Lamka, April 05 2013 : Continuing with its effort to revive the education system in areas where its existence is merely nominal the Siamsinpawlpi (SSPP)- Paite Students' Welfare Association, visited two interior Government-run schools under Thanlon Sub-Division on Wednesday and Thursday.
A statement of the student's body said they had a lively interaction session with the students as well as the villagers during their visit to the Government High Schools both at Leijangphai and Bukpi, located respectively at about 60 kms and 176 kms from here.
"The villagers actively shared their thoughts and ideas on how to improve the education system in this far-flung area", said Nangmuansang Lethil, a member of the visiting team.
"We also interacted with the students at the Bukpi Government High School to gauge their understanding and comprehension of their syllabi", he added.
Past efforts of the Siamsinpawlpi have seen positive dividends on some Government-run schools under Singngat and Thanlon Sub-Divisions with the revival of Bukpi Government High School, Sinzawl Government High School and Suangdoh Government High School.
With active support from Thanlon MLA Vungzagin Valte and Singngat MLA Ginsuanhau as well as the people from these remote areas, the Siamsinpawlpi hopes to give a new life and meaning to the education system in the Hills of Southern Manipur, said the student body.
Source: The Sangai Express
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Padma Bhushan conferred on Mary Kom
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy : TNN
New Delhi, April 05 2013 : President PranabMukherjee on Friday conferred Padma Awards, the country's highest civilian awards, to 108 personalities.
The awards comprise 4 PadmaVibhushan, 24 PadmaBhushan and 80 PadmaShri Awards on Friday.
24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 people in the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and posthumous awardees.
Noted physicist Yash Pal and space scientist Roddam Narasimha were chosen the second highest civilian honour Padma Vibhushan.
Batting great Rahul Dravid and Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom and late Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna were named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan award, the third highest civilian award of the country.
Renowned sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra and painter S Haider Raza were chosen for Padma Vibhushan.
The list of 108 Padma awardees for this year also includes actress Sridevi, actors Nana Patekar and Malayalam star Madhu of Chemmeen fame and Olympians Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar.
Nobody was named for Bharat Ratna for this year too.
The last awardee was late Bhimsen Joshi in 2008 .
Satirist Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a road accident last year, film maker D Rama Naidu, noted South Indian playback singer S Janaki, Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, missile scientist Dr A Sivathanu Pillai of BrahMos programme, Industrialist Adi Godrej and R Tyagarajan, former bureaucrat M K Bhan were among the 24 Padma Bhushan awardees.
In all four personalities were awarded Padma Vibhushan, 24 for Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri.
Of the awardees 24 are women, 11 belong to the category of foreigners, NRI, PIOs and posthumous.
Padma Awards, the country's highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.