Three winners are selected from 19 powerful student speeches on the topic of “A quality eduction goes beyond textbooks and videos”
Nagaland, October 18, 2025 — The Nagaland’s Best Student Speaker 2025 online elocution contest, presented by XSEED Education, brought together the state’s most articulate young minds for an inspiring virtual competition that showcased the power of student voices.
 

 

Nineteen contestants, shortlisted from hundreds of applicants across Nagaland, took the stage to share their perspectives on the theme “Quality Education Goes Beyond Textbooks and Videos.” The contest aimed not only to recognize outstanding speakers but also to understand how children themselves view the purpose and promise of modern education.

“Their answers were loud, clear, and wonderfully hopeful,” said judge Aparajita Endow from the XSEED team. “Each speech reflected conviction, curiosity, and a deep belief in education as a force for personal and social change.”

Contestants connected classroom learning to real-world experiences — from science experiments and community projects to reflections on resilience and curiosity. Across nearly every speech, one message resonated: education should prepare students for life, not merely for examinations.

The event concluded with the announcement of three state champions: Merenlemla Elizabeth Longchar, Vineisienuo Yaotsu, and Imkumtoshi Changkiri, whose clarity, confidence, and depth of thought earned top honors.

“The stage might have been virtual, but the voices packed real firepower,” said the organizing team. “It was a reminder of why we do what we do — to help nurture curiosity and confidence in children.”

The competition underscored XSEED Education’s long-standing belief that quality education means active, hands-on learning that builds thinking skills and character alongside knowledge and understanding.

The Nagaland’s Best Student Speaker contest marks another step in XSEED’s effort to empower young learners across regions and countries to think independently, communicate effectively, and engage meaningfully with the world around them.

About XSEED
XSEED Education is a Singapore-based education system that improves thinking and problem-solving skills in children, thereby making them more confident and ready for a fast-changing, 21st-century workplace. Its flagship SuperTeacher school program has reached two million children, upskilled and certified over 100,000 teachers in thousands of schools, and has been deployed in nine countries, including India, the Philippines, Central Asia, and the Middle East. The SuperTeacher Teacher App is a first-of-a-kind content-loaded teaching & learning app for teachers that features a research-based micro-curriculum. The World Innovation Summit in Education (WISE) & MIT’s Legatum Center have featured XSEED among path-breaking global innovators in education.