Zou community leaders to initiate education reforms in villages
Lamka, Jan 30: Education Reform Policy being considered one of the most important policies for United Zou Organisation, UZO, its leaders held a series of deliberation and assembly on the matter at various points of time and places wherein problems, challenges as well as and presopects, of education plagueing the community had been discussed said the Chinlunthang the UZO secretary.
“We have resolved to create a high schools in different targeted areas of Behiang, Muallum, Tuning, Sajiktampak and Saiboh and certain small pockets where there is highest incidence of school dropouts each year” he said, adding people of the area cannot catch up with the rest if the present trend of development continues.
Stating the initiatives has received an overwhelming response, as a result of which the public mandate has been entrusted to the UZO education committee, area chiefs, education board of the locals and so on, he said as the as the government`s education system has failed miserably in all the said areas, the public has now resolved to reform education at their own intiatives
This he said will be executed by setting up a high school at Behiang (V) after amalgamating existing schools and students, sponsor qualified teachers. The Behiang Area Education Management Committee and others has also been formed for the purpose, he said.
That was as per resolution taken at the meeting held on December 22 where representatives from many villages participated .he said
In another meeting he said Behiang St Mary`s School was the chosen to be upgraded for the purpose into a High School in future of atleast Class VII standard stating `we did this as lack of education has been to backwardness and underdevelopment of people into the areas “
In this regard he said UZO will sponsor two graduates from the stream of science and mathematics while the headmaster would bear the cost of board and lodging of the teachers as has been decided on the January 5 last.
~ The Imphal Free Press From M Kaimuanthang
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Hoi mama ei, ei ikipat lou le koi kipan di la…but it will be more fruitful if local participation is encouraged. These days developmental experts are talking about participatory development where the people themselves take responsibility for their own development. The traditional expertise top-down approach has been proved to be a failure..so in this regard, it is in itself a bottom-up approach..but what we try to ponder here is to narrow down to grassroot to ensure participation and responsibility at each level.
UZO for Zou people. Long live!!