DIMAPUR, JANUARY 18 (MExN): Student bodies could play a lead role in refining the education system, said retired IAS officer K. Khekiye Sema while gracing the 36th general conference of the Western Sumi Students’ Union (WSSU) at Khekiho village this morning as speaker. Student bodies should do this especially in the village areas which he thought is the basic and primary priority in the making of an educated society. He challenged the students to lead upfront in cleaning up the “mess” in the education institutions and do away with practice of proxy teachers and recruitment of “unqualified and insincere teachers.”
Khekiye Sema said that God has created everyone equal but whoever makes the best use of abilities gets ahead in life and prospers. In the same manner, he said students change their attitude by thinking out of the box and prepare themselves to become leaders of tomorrow.
He said that the world is moving much too fast and with the advancement of the world, students should focus attention in maintaining strict discipline, spend more time in learning computers and other advanced subjects in order to achieve success in life and to help in economic growth.
Greeting the students on the occasion, Isawoto Zhimomi, president, Western Sumi Kukami Hoho, said success is for those who work hard and now is the time for them to equip themselves with good education. He encouraged the students to value their tradition and to give importance to promotion of one’s mother tongue.
Exhorting the gathering, former president of Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu, Zhevihe Z. Sumi stressed on the need to preserve and promote cultural identity.
Also sharing greetings with the students on Friday evening, Jolly K. Awomi pointed out the contribution of women towards society and called on the girl students to always uphold the “moral values and essence of a woman” besides attaining good education. She said the present generation is an age of prosperity and advancement and which can come only through education and hard work. More than a thousand student representatives from Western Sumi areas are attending the conference.
