Foundation stone laid for second campus of People’s College

MOKOKCHUNG — The foundation stone for the new campus of People’s College, Mokokchung, at Mongsenbai ward, Mokokchung, was laid by Imkong L Imchen, Advisor for IPR and Soil and Water Conservation, as the special guest on Monday.

The foundation stone was unveiled in the presence of NLA Speaker Sharingain Longkumer, Minister for Rural Development Metsubo Jamir, and Advisor for Water Resources Tongpang Ozukum, with a dedicatory prayer pronounced by Dr. R Zulu, associate pastor of Kumlong Baptist Church.

People’s College was the first private college in Mokokchung district, and it was later handed over to the family of former chief secretary of Nagaland and minister Late N I Jamir a few years ago. With the foundation stone laid, the college will now have two campuses.

In his speech, Imchen recalled that the People’s College is the result of the Ao Students’ Conference’s (AKM) golden jubilee resolution, which was celebrated at Longkhum village in 1979.

He also observed that the N I Jamir family is not interested in making the college a profit-making institution, but rather in providing academic benefits to the people, and he praised the new management for their broad vision for the college and the people of the district.

In this connection, he urged the college management to focus on upgrading the college with all the available academic technologies, which would benefit the students.

He also advised the college management to run the college in a progressive manner so that it not only provides education to students in Mokokchung district but also appeals to students from other districts.

Minister Jamir stated in his speech that the true meaning of development is the development of human resources, not just infrastructure. He stated that educating and empowering people will benefit not only Mokokchung and Nagaland, but the entire country.

He announced that within five years, the management plans to transform the college into a model destination for students from outside the district seeking a better education and that the college will not be a normal one but will follow a new system under the new management and will create ample scope to offer free education for the underprivileged.

He insisted, however, that the college’s reputation is determined by the teaching faculty, management board, and, most importantly, the students.