By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: The Manipur Minorities and OBC Economic Development Society (MOBEDS), an autonomous unit of Department of Minorities and Other Backward Classes (MOBC), is going to launch 6-month remedial coaching programme for the Muslim students of Manipur on October 20, 2013.
The remedial coaching will be done in 9 Muslim concentrated areas of the State, which include Khetrigao, Sangaiyumpham, Kwakta, Thoubal Moijing, Yairipok, Sora, Irong Chesaba, Jiribam and Lilong. 70 tutors have been selected for the coaching. They were given their appointment letters along with their posting. In 9 centers coaching will be given from Class VI to X, while 3 other centers at Sangaiyumpham, Lilong and Kwakta will give coaching for XI-XII. The remedial coaching will be formally launched on October 20 at Kwakta, in Moirang.
The counseling of the selected tutors for the remedial coaching was done on October 14, 2013 at Hotel Classic, Imphal. The function was attended by Parliamentary Secretary of MOBC and Sc. & Tech., Md. Amin Shah, Director of MOBC, Sc. & Tech. and Member Secretary of MOBEDS, Kh. Dineshchandra and Project Director of MOBEDS, Md. Salaudin Khan, among others. Appointment orders were also distributed to the tutors at the function.
Speaking at the function, Amin Shah said the State will not develop if one section of the society lags behind the others. So the Central and the State Government have initiated different welfare schemes for the backward Muslim community to uplift them. To give educational opportunities for the Muslim students from poor families the Department of MOBC had implemented the remedial coaching programme in 2006. Over these long years the remedial coaching centers have produced top-ranking minority students, he added.
Amin Shah also said the remedial coaching facilities are provided only to the Muslims of the State as they are the most backward community in the field of education. The department is planning to initiate such programme for the SCs and other minority communities from next year. The State Government is also planning to start free coaching for Engineering, Medical and Civil Service examinations for the minority students next year. He appealed to the selected tutors of the coaching centers to be serious in their work.
Salaudin Khan requested the teachers to co-operate with the authority in order to achieve the goal of imparting quality education to the students.
MOBEDS is an autonomous body under the Department of MOBC, Government of Manipur. It is the channelizing agency for NMDFC and NBCFDC New Delhi. The objectives of the society, in general, are to promote socio-economic development of the minorities and other backward classes of the State, to alleviate poverty and backwardness and improve the standard of living of the minorities and other backward classes in the State, among others.