high time we, in Nagaland, be clinical and do away with ‘morom’ trend; henceforth, be clinical in our dealing in all activities.”
According to Toy, ‘this clinical dealing’ would pay off the efforts, and added that the world is changing and ‘we cannot remain static’.
Principal secretary of School Education, Menukhol John, delivering the keynote address, stated that the objectives of the 'teacher's diary’ is not only to check the attendance of teachers but also help in improving their teaching skills and assessment.