KARBI ANGLONG: The Karbi Anglong Primary Teachers Association has announced the start of the shooting of a new documentary named ‘School Dun Nang’, meaning ‘Let's go to School’.
In an attempt to attract more and more children to the schools of the region, the Primary Teachers Association of the Karbi Anglong has started work on a short educational documentary. It showcases local children engaged in singing, dancing, and playing amidst their regular classes.
The Karbi Anglong Primary Teachers Association (KAPTA) and West Karbi Anglong Primary Teachers Association (WKAPTA) have undertaken this initiative towards the development of the educational scenario of the children of the region.
To the end, a day-long event was organised to mark the formal beginning of the process of making the documentary. The chairman of the irrigation department of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Chairman Dhansing Dera and Jenkha Municipal Corporation Chairman also attended this event.
Previously, the All India Primary Teachers’ Association and Assam State Primary Teachers’ Association will take out rallies from September 5 demanding the cancellation of the new pension policy. The journey will start from the four corners of the state, i.e. East, West, North and South. The programme will be held in Guwahati on September 5, at Sivasagar on September 6, at Biswanath Chariali on September 7, at Nalbari on September 8 and on September 9 at Kokrajhar. Along with the exclusive locations of the state, this programme will demand the cancellation of the new pension policy, regularization of contractual posts at all levels and removal of anti-education and anti-teacher loopholes in the National Education Policy.
President of Assam State Primary Teachers’ Association, Akhil Chandra Nath and General Secretary Ratul Goswami announced the programmes in a meeting held at Binapani Natya Samaj Auditorium, Biswanath Chariali on Sunday. The president and the general secretary of the association claimed that the All India Primary Teachers’ Association and the Assam State Primary Teachers’ Association have been holding discussions with the governments several times, but the governments have not accepted the demands of the primary teachers. Representatives of a number of teachers’ organisations attended the meeting.
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