Nokhu Range Students’ Union (NRSU) initiated its first phase of “educational tour” for the year 2022-2023 from October 10– 13 within Nokhu Range jurisdiction under Noklak district.
In a press release, NRSU media cell stated that during the tour, the union visited five government schools on the theme “redefining responsibilities”. NRSU held a meeting with the concerned village council, school management committee, teaching faculties, church leaders and local student bodies to discuss issues faced by institutions.
The union also appealed to all the organisations to collectively shoulder the responsibilities in moulding the students. the schools in all aspects were in undeniably pathetic conditions. Some of the grievances observed during the tour included—shortage of teachers in all the schools; insufficient classrooms, inadequate blackboard and whiteboard and irregular teachers.
NRSU education secretary, Tangmong stated that during the tour, the members found the “worst case in Government Primary School, Kingpao”, where funds were never initiated for the school building construction and that the existing building was constructed by the villagers.
The union provided a wall clock to all the schools and introduced “Pick Me Box”, a free-will donation box to help students who cannot afford basic study materials. To ensure collectively responsibility, NRSU through a consensual agreement adopted that the local churches under its jurisdiction should conduct prayer for students and teachers at school premises once every month. Further, NRSU president P Shingnya also appealed to the responsible department and the state government to genuinely look into the plight of government schools in the village.
