Yajen Aier Honorary award and Asetkong Students’ Excellency award programme recipients with guest of honour at Longjang Community Hall, Longjang village, Mokokchung on May 17.
Morung Express News
Mokokchung | May 17
The Yajen Aier Honorary award programme was held at Community Hall, Longjang Village on May 17. The programme was jointly organized by the Asetkong Conference and Asetkong Students' Conference. The students’ Excellency award programme is held in honour successful HSLC and HSSLC toppers for students of Asetkong range across the state.
Yajen Aier award is a result of the resolution passed in the Asetkong conference held in the year, 2019 and the award is given in honour of Yajen Aier, First Education Director, Government of Nagaland. This award is conferred to students excelling in NBSE conducted HSLC and HSSLC examination. Each awardees receives an award of Rs 20,000 each with citations. The Asetkong Students Excellency recipients get a sum of Rs 10,000 each with certificate.
Three HSLC students received both the awards. Tajungren Imsong , Top 12 from Little Flower Higher Secondary School with 96.33%, Ayimsen Aier, Top 13 from Little Flower Higher Secondary School with 96.17 %, Imlipong Jamir, Top 14 from Kohima with 96%
Besides, best performing students of Asetkong range in class 8, 9 & 10 were also felicitated in the programme. Government High School Longjang was also acknowledged for cent pass percentage in HSLC for 7 years consecutively.
This year, the programme was held on the theme “Reinvigorating Teaching and Learning.” TN Mannen IAS (Rtd) Advisor, Law and Justice, Land Revenue, Government of Nagaland graced the occasion as the guest of honour.
Mannen opened his address by warning that their achievements were only the first step towards greater challenges. It should be the first step on the ladder, leading to bigger challenges ahead, he said. The Advisor stated that the world is a challenge, and that everyone should prepare and be consistent in their efforts to thrive in higher education.
Narrating his path to UPSC, he exhorted all students to study for future competitive examinations. He emphasised n on the unemployment problem in the state, stating that 30,000 students have passed the NBSE-conducted HSLC and HSSLC in 2024 and many of them will be educated but unemployed in 4 to 5 years. Private schools outperform government schools, despite the fact that government schools have more trained and experienced teachers, he said. It is therefore something to consider and work on, he added. He also noted that many graduates, postgraduates, and PhD holders are educated but unemployed.
He claimed that it is difficult for the government to provide jobs to all educated unemployed people; instead, what will solve the educated unemployed problem is for young people to develop their own passions and become entrepreneurs, starting small businesses based on what they are talented or enthusiastic about. He added, “Experiences count more than academic excellence.”
Er Saponger Aier, JE, PWD (NH), Mokokchung, in his encouragement, recalled the capable leaders of the Asetkong Range, such as P Shilu Ao, Nagaland's first Chief Minister, and Yajen Aier, Nagaland's first Education Director. He urged the Asetkong not to concentrate on their former grandeur, but to strive forward. Using gold as a metaphor, he encouraged pupils to rub their abilities, cut what is unnecessary, and heat and improve what needs to be unlearned. Priority, sacrifice, determination, hard effort, and focus are what will propel one to success, he explained.
