IMPHAL, June 17: The Sagolband Constituency Progressive Committee today organized the Sagolband Constituency Meritorious Award, 2012 at the Sagolband Kangabam Leikai, Community Hall.
The award function was attended by local MLA, RK Imo Singh, SCPC president NS Laishram and ex-Minister, Soram Natum as the chief guest, president and guest of honour respectively.
256 meritorious students of the constituency were awarded during the programme.
Addressing the function, ex-Minister S Natum said the state has now quality education and the need now is to bring general quality education.
All schools and other educational institutes should strive for the same.
He continued that the major responsibility of a student lies with the parents.
If the parents fail to check, then even a bright student can fall due to a bad friend circle or from a bad relation with the parents.
Children share their first bonding or attachment with their mothers and as such the mothers should be able to understand the child’s requirements and needs. Mother should guide their wards towards the right path, he said.
He continued that ‘human resource’ is the most valuable gift of God to mankind and we should nourish and nurture it.
He also expressed that students who obtained below first division should also be awarded to encourage them to do better.
Meanwhile, the local MLA said in his address that he will sponsor some select 20-30 students who could not afford their studies.
He continued that the youth of today should not restrict their ambitions to just doctors and engineers, but should try to excel in other fields including politics, legal, IT etc. The students should however choose their own career path.
He continued that most of today’s CEOs and successful business personalities in the world are young.
He said his doors are wide open for any innovative student to sit down together and discuss the student’s future course.
He said leaving the state for higher education is draining of wealth from the state and added his desire to stop such wealth drain by promoting a better academic environment in the state.
Citing the recent AISSCE all India topper Md Ismat, the local MLA said the student should act as an eye opener for the state that we can produce students who could top the county.