Imphal, Sept 16: Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development observed Workers’Education Day 2016 under the theme of “empowering un-organized and rural workers : an imperative for nation building” at the conference hall of Arts and Culture Dept., Palace compound today.
Deputy Speaker MK Preshow Shimray, while speaking as the Chief Guest of the function stressed on the need to impart education to workers for improvement of their socio economic condition.
He said that the workers particularly in rural area should be given training and awareness program to make them understand their responsibilities towards family members and their rights and obligations as citizen and workers.
He further said that both the central and the state government has taken up various scheme for the welfare of the workers however due to the lack of education and knowledge all these schemes fail to reach to the worker.
Eminent economist Professor Dr. N.Mohendro singh, Asst. Professor Economic Department MU Chinglen Meisnam, Director of IMC Dr.Ranjana Devi and former Regional Director DTNBWE&D Imphal KK Singh also attended as dignitaries on the occasion.