Dimapur-based NECU gets accreditation by NABCB

The Dimapur-based North East Christian University (NECU) has been given accreditation by the 'National Accreditation
Dimapur-based NECU gets accreditation by NABCB

* NECU accorded accreditation by NABCB * 15 Assam TCHPs to be benefitted

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TINSUKIA: The Dimapur-based North East Christian University (NECU) has been given accreditation by the 'National Accreditation Board of Certification Bodies' (NABCB). The NABCB is a constituent Board of Quality Council of India (QCI) for ISO/IEC 17024:2012 and the International Accreditation Forum,

In a communiqué, Dr H Salome Kinny, Quality Manager of NECU Personnel Certification Body (PrCB) stated that tradition and biodiversity being rich in the north-eastern region, the NECU applied to QCI in 2018 for consideration and recognition as a certification body for personnel in traditional healing which NECU achieved through a process of intensive understanding of the system and assessment, she stated.

The North East Christian University is an ambitious project (Ministry) of the Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI).

Claiming that the NECU is the first university in the country to achieve the feat and so far has certified healers in Tripura, Assam and Nagaland, Dr Kinny mentioned that though applications from many TCHPs for certification from the States of Manipur and Meghalaya were processed yet the offsite and onsite examinations could not be conducted due to the current COVID pandemic. She further informed that the NECU is the only PrCB for TCHPs accredited by NABCB in India and is the first in the category even in the world; the traditional healers can now use the 'International Accreditation Forum' logos on their certificates.

It is a remarkable achievement for a university located in the north-eastern region to earn this distinction of being the first-ever institution — both at the national and also the international level. This is particularly so as the varsity has been certifying personnel for their knowledge and skill, and that too in an unorganized sector. These individuals have gained their expertise mainly through non-formal education mostly by observation, through family lineage and rich oral tradition in the typical 'Guru-Shishya Parampara'.

Meanwhile, this development has given reasons to rejoice among the 15 Traditional Community Healthcare Providers (TCPHs) of Assam. Of the 15 TCHPs certified in June 2019 in Assam by NECU, some among them were also found competent to be examiners for the TCHP Certification Scheme after they met the scheme criteria for examiners; and now they have been empanelled by NECU as examiners.

They have been rendering their services for the offsite and onsite examination for TCHPs seeking certification not only for the State of Assam but also for the other neighbouring north-eastern States. The 15 certified healers in Assam are: Amos Tiru from Gorajan in Jorhat; Bachan Roy from Shree Geeta Ashram in Jorhat; Bhuban Chandra Dutta from Nilakhpur in Dhemaji; Bibhuti Bhushan Adhyapak from Doha Bora Chuk in Jorhat; Chorahab Ali from Moghghuli in Noibaisa; Haren Nath from Bahona in Jorhat; Jogen Saikia from Kakadunga area of Habigaon in Jorhat; Junu Hazarika from Polugaorh area of Chenjan in Jorhat; Juri Gogoi from Hiloidari in Dhakhuakhana; Jyotiprasad Sarma from Bogidoli in Sivasagar; Lambodar Borpatra Gohain from Silapathar in Lakhimpur; Ranjit Borkakoti from Charigaon in Jorhat; Rupeswar Bora from Dhonkhuloi in Jorhat; Satinder Singh Marwala from Na Ali Halichuk in Jorhat; and Tarun Borah from Khotiakholi in Golaghat.

Mentionably, the whole of Northeast India had associations with Christianity prior to the Treaty of Yandabu and the British annexation of erstwhile Asom in 1826. The Northeast India had Christian presence even before the Ahom Raja, Rudra Singh. Encouraged by David Scott, and Major Jenkins, the Serampore Mission opened a school at Guwahati in 1829; just three years after Asom had come under the control of the British. Soon Alexander Lish opened schools at Cherrapunji, Mawsmai and Mawmluh and made a beginning in the development of Khasi literature. In 1836, the two American Baptist missionary couples came to Sadiya, but soon would move to the hills.

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