Education empowers to protect & preserve culture: Gov La Ganesan

Nagaland governor, La Ganesan said education would empower the people to protect and preserve their indigenous culture and added that educational activities should not just be confined within the four walls of the classroom.
A press release by PRO Raj Bhavan Kohima stated that the governor said this during an interactive programme with the students, and school managing committee members of Zeliangrong, Heraka School, Tening at the Dr. Imkongliba Hall, Raj Bhavan, Kohima, Thursday.
Ganesan encouraged the institutions to provide more opportunities to the students on activities like personality development camps, exposure tour to different states, science tours, participation in children science congress at state level and national levels, organizing literature competitions, cultural days etc., which are part and parcel of an educational system today for wholesome development of the students.
The governor said schools has the ultimate objectives to strengthen the nation by uniting tribal communities with a national outlook, which he said was the need of the hour today. “India may be a land of diversity, but it is a land of unity in diversity,” added Ganesan.
He also expressed happiness to learn that students from 25 village of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland are benefited through Zeliangrong, Heraka School, Tening. He added that most of the students of this school are from poor and underprivileged families and the teachers are honorary social workers in this institution.
The governor pointed out that the school was just a mere primary school when it was first established and that today the school has become a high school serving the people of not just Nagaland but even Assam and Manipur.
Ganesan said he was happy to see that the school aims for all round development of tribal community, emotional and cultural integrity of the nation, with the expectation that once the people are educated, they would be able to contributed their time and energy for the development of the state and the country.
The governor also lauded the school for securing 100% pass result in HSLC Exam for 13 years consecutively since 2011. He said the achievements was a testament of the hard work put in by the students, teachers as well as the school management.
Administrator, ZHS, Tening Talmsi Newmai highlighted about the school establishment, aims, achievements and performances. She acknowledged the governor and his staff for hosting the interactive programme for the benefit of the students. The event was marked by the cultural dance and patriotic song performed by the students.