Nagaland govt honours 18 teachers, CM sends message

Kohima: Nagaland on Tuesday celebrated Teachers’ Day by honouring 18 teachers for their dedicated and sincere service in moulding students.Of the total, 13 teachers were from government schools and five from private schools were honoured during the state-level Teachers’ Day function, commemorating the birth anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the first Vice-President and second President of India.The messages of governor La Ganesan and chief minister Neiphiu Rio were also read out on the occasion. Rio extended warm greetings and said teachers are at the heart of training, education and guidance. He also hoped they uphold the noble profession of teaching by demonstrating the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. Speaking on the occasion, MLA and advisor for the school education department and SCERT, Kekhrielhoulie Yhome said today teachers are the most unrecognised people and most underappreciated. “We all have to understand the role of teachers,” he said.He declared all Saturdays as holidays for all schools functioning in the state with immediate effect and it will be strictly observed. He said this would also help students to have time and environment that is outside the classroom for holistic development.On the complaints of shortage of teachers in government schools, he said the department will soon issue orders for rational redeployment of teachers and they will have to mandatorily go to their places of posting, lest stringent action would be initiated.Affirming that the department is working towards bringing total reformation, he said a comprehensive survey has been conducted on various issues affecting the department.PTI