Education should guide us to seek solution to social problems: Radheshyam

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Sept 10

Education minister, Th. Radheshyam said that in order to let the students used their innovative and creative mind the present trends of pressurising and keeping a student surrounded by books throughout the clock need to be change. 

He was delivering the chief guest speech at the presentation of Governor’s Award, 2017, Rajkumari Sanatombi Devi Award, 2017 and prize distribution at the Asha Jina Complex, Imphal  organised by the managing committee of Rajkumari Sanatombi Devi Vidyalaya, Haotal.

Radheshyam appreciated the committee for presenting such awards to the students and said that such awards will give motivation and inspiration to the awardees and to other students in giving more effort to their studies and sports.

The minister asked the students to not take education just for the sake of degree for their job but to take it as a weapon to bring solution to the problem face by the society and to bring development in the society.

“Let us groom the young and fresh minds with ability to let them become facilitators and mentors by inculcating them with certain principles and values which will never change with the change of time,” he said.

Everyone in the society should think of how they can contribute for the betterment and development of the society through education. Education is not just to get employment but to find solutions of the problems faced by the society, he added.

It is only when the educated and experienced people becomes the solution seekers, finding answers to the problems of the society then only, they will become the source of joy, the minister said. 

Radheshyam asked the parents and teachers not to set limit of a student looking at his or her performance instead he asked to impress the students to do better in the future.

MLA, Dr. Sapam Ranjan said that education has been excelling with development of technologies but the parents should not forget to guide their children in the right direction.

Education is to have skill, knowledge, values, believe and good habits to make one able to make the right choice, he added.

The governor’s award, 2017 for best student of R. K. Sanatombi Devi Vidyalaya was awarded to Kulsum Alisha Khan.

K. Sanatombi Devi award, 2017 for topper HSLC exam, 2017 was awarded to Priyanka Moirangthem of Nirmalabas school and for best teacher was given to Chungkham Indira Devi, lecturer, Johnstone Higher Secondary School.

In sports five awards were awarded to the following sports personality Chungkham Parbati for armwrestling, Khusboorani Laishram for fencing, Irom Matouleibi Devi for cycling, Sulina Ningombam for mountaineering and trekking and Oinam Khumanleima Chanu for taekwondo.

The best traffic police was awarded to Traffic police assistant sub inspector, M. Ninglumla.