GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal called upon college teachers to play a proactive role in the development of human resources and catalyse the government’s bid to transform Assam into one of the most developed states of the country.
Addressing the teachers at the 65th annual conference of Assam College Teachers’ Association at B. Borooah College here on Sunday, Sonowal said college teachers are at important crossroads of giving shape and dimension to the innumerable students who come to them after finishing the school education.
He said the need of the hour is to have competent human resources who can help contribute towards robust growth momentum.
The chief minister asked the teachers to take responsibility to develop the human resources and prove the superiority of the state in the intellectual world.
Referring to the saturation of advanced science and technology, Sonowal said, “We are working for smart students, smart colleges and smart cities and in this backdrop the teachers need to be smart to make our human resources the best and consequently our state as the top performing state”.
He further said that in the wake of Act East Policy, Guwahati has been pitched in as the gateway to 10 South East Asian countries and three BBN (Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal) countries.Considering the ever-increasing importance of the city, the state government has decided to extend the periphery of the city by notifying State Capital Region by including the neighbouring areas of the state.
The chief minister also asked the Assam College Teachers’ Association to seek land from the government for building an auditorium here.
