Thai teachers laud training

Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma with Thai teachers in Shillong on Saturday. Telegraph picture
Shillong, Nov 20 : A large number of Thai teachers and students have found Shillong one of the best centres of learning in the Northeast.
The 18 Thai teachers from St Gabriel Foundation, Thailand, were awarded certificates today after completing various courses on behavioural and personality development, communication and business skills and customer care services in Shillong.
They said the training had offered them an opportunity to understand Meghalaya better and added that the initiative taken would bring both India and Thailand much closer.
Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma, who attended the certificate distribution function organised by the Beaconville Training Academy at Hajom Kissor Sing Memorial Hall at Madan Laban here, lauded the efforts of the academy in imparting training to youths of the state and even foreign students.
He said the academy had done a tremendous job in providing focused training and launching effective programmes in different disciplines, including English, with the help of special teaching materials developed and compiled by the academy.
Earlier, the chief minister said globalisation had created a lot of opportunities for youths and added that it also posed challenges for teachers and researchers to equip themselves with the right kind of knowledge and skills for the job market.
“This can be done if innovative and creative ideas are in placed for framing job-oriented courses to equip young students to prepare themselves to meet the job requirements,” he added.