AASU, FASS eye better education scenario
By a Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Jan 9: In what could be described as a welcome development for the
people of the State, Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS), an
international welfare organization working for the development of North-east
India, has agreed to the request made by the All Assam StudentsÂ’ Association
(AASU) to find out ways and means to establish a full-fledged technical
university in the State. A 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this
regard was signed between the FASS and the AASU after an interactive session
held between the two bodies at a city hotel here today. The MoU aims to provide
career guidance, necessary training and expertise to the youths of Asom besides
working for the development of the education system as well as work towards
employment generation.
This initiative comes at a time when thousands of students from the State are
forced to go to other States to pursue higher studies due to lack of institutes
providing technical education here. AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjee, while
requesting the FASS to initiate a project for the setting up of a technical
university in the State, said such an institution could be set up after the
Assam Assembly passed the Private University Bill recently.
The MoU was signed by US-based NRI Asomiya Rajen Baruah, who is also the
chairman and managing director of FASS international committee, and AASU
president Shankar Prasad Rai. The discussion was attended, among others, by
FASS international director and Singapore-based NRI Asomiya Jayanta Madhab Bora
and USA-based NRI Asomiya and executive vice-chairman of FASS Ankur Bora. The
MoU was signed in presence of Asom Unnati Xabha president Rohini Kumar Gogoi.
According to MoU, the FASS has agreed to set up a school which is to be
identified by both the organizations. Apart from that, the FASS will also
provide necessary information and conduct workshops among students of schools,
colleges and universities of Asom to help them in choosing their careers.
FASS has also agreed to coordinate cultural exchange programmes involving
students and youths of Asom with those from foreign countries. Both the
organizations would jointly publish necessary booklets and information kits on
various items related to the study, jobs avenues and other opportunities for
the development of Asomiya youths, the MoU stated.
AASU advisor Samujjal Bhattacharjee, in his speech, painted a grim picture of
the education scenario in the State and requested the international think-tank
to come forward in helping the AASU to take steps to help the students achieve
their goals.
(The Sentinel,10.01.2008)
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