Taki advocates value-based, balanced education

 “A healthy, balanced education, consisting of academic knowledge with moral education, is the need of the hour to blend a student to be self-reliant and be a useful citizen of tomorrow,” said Agriculture Minister and local legislator Tage Taki at the Padi Yubbe Outdoor Stadium here in Lower Subansiri district on Saturday.

Taki was addressing the valedictory function of the ‘Arunachal Pradesh Private School & Children Welfare Association  (APPS&CWA), Ziro-I Unit Festival’.

The festival, which began on 12 September, witnessed students of 30 private schools of Ziro valley competing in various literary, co-curricular and sports activities.

While giving away prizes to the winners, judges and founding members of private schools, Taki said that “the maiden mega event of Ziro might turn out to be a trendsetter for other private schools of the state to follow suit, which would trigger healthy competitions among the students of the state to showcase their talents to be able to compete at higher state and national levels.”

Stressing on the importance of moral education and the need for a “joint role by parents and teachers in imparting balanced education to students,” Taki appealed to the parents to teach traditional ethos, cultures and chores to their children.