Education in Nagaland requires a “fundamental paradigm shift” to become a genuine catalyst for social transformation, Dr Aküm Longchari, student in Conflict Transformation, Co-founder and publisher of The Morung Express said on Saturday, calling for reforms that move beyond degree-driven learning to value-based and community-centred education.

Speaking on “Education as a Catalyst for Social Change” at the Nagaland Government Higher Secondary School Employees Association (NGHSSEA) seminar commemorating its Annual Conference at Aiko Conference Hall, Dimapur, Longchari said education in the state is at a “critical juncture,” arguing that outdated systems and inherited colonial structures continue to shape knowledge, behaviour and power relations.

“We are capable of birthing the new, but we

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