Lamka, August 30, 2022: Rayburn College, which is affiliated to Manipur University, and one of the most reputed colleges in Manipur in general and Churachandpur (Lamka) in particular has rolled out its new academic session 2022-2023 today. Freshers coming from diverse backgrounds have set their feet on the campus to begin their new journey in academic life. Orientation programme for the new students has been conducted in the College premises. The new academic session for the Bachelor Degree programme which begins today in the College is strictly adhered to the guidelines of the New
Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The much talked about New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, is all set to replace National Policy on Education (NPE) of 1986 with the hype of bringing tremendous change in the education system in India. In January 2015, a committee under former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramaniam started the consultation process for the New Education Policy. This was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on July 29, 2020, outlining the vision of new education system of India. This policy is a comprehensive framework for elementary education to higher education as well as vocational training in both rural and urban India. The policy aims to transform India’ s education system by 2030.
Rayburn College which is one of the vibrant, reputed educational institution in the state of Manipur has been running successfully under the abled guidance of the Principal Rev. Dr. Khen P. Tombing, the Vice-Principal Dr. Kh. Thianminlian Vaiphei and well-qualified teaching and non-teaching staffs. The College has offered three (3) major streams in the Bachelor Degree courses- viz- Arts, Science and Commerce. In Arts stream, the major subjects consist of English, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, while Commerce stream includes-Management, Banking & Finance, Accounting and Science stream includes-Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology. As of now, the college has offered fourteen (14) different subjects in total.
It is worth mentioning that Rayburn College is the first and foremost College or educational institution under Manipur University in implementing the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in pursuit of providing a quality education among the citizen.
Mention may be made that Rayburn College has immensely contributed for the promotion, improvement and upgradation of education in the State in general and the District in particular. To be more precise, we may highlight that, it has played a very crucial role in framing the Manipur University curriculum and syllabus of the Psychology subject for the Bachelor Degree course and it is the pioneer college within the State, who is offering the said subject at Bachelor Degree level which has been a great success so far. Moreover, the College has offered Post-Graduate degree programme in three (3) different subjects. They are- Master of Arts (Political Science), Master of Arts (History) and Master of Commerce (M. Com).
Apart from the success in the academic fields, Rayburn College has paid great attention for the promotion of skills and development of students’ personality. To this, it offers various services under the framework of Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular activities. The Evangelical Union (EU), the National Social Service (NSS), the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and the Certificate Courses from NIELIT Churachandpur, NESEED, etc., are fully operational in the College and had brought laurels to the College in various capacity.
Since its inception, the College has spread its wings in diverse fields and climbed up a greater height. Few exceptional may be highlighted that the College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the King Sejong Institute, Imphal for the study of Korean Language in the College. And inked Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the United College, Chandel on August 27, 2022 in order to facilitate the Teacher Exchange Programmes, Student Exchange Programmes, Workshops, Seminars or any other education activities such as Symposiums, Debates, Quiz & Essays or Sports, Culture & Community Services Programmes.
It is highly anticipated that more success await the College in pursuit of quality education.