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Kangpokpi, Aug. 1:
In a time when people are all hearts and hands to felicitate the successful candidates of the recently declared board and council examinations, “With Love”, a small group of youths from Saitu Gamphazol Area, devoted to humanitarian services had organized career guidance and counselling, and a prayer for the unsuccessful candidates.
According to Lalcha Haokip, a member of the group, every year various individuals and groups, and CSOs and government are engaged in felicitating the successful candidates and organizing career guidance and counselling. However, the plight of the unsuccessful candidates remains unaddressed. Consequently, we as individuals and society fail to uphold the very essence of our humanity that is to love and have concern for all.
He added that we as a society tend to ignore the mental and emotional stress that these students must be going through. We, as parents and teachers, and as the society fail to be kind and considerate but instead we become pressure sources rather than understanding and encouraging them. This grows to be detrimental as it can affect their lifelong mental and emotional health.
The career guidance and counselling cum blessing prayer was organised under the theme “Towards inspiriting the youth”. The programme seeks to educate and guide the students towards exploring well beyond academic opportunities. It aims to impart the fact that not everybody will be good in academics, but that there is something else for each of us to explore for our own.
Pastor Khuptinlal Hangshing, Pastor KBC no.4, and Letginlen Doungel, a research scholar from Delhi University attended as resource persons.
In his speech, the pastor reminded the students that their failure is only a stepping stone to greater heights. He also encouraged the students to refrain from unfair means especially inside the examination hall. On the other hand, Letginlen Doungel enlightened the students with the possibilities of different career choices beyond academic opportunities, while also inspiring the youth with his own story of hard-work and persistence.
According to a member of the organising committee, they had decided to organise the small programme with a goal to set a trend and shift ourselves towards inspiriting despairing students and giving hopes to the hopeless. In addition, they opined that it is the duty and obligation of every concerned individual and group to encourage and help students to discover their dreams. The committee stated that it is their hope and prayer that more programmes and initiatives as this will be taken up all over the state, with Love.
The programme ends with a blessing prayer.
