Teachers of Dimapur Mission Higher Secondary School (DMHSS) on Thursday urged the state government and stakeholders to organise a seminar to discuss on the concept and objectives of National Education Policy (NEP) before the policy is rolled out by the centre.
The teachers raised this concern at the academic discourse initiated by the management of DMHSS at Elim Hall, DABA office building, Dimapur.
Dr. Lamech, a professor from Hindustan Bible College, and chairman of All Nations Institute of Medical Sciences Chennai as resource person shared his concern that the NEP was an attempt to bring about major changes against the current education system.
He said that there were apprehensions that the center may impose its own system on the state by shifting the subject matter of education from the state list to concurrent list.
He further expressed concern on the areas of secularism and reservation in the new national educational policy which needed further consultations with all the state holders.
Besides this, one-day workshop on teachers’ education was also held at the Elim Hall on August 27 with Butusen Ozükum, a freelance trainer from Shillong.
During the group discussion and activities, the participants were made to identify the expectations of the students and parents, so as to enable the teachers understand the needs of the well being of the students. They also discussed about the potential causes of distress situation amongst the students and its solutions to reform the lives of children in difficult situation.