ITANAGAR, Nov 18: “To build our country, we must groom the young minds in right direction”, said Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein.  He was addressing the concluding session of the 7th National Convention of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco at Don Bosco Youth Centre here today. The 7th National Convention was organized by the Itanagar Unit of Indian National Federation of Past Pupils of Don Bosco with the theme, ‘Past Pupils of Don Bosco towards Nation Building”.
Mein said, “our country is the country of innovations and technology and we must groom the young minds to develop innovative ideas by making best use of technology. Though Arunachal Pradesh is a late starter in the field of education, we have come a long way.”
He emphasized to impart education on skill development to the youths to make them capable of engaging themselves in self-employable activities after completion of their education and enable them to get jobs in private companies or in government. He also said that distractions among the students and prevalent drug addiction among the youths is a huge challenge before us. “We must also find out ways how to bring back those youths to the mainstream for a peaceful and healthy society,” he said.
Mein, who himself is an alumnus of Don Bosco School, Guwahati and Chief Patron of the Organizing Committee further said, “we are groomed, shaped and nourished by the fathers of the school in our childhood days”. Crediting his achievement to Don Bosco, he said, “we have become what we are today because of their teaching and disciplining in our early age”. 
Former Lok Sabha MP, Takam Sanjoy who is also an alumnus of Don Bosco School, Shillong and one of the Patrons of the Organizing Committee shared his experiences and memories of the school on the occasion. He said that they have learned to be on time, how to make use of scarce water and to value even one piece of food. 
About 400 delegates from all over India and foreign delegates also participated in the four-day National Convention that concluded today.

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