Economy and lifestyle of hill people need urgent improvement: Kayisii

SENAPATI | Oct 7

Parents are the true visible God and the first teacher to educate their children said Kayisii while addressing the parents’ day celebration of St. Xavier’s High School, Makhan as chief guest today.

Continuing his speech, the minister for tribal affair and hills and fisheries said compulsory education for all sections of the society is the urgent need of the hour. He encouraged the parents to take extra care to send their children to schools and give them education in best possible way.

Kayisii lamented that the attitude of most parents in the hills towards imparting quality education to their children is still very deplorable. Most parents are illiterate, and they do not have the aptitude, resources, time and energy for their children’s education which is a big challenge for our society particularly for the tribal people, he said.

There is a need to improve the economy and lifestyle of the people in the hills to enable them to impart proper education to their children said the minister. 

Further Kayisii pointed out that there is still a huge gap of educational avenues and facilities between the hills and the valley in the state. “We need quality teachers to teach our children especially those in the interior villages”, said the minister.

There is an urgent demand for better educational facilities and technical know-how in the hills, he said, adding examination centres like matric and other competitive exams are very much lacking in the hills.

He pointed out that in this regard his ministry in coordination with the departments concerned of the government will try to bridge the gap, while appreciating the management of the school and the Catholic missionaries for introducing educational institutions and other quality disciplines in the region.

Athem Muivah, DC Senapati, K. David Khrasi, EM-ADC, Senapti, Henry K. Hriini, retired commissioner, founding member of the school, S.P. Peter Khrasi, founding member and first head master of the school along with hosts of dignitaries attended the occasion as functional president and special guests, respectively. 

Earlier in the day, Kayisii also inspected the landslide affected area of Maram Centre village and interacted with the local community leaders and the affected families. The minister listened to the affected local communities and shared the concern to preserve the nature and plant more trees to maintain ecological balance in the area.