Forty three MSW students graduate from NEISSR
Morung Express News
Dimapur | October 14
Nagaland State Governor PB Acharya on Friday said it was high time that the Naga public say, “Get Lost” to those people who are looting public money.
Stating that the public was being blatantly looted of crores of money meant for their welfare, the Governor, in obvious reference to corrupt politicians and their intermediaries amongst others, which are aplenty, hinted, “These people are respected everywhere, they are honoured. But nobody has the guts to say to them you are a bad man and get lost.”
“Stand up, it is high time, this is democracy, we all have our own votes. Unless we stand up and look at the people who are the most treacherous eye to eye and tell them to get lost, Nagaland will never come up,” Acharya said, while addressing the foundation day cum graduation day of the North East Institute of Social Science & Research (NEISSR), the first Master of Social Work institute under Nagaland University.
Sharing his observation of the present Naga society, Acharya said money has become everything for the Nagas. “We have condemned our self. Money has become everything for the Nagas. Everywhere there is greed for money, even for public purposes.”
Emphasizing that it is not only those highly respected people holding public offices that have a craving for money, Acharya highlighted how a number of central projects, which would have benefitted the public had to be shelved just because landowners (public) demanded compensation beyond the affordability of the centre.
In a similar vein, Acharya said students should also not be “self centered highly educated empowered graduates and earn money, money and money,” which is highly prevalent in the country.
He lamented that despite all the great religions that thrive in India, blessed by many a fathers, brothers, saints, puris (priest) among others, money has become the “real go” for the people. According to the Governor, the knowledge to earn money is not the end of things and that is not taught in universities.”
“Your education, your empowerment is not only for you,” he exhorted the students while adding that students should not enter the university only for the degree, because “degree is not the ultimate goal, it is the beginning your life.”
Exhorting the graduates to fathom into the needs of the society instead of looking at their qualification as just a means to earn their livelihood, the Governor said even though the subject of social work is considered a professional course, it calls for a mission; a mission towards making life of other humans better.
Merely churning out graduates should not be role of universities
The Governor also voiced his concern on the present trend of commercialization of education by universities and the need to make it more skill oriented.
He said even though Nagaland has five universities, thousands of Naga youths go to Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and other states in mainland India for higher education or better opportunities.
“When we have universities here why can’t it supply the need of the people,” Acharya questioned while pointing out that merely churning out graduates should not be the ultimate role of the university.
He felt that unless and until Nagaland is good in Nagaland, it won’t benefit anywhere. “Yes we are proud of that but we are not only dancers and musicians.
We have wonderful doctors, wonderful social workers, wonderful literary people, we are second to none but we have condemned our self –economically,” Acharya commented while adding, “we wait for everything from the centre.”
The Governor suggested that creating the natural repository /resources of Nagaland to wealth should be the first and prime responsibility of the university. He said university education should provide knowledge with skills in tune with the present requirement so that the students become employable.
Altogether, 43 students graduated with specializations in Community Development, Peace & Conflict Transformation Studies and Youth Development.
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