Morung Express News
Dimapur | November 17
Stating that academic certificate was not enough to get employment in this competitive age, Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control, Tovihoto Ayemi urged upon the students to equip themselves with vocational skills.
Speaking at the 39th General Conference cum Fresher’s Meet of Dimapur Sumi Students’ Union at Town Hall, Dimapur as the chief guest, Tovihoto also told the students that they hold the power to the future which would be determined by how they think and act today
Stating that not every student was destined to be a bureaucrat, technocrat, medical professionals or policy makers, he said that the most important thing was to recognize where their interest and talent lay. “Dig out the interest/talent in you and pursue it relentlessly with sincerity and dedication. Nobody is going to pay keen attention to where your talent lies and so it is for yourself to find and display that talent in you whether it be music, sports, entrepreneurship etc,” he added.
Tovihoto also stressed on the importance of keeping oneself fit and healthy and to refrain from indulging in consuming harmful substances. He pointed out that the rate of people affected with harmful diseases due to consumption of tobacco and its products were alarming and advised youngsters to desist from such harmful habits. Joint Director, Helath & Family Welfare, Dr. Hotokhu Chishi spoke on the theme, “Beyond all Limits.”
The fully packed town hall was attended by a host of DSSU units, its advisors, non-Sumi tribal student leaders and Sumi community leaders.
