[Assam] AASU, FASS eye better education scenario (The Sentinel, 10.01.2008)

[Buljit Buragohain]

AASU, FASS eye better education scenario
By a Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Jan 9: In what could be described as a welcome development for the people of the State, Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS), an international welfare organization working for the development of North-east India, has agreed to the request made by the All Assam Students’ Association (AASU) to find out ways and means to establish a full-fledged technical university in the State. A 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between the FASS and the AASU after an interactive session held between the two bodies at a city hotel here today. The MoU aims to provide career guidance, necessary training and expertise to the youths of Asom besides working for the development of the education system as well as work towards employment generation.
This initiative comes at a time when thousands of students from the State are forced to go to other States to pursue higher studies due to lack of institutes providing technical education here. AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjee, while requesting the FASS to initiate a project for the setting up of a technical university in the State, said such an institution could be set up after the Assam Assembly passed the Private University Bill recently.
The MoU was signed by US-based NRI Asomiya Rajen Baruah, who is also the chairman and managing director of FASS international committee, and AASU president Shankar Prasad Rai. The discussion was attended, among others, by FASS international director and Singapore-based NRI Asomiya Jayanta Madhab Bora and USA-based NRI Asomiya and executive vice-chairman of FASS Ankur Bora. The MoU was signed in presence of Asom Unnati Xabha president Rohini Kumar Gogoi.
According to MoU, the FASS has agreed to set up a school which is to be identified by both the organizations. Apart from that, the FASS will also provide necessary information and conduct workshops among students of schools, colleges and universities of Asom to help them in choosing their careers.
FASS has also agreed to coordinate cultural exchange programmes involving students and youths of Asom with those from foreign countries. Both the organizations would jointly publish necessary booklets and information kits on various items related to the study, jobs avenues and other opportunities for the development of Asomiya youths, the MoU stated. 
AASU advisor Samujjal Bhattacharjee, in his speech, painted a grim picture of the education scenario in the State and requested the international think-tank to come forward in helping the AASU to take steps to help the students achieve their goals.
   
   (The Sentinel,10.01.2008)



       
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