Students have already set their time and attention in full motion preparing to face another season of examination, particularly class 12, 11 and 10. So are the parents,pulling up their socks to face all odds during the one-month long examination.The fate of students—the future Naga generation, is being determined from these exams. During this period, what matters every student and parent most is the irregularity of electricity at night— prime time of concentration in studies.
Today, I am compelled to raise a question: Why does the electricity go irregular during the examination period? If power shortage during February-March period is a natural phenomenon, how unlucky are the students of Nagaland to demonstrate their best in the worst period? If such exists, alteration of examination schedule to a rainy season along with complete change of school calendar is a point to ponder by the NBSE.The well-to-do families have private generators, invertor, emergency lamps,government-support facility etc. but not all can.
Is this issue new? If someone considers it as new, it will be just that that the thought of sufferings of the public appears in written form. As any other Naga, I have been experiencing this problem eversince 1980s. Variation of thoughts has been striking my mind all these years. What I could reason are: is power failure during exams a regular signal to alert the State for timely payment of dues to the Company, be it from Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, or NEEPCO?Or,is it due to failure of the public in paying Electricity billsor revenueshandled otherwiseor officials bribed by the Candle tradersor State’s electricity sold while purchase made from external agency and profit fall out of govt. exchequer?I hope it’s not an attitude or a treatment by the suppliers to spoil Naga generations or a play against ignorance of the State. God forbids.
More disastrous than performance in exam is the mental tortureof the student. The health of tomorrow’s generation will reflect the precautionary measure rendered on the students by leaders managing the government today.
Therefore, I appeal the government to take necessary measures and enable smooth 24x7 electricity beginning from this exam season.The corrective step, if taken,will demonstrate the level of efficiencyof the government in putting its effort for the welfare of the people.Putting forth the system to take its due place- a long felt desire, will be highly laudedto the leadership.
Rajuselie Lhousa
Mission Coumpound, Kohima.
