Smti. Kevileno Angami, Special Secretary, Government of Nagaland, “I thank IBM for giving Nagaland this privilege. Despite the challenges in the State, you have come to partner with us. The IBM STEM for Girls program will help young learners become problem solvers. We hope that in the days to come, our children become job creators, and we nurture citizens who will be able to solve problems and think out of the box. We hope YouthNet, Quest Alliance, and IBM continue the partnership for years to come.”

Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India said, “With the expansion of our STEM for Girls program in Nagaland, we have increased our footprint to 12 states across India. This is a part of IBM’s ground-breaking commitment to provide 30 million people of all ages worldwide with new skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow by 2030. With these engagements, our commitment is to skill students beyond metros and tap into the rich talent pool from various states and cities. Further, through this expansion and programs like IBM SkillsBuild, our focus is to help students become future-ready and be better aligned with the market shifts and industry needs. Along with the Department of School Education Nagaland, we will organize technology boot camps and offer a hands-on learning experience for school students to develop strong computational thinking, understand concepts in cognitive technologies, AI and data analysis, and the skills required for the future.”

The program will also involve teachers in co-creating relevant education materials to progress computational thinking and 21st-century skills development at secondary and higher secondary school levels. The partnership will support stronger knowledge development, training in technology and help students make informed career decisions through the IBM Mentors program. 

The IBM Stem for Girls program, currently running in 12 states, has successfully engaged with hundreds of thousands of students. Participating states include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Nagaland.

At least 14 civilians and a soldier were killed in an anti-insurgency operation and violence over the weekend in Mon district of Nagaland, as per police.

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that the Centre has given an ex-gratia amount of Rs 11 lakh each and the state government has given Rs 5 lakh each to the families of those deceased. The CM said that he has spoken to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and that he is taking the matter very seriously. 

He also requested  the Centre to remove the Armed Forces Act from the state. 

“We have given financial assistance to affected families. We are asking the Central government to remove AFSPA from Nagaland. This law has blackened the image of our country,” he told reporters.

AFSPA confers special powers on the armed forces in areas deemed as disturbed.

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All ward/colonies under DMC jurisdiction have been requested to avail the services on the respective dates.

A press release by district media officer stated that the team was led by CMO and accompanied by ZLO Dr. Limawabang, gynaecologist (SMO), District Hospital Dr. Yanrenthung, dermatologist, Dr. Imlong, medical officers Dr. Mongko, Dr. Sao, Dr. Wapangla, staff from CMO establishment and DPMU (NHM) staff. 

At the inaugural function at Sipongsang village, CMO encouraged local communities to support the department and urged medical workers to perform well to be the best sub-centre.

He further reminded the gathering that it was the duty of concerned communities to take ownership of the health unit as their own.   

At Sipongsang village, the team also conducted free health camp at newly inaugurated sub-centre, where a total number of 60 OPDs were registered during the camp. 

Leaflets on leprosy diagnostic card for health workers and face mask were also distributed at the camp.

According to a press release, chairman, VWS Viswema, Eyosa Kikhi, while appreciating the efforts of Transport Commissioner Nagaland and Kohima Traffic police also thanked MoRTH for selecting VWS to organise the road safety advocacy programme. Earlier, invocation was pronounced by deacon, CRC Viswema, Vimetwel Kikhi. Altogether, road safety pamphlets were distributed to 578 vehicle users by Viswema village volunteers during the first day of the programme.

According to DIPR report, the following issues relating to school management, academic & examination matters are the agendas to be discussed: high school (both govt & private) from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; higher secondary schools/colleges (both govt & private) from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All heads of registered institutions have been requested to participate in the webinar positively as per the timing. The meeting ID and pass code will be given/posted later in district WhatsApp groups.

Meanwhile, NBSE also informed that virtual training of financial literacy teachers for newly upgraded higher secondary schools will be held tentatively in the last week of February.

Schools with appointed new teachers for the course need to be trained to teach the course and schools have been requested to inform the board by mail at nbsense@gmail.com on or before February 15. Any high school interested in introducing financial literacy course for class 10 for academic session 2021 may write to the board at nbsense@gmail.com on or before February 15.

According to DIPR report, DC directed concerned departments to identify session sites by following the technical requirements for 2nd phase of vaccination to be conducted on February 9.

He also urged concerned departments on finalising session sites by tying up with CMO office and district immunisation officer by February 5 and to ensure uploading names of beneficiaries at the earliest on or before February 7.

Besides the vaccination team, DC also directed the police, home guards, prisons and other concern departments to ensure that security, law and order and other related issues are taken care of.

In the meeting, district immunisation officer Dimapur, Dr. Rebecca informed that till date, 1116 health workers were vaccinated with no reports of adverse events.

On the wrong information about COVID vaccination doing the rounds, DIO advised District Task Force members to the people in clearing the misconceptions and highlighted on the successful eradication of diseases like polio, small pox etc through mass vaccination. 

Dr. Rebecca further encouraged the members to provide the right information to the community in their own respected platform.

LLRPO in a press release through its president, Nongothung Yanthan and general secretary, Francis Kikon stated that the proposed consultative meeting scheduled to be held on February 5 with elected members and 11 tribal Hohos initiated by NFHRCC was “the need of the hour”.
In this, the organisation extended its moral and prayer support to the noble endeavors and urged upon law makers to work harder in making the dream of entire Naga people a reality soon. Further, LLRPO also extended its appreciation to the PDA government under the leadership of chief minister, Neiphiu Rio and Dy. CM, Y Patton for proposing foothills road to upgrade and rechristen it as “Trans Nagaland Expressway”.

A press release by Charis Foundation stated that Kiramdi Nren, pastor BNBC spoke on importance of vocational training and skill development. Kiramdi Nren said that one of the main reasons of increasing unemployment in Naga society was underestimating the importance of manual work.

Assistant professor, City Law College Dimapur, Mezhulhousieno Nakhro spoke on the topic “legal awareness” and highlighted the conditions of children domestic helpers, prohibition of child labour, etc. under Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Meanwhile, Church secretary ZBCD, Gwangloi said that money mismanagement was one of the prime reasons of family problem and motivated participants on its importance. Charis Foundation president Peadongle Hoi, IT concept, MD said that its motive was to provide free vocational training to the participants.