Dimapur, November 14 (MExN): Little Star Hr Sec School celebrated Parent’s Day on November 11 and 12 at the School Sports Complex with Asano Sekhose, Chairperson, Nagaland Board of School Education as chief guest. Chairperson of the school, Nini Sekhose, in her welcome address, stated that NBSE is second to none in the country and this has been made possible due to the integrity of the head of the Board, past and present. Principal, Christina Neikhrienuo, gave the School Report, where she highlighted all the events and activities of the school year. She stated that teacher training was an ongoing process of the school. Informing that she had returned from a very educative training with International Leaders for Education (ILEP) USA, Christina said she has been imparting training to the teachers on methods and concepts learned from the training. The Administrator, Ketoulhou Sekhose Paira, gave a talk on education. He spoke about future trends in the job market and told the students not to focus their attention on present job opportunities only but to become creative thinkers who can adapt to any situation. With the coming of “artificial intelligence”, many jobs that we take for granted today may be phased out in the near future, he stated. “The purpose of education is not solely to prepare students for the job market, neither is it solely to impart skills training. But the most important goal of education is to train students to be thinkers who can work out creative ways of solving problems and finding out alternatives,” the administrator added. The chief guest, Asano Sekhose spoke at length about the duties of parents, teachers and students. Appreciating the fathers who were present, she said, parenting is not only the duty of the mother. She questioned whether the fathers also sat with their children and studied together with them. “This is an important way of showing your child that you care.” A press release informed that the school gave out some important awards on the day. The awards were: Best Class Captain (Junior)- P. Moi-ai Konyak, Class 7A, Best Class Captain Sub Junior- Limnuker Jamir, Class 3B, Best Class Captain (Senior)- Nilika T. Shohe, Class 12A, Best House Captain, (Boys)- C. Chingjen Phom, 10A, Best House Captain (Girls)- Lolly H. Yeptho, 12A, Champion House, Green House, Students of the Year (Class 12)- Binthu Newmai, Student of the Year Class 10- Britney Jidung, Hosteller of the Year- Kedadin, Class 12, Best Co-curricular Participant, Sub Junior- Grace Changkiri, 4B, Junior- Ruma Sharma, Class 7A, Senior- Sentila Tsudir, Class 11C, Best Sportsman- Putimeren, Class 10A. Long Term Service Award- Imnajungla Aier. This year, a new category called Coolest Student Award was given. The month of September was designated as the Cool Card Month. Teachers would be on the lookout for students doing good acts like being polite, kind, helpful, doing well in their academics etc and would give out cool cards to them. The students who received the highest Cool Cards were declared the Coolest Students of the Year. The award went to D. Kalika Swu in the senior category with 43 cool cards and to Grace Thejanuo in the junior category with 37 cool cards.
