Needy Home Academy, Mapao Zingtun

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Ngathingkhui Jagoi TNN, January 12, 2025: The Times of India

Imphal : An airy classroom bathed in soft daylight, filtered through large windows. The wooden desks and red plastic chairs, neatly arranged in rows, await the lively whispers of curiosity. The image captures the heart of learning, hope and coexistence at Needy Home Academy, undisturbed by the outside world’s tumult.


Needy Home Academy in Mapao Zingtun village, 25km north of Imphal, is home to 632 students and 42 teachers from various ethnic backgrounds. The 30-acre campus —with a four-storey building daubed in mauve at its centrepiece — is an oasis where Meiteis and Kukis, who are otherwise locked in conflict, play, sing, and live together.


This residential school is a living embodiment of unity and harmony in Manipur, where the deepening ethnic crisis has claimed more than 250 lives and displaced nearly 60,000 people since May 2023.


“Though the number of students drastically dropped after the violence erupted, those who choose to remain live in harmony,” said school principal Themshang Sasa.


Chemistry teacher Maikado Moirangthem recalled the initial fear of conflict spilling into the school. “When the violence broke out, I thought of leaving, fearing we might even fight among ourselves. But our uncle Chance Raman convinced us to stay. Here we are today, living as a big family,” he said. 


Founded in 2004 by Tangkhul Naga couple Raman and R Angam, the school aimed to provide modern education infused with moral principles to rural children. The couple, both professors at DM University in Imphal, started the school with 50 students and five teachers, eventually expanding it to offer classes up to class 12 in both arts and science streams. Over the years, the school has grown in reputation, attracting students from surrounding Kuki and Meitei villages. “We have invested 100% of our salary to come to this level. But the pandemic hit hard, then the ethnic violence,” said Raman.
“This place is like a beautiful garden where all kinds of flowers grow amidst the turmoil around us,” said Moirangthem. “We are all here to impart education to the students. Why should we fight each other for a cause that does not concern us?”