STAKEHOLDERS Attend
‘FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION’
The Salesian Province of Dimapur, comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Upper Assam organized the ‘Focus Group Discussion’ (FGD) programme at the Don Bosco Institute of Development and Leadership (DBIDL), Dimapur, from 10 to 11 September. In four interactive sessions Mr. Conrad Saldanha, principal adviser to the Don Bosco Centre for Learning, Kurla-Mumbai, efficiently animated the participants. The FGD programme is part of the project undertaken by the Salesian Provincials Conference of South Asia (SPCSA) to elicit feedback from the four groups of stake holders – youth, parents, teachers and NGOs – on the life and activities of the Salesians with a view to streamlining and improving their services to the youth of the South Asian Region. On 11 Sept. student representatives from Don Bosco College (Itanagar), Don Bosco College (Golaghat-Assam), Salesian College of Higher Education, Bosco B.Ed. College and Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School (Dimapur), Don Bosco College (Kohima), as well as from Don Bosco College (Maram-Manipur) shared their views on issues like career, education, boy-girl relationships, their attitudes towards religion, their positive as well as negative views on Salesians and Salesian works. In the evening of the same day parent representatives frankly shared their perceptions on as well as expectations from the Salesians.
In the morning session on 11 Sept. teacher representatives from the above mentioned colleges deliberated and honestly expressed their views on Salesian personnel and their activities in Dimapur Province. They also offered their suggestions as to how the Salesians ought to plan for the next 10 years. In the afternoon five NGOs working under the direction of the Salesians shared their success stories as well as the areas where they need to improve. They freely expressed their views on Salesian personnel and activities and their expectations from them. Mr. Saldanha said he was greatly satisfied with the way the participants readily and frankly offered their valuable feedback on Salesians and their activities. He added, “when the 11 Indian Salesian Provinces of Bangalore, Chennai, Dimapur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Konkan, Silchar, and Tiruchy meet in Guwahati on 17 Sept. to present their reports on the FGD programmes, the report from Dimapur too will be presented.” Fr. Perianayagam J. Bosco, chief coordinator of the province-level exercise, sincerely thanked the youth, parents, teachers and NGOs for their cooperation. He said their generous feedback would contribute much to present a fairly clear picture of the Salesian work in South Asia when Rev. Fr. Angel Fernandez Artime, Rector Major, visits India in 2017. DL Correspondent
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