USSC lauds Sangtam Literature Board for mother tongue campaign

• Our Correspondent
• Longtili Sangtam
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• Participants and board members during the awareness campaign at Yangli Mission Centre on April 8. (EM Image)

• KIPHIRE — The United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) has expressed its heartfelt appreciation to the Sangtam Literature Board for organising the Mother Tongue Awareness Campaign of Sangtam Literature on the theme "The importance of mother tongue”.
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• The campaign was held on April 8 at two locations—Hopongkyu Memorial Hall, Kiphire, and Yangli Mission Centre of United Sangtam Baptist Lithroti Ashimükhung in Tuensang district.
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• The event focused on encouraging the use, preservation, and promotion of the Sangtam language and literature among students and the community.
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• During the programme, the USSC announced its plan to implement Nagaland Heritage Studies (Sangtam) in all Sangtam areas. The union appealed to school management committees (SMCs), school management and development committees (SMDCs), and other stakeholders to cooperate in introducing mother tongue education in their respective institutions.
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• USSC president Adekhing I Sangtam lauded the efforts made by several schools under Kiphire district that have already implemented Nagaland Heritage Studies (Sangtam). Among them, he highlighted Government High School Seyochung Village for its unique initiative of involving the youth pastor of Seyochung Village Baptist Lithro as a teacher for the subject. He encouraged other schools to take inspiration from such community-driven practices.

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• He further noted that several schools under the Longkhim-Chare area of the Tuensang district have also successfully adopted the subject, reflecting a growing awareness and commitment toward cultural preservation.
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• The USSC also raised concern over the limited distribution of Nagaland Heritage books and urged the concerned authorities to take immediate action to ensure timely and adequate supply to all schools across Sangtam regions.
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• Aketo Sangtam, executive chairman of the USSC, added that, on behalf of the Conference, he appealed to all the stakeholders to take equal responsibility in implementing the mother tongue subject in all schools within the Sangtam jurisdiction.