The Naga Students' Union, Chandel (NSUC) on Monday felicitated the meritorious students of the district who cleared the recent exams conducted by BOSEM, CoHSEM and CBSE with distinction. The programme was held at the Chamdil Town Hall, Panchai, Chandel district in collaboration with Zonal Education Office (ZEO), Chandel district.
Individuals from the district who excelled in the field of sports and received medals (gold, silver or bronze) at the national and state level were also felicitated.
Attended by hundreds of students from various schools in the district along with their teachers and principals, the programme, held under the theme, 'To educate, to enable and to empower', also saw the attendance of presidents and executive members of the federating units of the NSUC.
Welcoming the gathering, NSUC president Ruwnglar Elly Anal congratulated all the students while also appreciating the principals and the teachers for their efforts in helping the students achieve distinctions. He also encouraged the students to aim high and achieve it with hard work, dedication and sincerity.
As the chief guest, Mayanglambam Rajkumar, Chandel DC called on the students to be meek and humble despite their success. If you let your success go over your head, you'll eventually fail, he warned the students. He also called on the students to remove all fears and apprehensions about the future and face it bravely.
The DC also informed that an IT centre would be opened soon at the DC building where 50 computers would be kept so that online related works such as filling forms, exams could be held. He further said that talks are on with the National Information Centre (NIC) to register about five schools from the district so as to monitor the institutions and help improve it.
Y Hemchandra Singh, ZEO, Chandel district, as the functional president, informed on the percentage of successful students in the district compared to last year stating that 97.08 percent of those who appeared the Class X exams cleared this year while 95.60 per cent of Class XII students cleared too, both higher than last year. He also highlighted the awards given by the government for state and district toppers.
Dr Th Joyson Mathew Monsang, CMO, Chandel called on students to cultivate values that will help them move ahead in their lives. He also advised to lead a healthy lifestyle as it would also lead to a healthy future, healthy production and healthy development. He then advised them to choose a career that they love so that it would seem like they are working.
Molightson Kanshouwa Maring, who recently cleared the UPSC with an AIR of 870 also congratulated and encouraged the students and put up five points of success. They are - to always ask God before doing any work, to aim high, to face challenges boldly, to never give up and to never compete nor compare with others but rather with self.
ANSAM vice president Wilpelngam Nula also congratulated the students and said the educational system is improving in the district but there was space for growth. He challenged the students to help it materialise while adding there was a need for support from frontal organisations, CSOs, student bodies, parents, teachers, etc.
All the meritorious students were awarded with a certificate as a sign of appreciation and encouragement. The principals of all the schools were also felicitated with a memento.
