“HIGHER EDUCATION IN MANIPUR” Is it a “NIGHTMARE”? By – Sanjenbam Jugeshwor singh Khoijuman,Bishnupur Dist.

It’s generally said that education up to Higher Secondary level in Manipur is to some extend considerable though majority of our students are not up to national Standards ( as qualifying  in IITs & getting within 1000 ranks in NEET by our students is rarely heard).In fact bringing our students at least up to this level( in higher Secondary) is also the tooth and nail efforts of parents at Private Coaching centers as well as due to private tuition, at the same time by the private Schools.. Yes ,in terms of scoring good marks in HSLC as well as in HSSLC examinations seems to be improved but there is still a big question mark i.e is scoring good marks in these examination is conformable with the quality that we expect? Anyway, let us hope that quality may improve in the time to come soon. After 10+2 some students have chosen career of their choice like Medical, Engineering, Agriculture, Nursing   etc.  etc. But this is very few out of many who passed 10+2.Majority of the students who did not opt theses career have to go for further studies in what we call general line i.e BA ,Bsc. etc. These are the people who are going to become teachers in the schools ,Professors in the Colleges and Universities as well as administrators of our State. But the Higher  Education system in our state is in a very bad and deplorable condition ,if Iam not mistaken.
It is fact that except some Colleges in the greater Imphal and elsewhere classes are not conducted regularly and smoothly. If this is the situation, what will be the fate of our future generation?The dream that our youths dreamt will be simply a “NIGHTMARE”. If the classes in the colleges continue in this manner, how can our youths be fit for any type of competitive examinations conducted(like SSC, Banking, Railways etc. etc.) in all India level ? General people knows what is going on in most of the Colleges even if I don’t explain further. Attention of authority is also high time in this regard. My humble appeal to the students Organizations of Manipur is that kindly look into Education system in the colleges right from regular conduction of Classes, attendance of the students, smooth conduct of examination without unfair means as they do in in  HSLC and HSSLC examinations so that the quality of our youths may be in a better position for a better future. It is said that “NO ATOM BOMB”is required to destroy a society, simply failure in education is enough to destroy a society.Let’s wake up now to free our youths from the “NIGHTMARE”in higher education in Manipur.