Dimapur, April 24 (EMN): Government schools in Nagaland usually attract mostly students from underserved or economically marginalised communities. But this aspect should not stop their students from achieving their goals, governor of Nagaland PB Acharya told a group of children visiting Raj Bhavan recently.
‘Education is the key role in the progression of a society. Schools and colleges give you knowledge of on how to progress in life,’ Acharya told students of two schools from Dimapur and Kohima.
Students from the Visually Impaired School at Nuton Bosti in Dimapur and of the government middle school at Officers' Hill, in Kohima interacted with governor of Nagaland PB Acharya at the Raj Bhavan.
The government’s publicity agency, the Information and Public Relations (IPR) department, issued updates about the event on Wednesday.
Governor Acharya addressed the event too. He said government schools usually attract students from poorer communities, but this should not stop them from achieving the goals of education.
“Education is the key role in the progression of a society. Schools and colleges give you knowledge of on how to progress in life. Education should not be self centred but it should make an individual enrich the society. This should be the mind set of all the students in Nagaland,” he told the gathering.
The system of education should change, he said.
“In today's world, simple graduation will not suffice if that person is unemployed. Therefore, youths should think of the state and try to bring different ways to empower and employ the people of Nagaland,” the IPR quoted him as having said.
During the interactions, the police superintendent of Kohima, Sendongmeren, no surname given, advised the students to be sincere in their studies and to work hard. He told the students ‘not to bunk classes and to avoid using social media sites’ because that would hamper their concentration. The police officer urged the students to abide by the law and also to always respect their elders.
The head teacher of the government middle school, Mimi Yhoshu also spoke at the event. She expressed gratitude to the governor and his wife, Kavita Acharya, for adopting the school and helping it to take the school ‘to greater heights.’
The couple visiting the school has always been encouraging, she said, not only to the students but to the teachers too.
‘Through their initiatives, the school got an opportunity to interact with various organisations from outside the state which has been helping them to introduce a library program and computer workshop which will enhance the children with their reading and comprehensive skills and also with their technological knowledge,’ Yhoshu said.
