Mokokchung, September 21 (MTNews): Advisor for School Education & SCERT, K.T. Sukhalu, IAS (Rtd.) released twelve Nagaland Heritage-based Films at the Capital Convention Centre, Kohima on 21st September 2022.
Speaking at the function, Sukhalu also asked the SCERT department to document “aspects of our heritage, culture, and traditions” for students because “they are not being fully documented.”
He said students were often not fully aware of their culture and tradition; therefore, screening of these short films to the students should be done to infuse the feeling of pride in one’s identity.
He further stressed on the need of students’ counselors in order to “mainstream the students into the right line of thinking and overall development.”
He mentioned that teachers also play an important role to take responsibility for molding the students into leaders for the future generation.
Kevileno Angami , Commissioner & Secretary, School Education & SCERT said, “culture is our identity, and a person who does not know one’s culture is ignorant” therefore, it is important to teach children the knowledge of the state, cultural practices, and history.
She also said that SCERT has come up with the “Nagaland Heritage Textbook” which helps children to learn the dialect and language, cultural practices, and poems of different tribes, and believes that Nagaland Heritage-based films will supplement what is in the textbook.
Director SCERT, N. Chumchanbeni Kikon added that Nagas’ rich cultural heritage can be successfully preserved if only they value it, document it, and transmit it to the next generation.
She added that SCERT Nagaland has documented a total of 15 Naga Heritage-based short films, out of which three were released in the year 2020. The other 12 Nagaland Heritage-based short films are based on customs, practices, values, and different aspects of Naga culture which are drawn from the school subject “Nagaland Heritage Studies.”
She also said that SCERT Nagaland is the first SCERT in the country to introduce the course for Diploma in School Counseling on 2nd April 2018.