Morung Express News
Kohima | May 31
‘Naga Writings in English’ a CUE based work book for B.A third Semester English Honours, Nagaland University authored by Dr. Rukule Kezo, Assistant Professor English department was released on May 31. Launched by Yitachu, Minister, School Education SCERT, the programme was held at the Modern College, Kohima.
In the opening address, HP Singh, Principal, Modern College spoke about the value of books. “Books play a very important role in our lives. They mould our lives and guide us. They are the best companions of a person,” said Singh who urged the students not to dishonor books.
Providing a brief outline on the workbook, Dr. Kezo stated that the book was inspired by her own experiences as a student as well as a teacher, further realising that classrooms in Nagaland are “too teacher-centric.” Finding out that there are few scopes for students to develop their learning in such environment, the English Professor deduced the CUE concept to make classrooms more productive.
CUE is concept developed by Dr. Kezo herself which stands for C-Congruence to become a real person, U-Unconditional positive regard, and E-empathy, which calls for teacher and students to become collaborators in the learning process. “There is a need for responsible learning, to replace teacher-centric pedagogy to learner-centered pedagogy. Teachers must shift from being dispensers of knowledge to being facilitators of knowledge,” viewed Dr. Kezo who mentioned that responsible learning is not developing because teachers in Nagaland assume students to “be empty buckets that needs to be filled.”
However with the concept of CUE in the classroom, Dr. Kezo believed that teachers and students can be partners in learning. The CUE work book consist of worksheets, assessment activities to make sure that learners are able to improve, review workshop and supplementary sections.
Produced as a humble initiative to make literature classroom and effective platform for enabling responsible learning, Dr. Kezo asserts that literature has a lot of potentials and it is in literature that students can develop their writing and speaking skills.
Emphasizing on the progress of human society, Yitachu viewed that giving back to the society is a factor of progress in society and writing is one great contribution. “We are a growing society but our growth has not being measured in a step by step manner,” said Yitachu who also stated that a bold decision is required by young students to change Naga society.
