Question

Give a Historical survey of the role of church in spreading education in Nagaland

Answer 1

CONTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS TO EDUCATION IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF INDIA

Introduction
The Northeast accounts for 7.7 % of the total geographical area, and 3.88% of the population of India. It is a home to over 400 scheduled tribes. There are few places in the world where such a variety of peoples live in close proximity to each other as in Northeast India. The tribals constitute 80% of the population of Northeast India.
The earliest known Christian presence in Northeast India goes back to 17th century. We have the three Tibet bound Portuguese Jesuit missionaries, Stephen Cacella and John Cabral, and Fontabona from Italy who reached Hajo and Pandu near Guwahati, Asom, on September 26, 1626. They visited parts of Goalpara and Kamrup districts on their way to Tibet.

Answer 2

Give a Historical survey of the role of the church in spreading education in Nagaland

Answer:

• In 1869 Reverend E.W Clark and his wife set up the first mission school at Molungyimsen.
• In the beginning, it was a girls' school and later Godhula started a boys' school.
• The spread of Christianity in the Northeast facilitated the establishment of educational institutions in Nagaland.
• Education increased the self-awareness among the people about their own collective identity.
• People began to hold a vision beyond their village, clan or tribe.
• Education brought them a new worldview by enabling them to expose themselves to Indian states and the international community. The communities were able to internally transform and develop.
• The schools had been established whenever a new station was set up.
• The schools in Nagaon, Sibsagar, and Guwahati did a prodigious work in education.

       

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