[Assam] AT: Students asked not to forget their roots

[umesh sharma]

Students asked not to forget their roots
By A City Correspondent
 GUWAHATI, June 14 – Noted educationists and other prominent citizens today urged the students who would be pursuing their studies outside Assam not to forget their roots, and to come back and contribute to the development of the State. At a function organised by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) to felicitate the rank holders of the HSLC, High Madrassa and HS examinations, Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury appealed to the meritorious students not to forget their native place once they go outside the State. 

Expressing concern at the lack of proper facilities to retain the meritorious students in the State, Dr Choudhury said that the need of the hour was to upgrade the educational institutions to prevent a mass exodus of the brilliant students. 

Referring to the education scenario, Dr Choudhury said that at present most of the educational institutions in the State were faced with the problem of financial crunch, which was affecting the quality of education imparted to the students.

On the other hand, Dr Choudhury expressed satisfaction with the results of the HSLC and HS examinations. He said that the results were indicative of a positive development in the education field, as it had proved that the medium of education was not a determining factor of better education. 

He, however, expressed concern at the performance of the government schools, which had fared badly once again. He said that the government should give a thought to the poor performance of the government schools and appoint teachers on the basis of merit to improve the performance of the schools.

Speaking on the occasion, B Das, Managing Director of Numaligarh Refinery Limited said that education was the key to success in life as it builds character. Das observed that a change in the syllabus was necessary as the students who performed very well in the HSLC examinations performed very badly in the HS examinations. 

He called upon the students to imbibe knowledge and build up self-confidence. He also appealed to them to give a thought to the development of the State and said that without local youngsters in the administration, the State would not see proper development.

The AASU functionaries, adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya, president Sankar Prasad Rai and general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi emphasised on the need to bring a change in the education scenario in keeping with the changing world and asserted that the student body would continue to give topmost priority to education in its scheme of things. 

They, however, criticised the State Government for not showing any keenness to implement the academic calendar in the true spirit.


Umesh Sharma

Washington D.C. 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

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http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)




www.gse.harvard.edu/iep  (where the above 2 are used )




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