Imphal: Education minister Th. Basantakumar has apologized to all teachers, clarifying his early statement, that 70-80 percent of teachers work only for their salary, was misinterpreted.
He made the apology during the state-level Teachers’ Day celebration held at MSFDS, here on Thursday.
The minister said the intent of his statement was to suggest that if 70-80 percent of teachers performed their duties with commitment and sincerity, they could contribute to building a better and more developed society.
The department of Education, Manipur organised the state level elebration of the Teachers’ Day, at MFSDS auditorium, here.
Basanta Kumar applauded the utmost dedication and devotion rendered by the teachers’ community in guiding the lives of students.
He said according to the annual National Achievement Survey Manipur has shown a remarkably good scale in comparison to other developed states. The state of Manipur has performed well in various categories like Class III standard, Class V standard, Class VIII standard and Class X standard by scoring above the national average in this survey. Among the North Eastern states, Manipur topped in the results of this survey. The minister credited this achievement to the hard-working teachers of the state.
He said with the initiative of School Fagathansi Mission, 120 schools (two schools per Assembly Constituency) have been so far set up as model schools. The department is working to include more government schools to upgrade to the level of model schools in the subsequent phases.
Eight colleges were awarded under “Chief Minister’s Award for Educational Excellence, 2024” for Education (U) with with cash prizes. The colleges were Manipur College, Don Bosco College, Thoubal College, Kamakhya Pemton College, S.K. Women’s College, Waikhom Mani Girls College, Mount Everest College, and TS Paul Manipur Women’s College.
State Teacher’s Awards, 2024 were conferred to six teachers of the state. The awardees were Lisham Roma Devi, Primary Teacher of Athokpam Jr. High School, Ch. Damayenti Devi, Arts Graduate Teacher of Changangei Jr. High School, Akoijam Sundari Devi, Arts Graduate Teacher of Ningthoukhong Hr. Sec. School, Hriiziio Adahe, Science Graduate Teacher of Mao Maram Hr. Sec. School, P. Nipendro Singh, Principal of Model Hr. Sec. School, and Binodkumar Sharma of Hindi Graduate Teacher, Irang Pt-II Govt. High School. They were honoured with a citation of cash award of Rs. 50, 000 each.
The government honoured the principals and head masters of 31 government schools which achieved 100 percent pass percentage in High School Leaving Certificate Examination-2024 of BOSEM, and that of 12 government schools in the Higher Secondary Examination-2024 of COHSEM.
Sixty-eight subject toppers producing teachers from government schools in the Higher Secondary Examination-2024 of Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur were honoured with certificates and mementos.
Commissioner (Education) H. Gyan Prakash, director (University and Higher Education), Rangitabali Waikhom,; and director (Education-S) L. Nandakumar Singh attended the event.
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