Our Reporter
Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Director General of Prisons, Home Guards & Civil Defense and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Rupin Sharma, on Monday said teaching is a profession which facilitates generational changes.
The senior police officer was addressing the first Chümoukedima district-level Teachers’ Day celebration, jointly organised by department of School Education and All Nagaland Private Schools’ Association, as guest of honour at CTC hall Chümoukedima.
Sharma said everyone is born out of flesh and “it is the teacher and education which makes who we are.” “If it is not for the basic qualities of inquisitiveness and innovation of teaching all of us would be an animal by instinct,” he said.
He said skill upgrade is required for teachers as everyday is a process of learning and that the teachers are impacting a huge number of students. He said if teachers do not discharge their service properly, then they would be doing a huge disservice to the society.
Sharma also said that Naga society, students in particular, lacks in quality of discussion and discourse, as the environment in the school is strictly controlled. He urged the teacher to let the students ask questions as it is the first step to learning. Lateral thinking among students and teachers need to be encouraged, he said.
Sharma maintained that the teachers should be keep themselves updated on what is happening in the state and around the world by picking up the habit of reading newspapers and watching news channels, and that the students should be encouraged to inculcate the same habit.
Further, Sharma urged teachers to tread cautiously on tribalism so that the younger generation does not succumb to “tribalism mindset” as it is counterproductive.
On the occasion, district teachers’ award given to Mary Hangsing of Mount Mary HSS Chümoukedima and Avilou Sokra of GHSS Chümoukedima
Earlier, SDEO Chümoukedima, K Ruby Humtsoe, delivered the welcome address and principal of GHSS Chümoukedima, Karen Yepthomi, spoke on the significance of the day. President, ANAPSA Chümoukedima unit, Bendangchuba proposed vote of thanks.