4-Year Degree Courses To Start In Colleges Of Assam From Next Year: Himanta

 CM attends Golden Jubilee celebration of Sonari College

HT Bureau

GUWAHATI, Sept 11: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday attended the closing ceremony of the golden jubilee year of Sonari College in Charaideo district. He also released souvenirs on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration.

CM Sarma during the day’s programme said that four-year undergraduate courses will be started in colleges of the state from next year.

“The government has been taking various steps for earning knowledge through the education system,” the CM said.

Chief minister Sarma also said that the state government will provide full cooperation in various aspects including upgradation of infrastructure, recruitment of faculty to facilitate the introduction of post graduate classes at Sonari College, so that the college can become a full fledged postgraduate college.

In his speech, CM Sarma urged the students of the state to take on challenges of the new world.

While speaking about the NEP 2020, the chief minister said that the new education policy aims to develop students into full human beings by providing them with knowledge as well as wisdom. He said that the colleges of the state should play a vital role for implementation of the new education policy. “Every university in the state is preparing itself to launch the new education policy from next year,” he added.

He hoped that India will transform its education system to be the best in the world under the new education policy. CM Sarma said that India is emerging as a new economic power in the world.

The CM also said that the world is stepping in a new direction in various areas such as industry sector, information technology sector and artificial intelligence, and he urged everyone to gain knowledge in the new industrial environment of the world. He also laid emphasis on earning knowledge about the new technology movement.

To uplift the economic condition of the state in a new direction, the chief minister said that the state government has been taking various steps, and the student community should prepare themselves so as to be stakeholders in the progress of the state.

In his speech, the chief minister said that the golden heritage of the state is reflected through the ‘Maidam’ of Sonari, which was established as his kingdom by Chaolung Sukapha. The chief minister also said that freedom fighter Maniram Dewan had established a tea garden here.

“Maniram Dewan had been trying to turn around our economy on the basis of the agricultural sector,” CM Sarma said.

The CM also highlighted the contribution of Sonari’s son, Gitikabi Parbati Prasad Baruah, and laid emphasis on finding out the possibility of the pupils so that they can earn their education on the basis of moral and spiritual values. The CM also highlighted the teacher-student relationship, and said that Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, Anandaram Dhekial Phukan, Banikanta Kakaty achieved great success in their life through the inspiration of their teacher.

The president of golden jubilee celebration committee cum MP Tapan Kumar Gogoi, VC of Dibrugarh University Dr Jiten Hazarika, principal of Sonari College Dr Biman Chandra Gogoi, Union minister of State Rameswar Teli also spoke in the meeting. The Guardian minister of Charaideo district Bimal Bora, MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, MLA of Sonari constituency Dharmeswar Konar, Ex minister Hiranya Konwar, Ex MLA Nabanita Handique, DC Paul Baruah and other dignitaries were also present in the day’s event.