Education blowing winds of change in Nagaland

Kohima,  Oct.3 (ANI): Nagaland today best exemplifies  how peace  and normalcy can transform a society. More than eight years of peace has brought about a dramatic change in the state. 

The younger generation today has greater faith in the power of the pen rather than the gun, and this  is  reflected by the more than eight percent rise in the  state s  literacy rate.

Classrooms full of students eager to learn, was  something unimaginable  in strife torn Nagaland a few years ago. But now, things  are changing. 

Today Nagaland stands at the threshold of progress. Making knowledge their tool, the youngsters are  moving towards a future, which holds the promise of a better life. The ideology of violence is the thing of past.

Peace has provided the youth a rare opportunity and they  have grabbed  it  with both hands, and this change in attitude and  environment is aptly demonstrated by the large number  students  who have returned to the state for higher studies “to  tell  you frankly many parents have put  their  children in school and colleges outside. Now it is very nice to see that many of them are returning. Only recently we had two girls who were in  Bangalore coming back here, and this is not a one of its kind of  incident.  

A way lot of people who have gone out are coming  back and joining here, that way people are gaining more confidence and education is improving here,” said G. Paul Babu, the Principal of Delhi Public School. To  keep pace with the changing times, knowledge of IT  is  being  promoted in Nagaland like never before. 

The state government  has recently established an IT Institute in Kohima. In addition schools and colleges have also come up with their  own  computer  labs.  

All this has made inculcated a sense of confidence in the naga students about their abilities, and they are better prepared 
to face the challenges thrown up by a rapidly changing world.  

“Education  in Nagaland is marching ahead. It has a very bright  prospect here. The children are getting more interested to know,  what  is happening outside Nagaland and outside India. The  level  of awareness is increasing. People are getting enlightened. 

They  want  to get exposed to more and more knowledge, and it is good that the urge for this has risen,” said Sumita, a schoolteacher. Nagaland  today has more than thirty colleges imparting higher  education. Financial Institutions too are doing their  bit  by  providing  easy  educational loans to students.  

The  prevailing peace in the region has also encouraged many private institutions to open up schools and colleges in Nagaland. 
The end  result  of  all  these developments is that in the last decade, Nagaland  has  registered around eight percent growth in literacy.

“The peace process that is going on, because of this the parents do not hesitate  to send the students to school, and if this process continues new school will come up and Nagaland will  soon  develop,” said a student. 

This  new found sense of confidence among the youth is  reflected not only  in educational activity but in the sporting arena as  well. 

And quite a few are taking up sports as a career. Nowadays tournaments  are  being held frequently in the state  to  promote  sports in a big.

A recent survey has revealed that about half of  the Nagland’s population  is  literate,  which  is  higher  than  the  national  average. 
 



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