Despite Nagaland government spending crores of rupees for education, commissioner and secretary school education and SCERT, FP Solo lamented that the outcome was “not up to the mark”.
He was speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of new building annexe of Gyanmanjaree School managed by Gorkha Mahila Samity, upper Chandmari Kohima Friday evening.
Highlighting on quality education, Solo said that not only infrastructure but teachers-students learning process, students support, parents care, parents-teachers association, community support etc. were important.
He then added that to achieve quality education maintaining congenial environment for children to develop themselves into fullest extent possible was important. Solo also emphasized on giving due importance and respect to teachers by giving brighter career prospect, respect and recognition.
Solo also encouraged the Gorkha community to take good care of the school saying with time and efforts the school would give a good outcome.
Delivering a short speech, Gorkha Public Panchayat president, Santu Thapa said that it was a red-letter day for Gorkha Mahila Samity and teaching staff of Gyanmanjaree School.
He hopped that with the inauguration of new school building, enrolment would increase and urged the teachers to continue in their endeavour towards moulding the students.
Presenting a brief report of school and financial report of the school building, GMSK general secretary, Sonia Pradhan said that the school was established in the year 1977 by a group of “very progressive Gorkha ladies of Kohima”, as a centre to imbibe free basic knowledge and to educate poor and downtrodden children from weaker sections of the society. She said that the school was upgraded to “Balwadi centre” on 1984, since then had been providing low-cost education.
Pradhan said with state education authority’s permission, the school was upgraded to class 2 levels in 2011, thus Balwadi centre was renamed Gyanmanjaree School.
With increase in classes, she said there was urgent need for more rooms, for which construction of new building was taken up on 2013, with total expenditure of Rs. 16 lakh, through help from various individuals and members.
Earlier, the gathering was enthralled through special number by Vivela club and song by students of Gyanmanjaree School, welcome address was delivered by GMSK vice president, Kalpana Ale, vote of thanks by member school managing board, Probhu Gurung and the programme was chaired by President GMSK, Draupadi Lama.