NLA Speaker Sharingain Longkumer addressing the Kohima Ao Students Union (AKTK) students’ day-cum-general meeting held at Molu Ki, Kohima on October 2. (DIPR Photo)
Kohima, October 2 (MExN): The Kohima Ao Students Union (AKTK) students’ day-cum-general meeting was held at Molu Ki, Kohima on October 2.
Speaking on the occasion, a DIPR report stated, Speaker, Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Sharingain Longkumer called upon the students to have aim for bigger and higher achievements. Longkumer said that Mokokchung district has the highest literacy in the state but “literacy is not translated as an educated person, since education is an ongoing process and what one achieve today is just equipping with a certificate but yearning for education must continue.” Therefore he encouraged them that education being the main priority for a student, may face many failures and temptations but urged them to always remember that ‘the main thing in life, is to keep the main thing, the main thing’ and what they decided to choose as one’s profession should be their passionate decision and not what their parents wish for.
He called upon them that when they are competing with others to achieve one’s goal, one should also strive for getting emotional matured and financial independence early, so as to become a self-made person to take up decisions, have dignity of labour and earn in the right way. He urged all to preserve one’s culture and heritage, giving due importance and to being proud of one’s cultural identity.
AKTK Treasurer Wati L Imchen called upon the students to give importance to one cultural identity by giving due importance to one mother tongue and also encourages them to undertake cultural tours where they can visit ancestral villages and place and learn more about one’s culture, histories, administrations, stories, songs etc and encouraged them that they should take up practical works. He urged the gathering to preserve wild life and forest and restrain from hunting wild animals and birds since all wild life in the state are now disappearing which is breaking the ecological balance of wildlife and forest.
Sharingain gave away certificate of merit to 11 students who have achieved top 20 positions in the HSLC and HSSLC examinations conducted for the years 2020 and 2021. A short play on the importance of Mother Tongue was also showcased by the Mongsenyimti Students Union, Kohima.
The new office bearers for 2021-2023 are President, Akumyanger, Vice-President, Takusunep Imchen, General Secretary, Meyipong Kichu, Asst. General Secretary, Tianungla Longchar and Treasurer, Er L Senti Jamir.
