Morung Express News
Dimapur | September 15
‘Summer Fest 2018’ of Tetso College, Dimapur was held with students enthusiastically taking part in competitions and literary events including folk song, cosplay, stand-up comedy, Tetso’s got talent, extempore, debate and oratory.
The inaugural programme was held on September 15 at the college amphitheatre with publisher, The Morung Express, Dr. Aküm Longchari, as special guest who also launched the Education Department ‘Tetso Journal on Educational Research’.
Dr. Aküm in his address said the Summer Fest is not only a celebration of creative expressions but also a demonstration that there more than one way to learning. He said the vibrancy of how the college has come alive to celebrate the Summer Fest, is also a reminder on the need to continuously create spaces for people to express themselves.
“This is about creating a space for people to express themselves in different ways; an outer expression of our imagination and most importantly respecting the different expressions,” he stated. There is a continuous interplay between expression and imagination, together they form a praxis of action and reflection,” he said.
Referring to the UNESCO’s four pillars of learning (learning to be, to know, to do and to live together), Longchari said if education is to be at the heart of the future in the Naga context, then it is imperative to turn to these pillars. He said the four pillars of learning will guide a person to know who he or she really is, instill confidence, to differentiate between right and wrong and truth and untruth, to act conscientiously even as Nagas charge themselves into the future. “It is when we imbibed and invoked these four pillars of learning we can become makers of our own future,” he stated.
He reminded the students that ‘if education is at the heart of the future, they are the future of the society’ and said, “We find meaning only as a community or a group and not in isolation. It is easy to be disillusioned and indifferent and therefore learning to do is important.”
He also said the community at large and Nagas with diverse culture, value systems and experiences need to negotiate spaces, to arouse new consciousness and to affirm and uphold each other.
