Nagaland College Principals Association (NCPA) observed its annual conference on November 27, under the theme, “NEP 2020: Envisaging a new Nagaland”, which was co-sponsored by Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW), Nagaland.
According to a press release, resource persons for the technical session were St. Joseph’s College Jakhama principal, Rev. Dr. Sebastian Ousepparampil, and fellow of the new India Foundation, and director of NIDS, Dimapur, Dr. G. Kanato Chophy,
In the opening address, Dr. Visakhonü Hibo remarked that education was the best way to uplift the downtrodden, bridge gender disparity and raise the human capital.
Dr. Chophy while speaking on the topic, “NEP 2020: towards dignity and gender parity in Nagaland” put an emphasis on the need of quality education and diversifying skill-based learning to empower women.
He strongly suggested that in the light of NEP 2020, an “influential” body like NCPA must study the ground reality, furnish data and come up with suggestions and make policy intervention that would help the government to transform education in the state.
Speaking on the topic, “NEP 2020: Minority concerns”, Rev. Dr. Sebastian commented that national education policy must take into consideration the issues of minorities and the marginalised, keeping in view democratic value underpinning the Indian constitution.
Earlier, the technical session was moderated by Phek Government College principal, Dr. Vivozol Mekro.