Students asked not to forget their roots
By A City Correspondent
GUWAHATI, June 14 Noted educationists and other prominent citizens today
urged the students who would be pursuing their studies outside Assam not to
forget their roots, and to come back and contribute to the development of the
State. At a function organised by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) to
felicitate the rank holders of the HSLC, High Madrassa and HS examinations,
Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury appealed to the
meritorious students not to forget their native place once they go outside the
State.
Expressing concern at the lack of proper facilities to retain the meritorious
students in the State, Dr Choudhury said that the need of the hour was to
upgrade the educational institutions to prevent a mass exodus of the brilliant
students.
Referring to the education scenario, Dr Choudhury said that at present most of
the educational institutions in the State were faced with the problem of
financial crunch, which was affecting the quality of education imparted to the
students.
On the other hand, Dr Choudhury expressed satisfaction with the results of the
HSLC and HS examinations. He said that the results were indicative of a
positive development in the education field, as it had proved that the medium
of education was not a determining factor of better education.
He, however, expressed concern at the performance of the government schools,
which had fared badly once again. He said that the government should give a
thought to the poor performance of the government schools and appoint teachers
on the basis of merit to improve the performance of the schools.
Speaking on the occasion, B Das, Managing Director of Numaligarh Refinery
Limited said that education was the key to success in life as it builds
character. Das observed that a change in the syllabus was necessary as the
students who performed very well in the HSLC examinations performed very badly
in the HS examinations.
He called upon the students to imbibe knowledge and build up self-confidence.
He also appealed to them to give a thought to the development of the State and
said that without local youngsters in the administration, the State would not
see proper development.
The AASU functionaries, adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya, president Sankar
Prasad Rai and general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi emphasised on the need to
bring a change in the education scenario in keeping with the changing world and
asserted that the student body would continue to give topmost priority to
education in its scheme of things.
They, however, criticised the State Government for not showing any keenness to
implement the academic calendar in the true spirit.
Umesh Sharma
Washington D.C.
1-202-215-4328 [Cell]
Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)
www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )
http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
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