Advisor for School Education, Government of Nagaland, Dr Kekhrielhoulie Yhome and members of Naga Scholars’ Association (Kohima Unit) and others during a lecture on “Naga Indigenous Knowledge in the Context of NEP–2020’ in Kohima on August 11. (Photo Courtesy: NSA Kohima Unit)
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KOHIMA, AUGUST 11 (MExN): Advisor for School Education, Government of Nagaland, Dr Kekhrielhoulie Yhome stressed the need to reinvent indigenous knowledge into everyday life, while noting the evolving emphasis on multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Yhome was speaking as the resource person at Lecture Series–3 organised jointly by the Naga Scholars’ Association (Kohima Unit) and the Department of History and Political Science, Don Bosco College, Kohima, on August 11. The lecture focused on “Naga Indigenous Knowledge in the Context of NEP–2020.”
He stressed the importance of reinventing indigenous knowledge into everyday life, while highlighting the need to remain rooted in one's cultural heritage as young people prepare for an increasingly globalised world.
The lecture was followed by an interactive question-and-answer session with participants.
The programme was moderated by Imtiwapang T Longkumer, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Don Bosco College. It began with an invocation by Fr Dr Xavier Mattam, Rector, Don Bosco College, Kohima, followed by a welcome address by Dr Videkhono Yhokha, Vice President of the Naga Scholars’ Association and Assistant Professor, Baptist College, Kohima.
The programme concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr Lanukumla Ao, General Secretary of the NSA and Assistant Professor, Don Bosco College, Kohima.
