Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) conducted a meeting with the newly appointed Heads of Institutions Institutions representing 159

schools from all the sixteen districts of Nagaland at Platinum Hall of the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), Bayavü Hill, Kohima on Friday, DIPR has informed.

Chairperson, NBSE, Asano Sekhose extended Golden Jubilee greetings to all participants and also mentioned about the theme of the Golden Jubilee “EVER EVOLVING AND REDEFINING”, urging all to be ever evolving and redefining. In her key note address, Sekhose stressed that the head plays a very important role in the school and he/she must be eager to learn and keep up the performance of the schools not only academic performance but to do it differently as per the goals of education in line with the NEP 2020.

Sekhose highlighted that education for 21st Century aims to translate and enable students to become lifelong learners, instill in students desire to learn, unlearn and relearn. She also reminded the Heads of Institutions about the importance of understanding the need of Competency-based Education and the need to emphasize on what the learners are expected to learn.

Dr. Bendangla, Associate Professor, SCTE, Kohima was the Resource Person at the meeting. She shared on the topic – Role and Responsibilities of the Head of Institutions in the implementation of NEP 2020. She dwelt on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Heads of Institutions such as curriculum Reforms, Community Engagement, collaboration and communication, Infrastructure and facilities, Assessment, Autonomy and Accountability, strategic planning, Technological literacy and Integration. Inclusivity, Sustainability Education, Adaptability, Vision-Setting, Teacher Development, Problem solving, Learning Committees and School leadership are some of the roles and responsibilities she discussed. She also discussed the role of the school leaders in mobilizing learning comminute. In conclusion, Dr Bendangla said that as school leaders they should lead by example and added that “the body is only as strong as the head” and also requested the heads to be school leader and not to be school manager.

Earlier, the meeting was chaired by Secretary, NBSE, Rangumbuing Nsarangbe. He welcomed all the Heads of Institutions and informed them that meeting with the new heads is a regular activity of the Board every year. He also expressed that meeting with the heads has also become important with the introduction of New Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

To mark 50th Anniversary Celebrations of NBSE, annual meeting with 159 newly appointed Heads of Institutions was conducted. Smt Asano Sekhose, Chairperson gave the keynote address. Dr Bendangla dwelt on the roles of Heads in implementation of NEP. @NagalandSchool @SamagraNagaland pic.twitter.com/g6NLyLF7dL

— Nagaland Board of School Education, NBSE (@nbsenagaland) March 14, 2024

The 2nd session of the day started with the presentation of IT matters by Chief Coordinator IT, NBSE. He highlighted on different IT matters of the Board such as the different WhatsApp group; district-wise, Centre Superintendent, Financial Literacy Groups, NBSE portal, data collection software, social media (Facebook/Twitter) and different IT interventions that are taking place in the Board.

Joint Secretary (Academic), NBSE, Iluheing Nsarangbe dwelt on the activities and initiatives related to academic and examination matters particularly keeping in mind the linkage with NEP 2020.

After a time of interaction, the Secretary, NBSE, gave the concluding remarks and proposed the vote of thanks.