Advisor to Chief Minister, Abu Metha inaugurated “Apni Pathshala” at Government High School, Sovima, on March 9, Chümoukedima, informed DIPR.

Speaking at the inauguration programme, Abu Metha thanked Aniruddha Malpani for selecting the schools in Nagaland to be counted among the 100 across the country. ”The world is moving at a great speed, the internet is changing the way human beings live, technology is impacting us every minute and every way of life. The technology has become so important that we should  involve education computer literacy amongst the State because how we progress, how we march will be determined by the youngsters who will be tomorrow’s leaders and so are the challenges that fall upon the teachers to impart computer literacy among the students to make the children tech savy,” stated Metha adding that the quality of education is largely dependent on good infrastructure, good facilities, but more important is the quality of education which is dependent on quality of teachers.

Metha highlighted that Nagaland has more than 1500 government schools across the State, crossing 2 lakhs students just in government schools and it is this network of schools, infrastructure of schools that is providing education to the most needy, especially the rural areas. “The rural communities and families who are challenged with limited resources are dependent on government school network and it’s the responsibility of the government institutions, the department and the State government to continue to take steps that always strive to improve education. The escape from poverty, the escape from backwardness is education. Without quality education we cannot move forward as a society, as a people and as a State,” asserted Metha.

The need for the teachers to adapt to changing times was further highlighted where Metha mentioned that teachers are the architect that shapes our tomorrow, groom the leaders of tomorrow, and therefore teachers should be an aspiration that every child under them succeed. “All children are different, unique and it’s a teachers challenge to understand the children and impart education intune with the needs. If we appreciate the uniqueness of an individual than our quality of education improve and also impact the child growth,” maintained Metha.

In conclusion, the Advisor encouraged the children that, some of the greatest achievers in this world are from very poor backgrounds. “One don’t have to be privileged, or parents had to be rich to succeed in life but the only way to succeed is  hardwork, discipline, commitment and the ambition,” said Metha urging the children to keep in mind all the hopes, all the aspirations and do better in life, as parents have hope and  dependent on them to do much better in life than them.

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Deputy Director, DOSE & OSD to CM, Nellayappan B, in his introductory note on “Apni Pathshala”, highlighted that the project was introduced by Aniruddha Malpani from Mumbai, a medical practitioner as well as an entrepreneur. “With his own resources he wants to help the students community across India to develop skills in computer education so that students be motivated to learn their academic subjects. With this objective he is sponsoring whoever is willing to set up “Apni Pathshala”, a computer course with 10 sets of computer and with background technical suport with dedicated team of technical experts from different fields of study and form a community to mind the teachers of the school, so that teachers are expected to train the students in whatever interest the students Is into,” informed Nellayappan B.

He informed that the technical and subjects experts provide necessary facilities for exploring the interest of the students.”The organisation only demand is that to show some prove that the children have develop the skill. As of now, the organisation have 30 such school projects in India and in Nagaland it is the fourth school. The first is in Govt High school, Longleng, two more private schools in Longleng and Peren District. The organisation is ready to Extend to any number of schools if it is genuine and follow the norms,” stated Nellayappan.