Create a wave to improve the education system: Governor BD Mishra

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Itanagar: Governor Brig (retd) Dr. BD Mishra on Monday stressed the need for creating a wave to improve the education system in the state encompassing all elements of quality education including, competent teachers, effective teaching and learning environment besides, regular assessment of education being imparted.

Addressing the inaugural session of the higher and technical education conference here, the Governor said that selection of faculty must be totally on merit-based and there must be appraisal system of teachers.

He urged the teachers and students to work with ‘Nation First’ attitude and take their profession as nation-building measures.

Dr Mishra said that higher education is a result of continuous educational growth and its foundation needs to be strong.

“The need is to make primary, secondary, college, teaching and studying, progressive and broad based. For this, the very basic action points of sending every child to school and the need for guardians to develop and inculcate ‘Start-up’ and ‘entrepreneurial tendency’ among their school going children,” he advocated.

“There is and will always be a mismatch between the large work force accretion and limited job availability avenues,” he added.

The Governor underscored the need for change of mindset of the society towards education, effective implementation of education policies and further stressed that education must be for enabling the individuals and not only certification for securing jobs.

He advised the participants to discuss the important themes of higher education and its strategies and also to debate on innovative practices for introduction in the colleges and suggested for functional, efficient and result oriented placement cells.

The Governor felicitated retired lecturer CK Singh of Dera Natung College here, with “Life Time Teacher Award”.

He also felicitated Dr Temin Payum, Assistant Professor (Botany) of JN College, Pasighat and S Suresh Kumar, Principal in-charge of Government Polytechnic, Namsai with ‘Outstanding College Teachers Award’.

Dr Mishra on the occasion also awarded the Governor’s Cash Award (for toppers in the undergraduate course examinations for the year 2019) to four students.

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