Since 2004, the Kohima Educational Trust through its affiliate the Kohima Educational Society, formed by leading Nagas in 2007, has financed many projects to aid education in Nagaland such as a children’s hostel, a basketball pitch, a reference library, medical training, a Master’s Degree for a Naga teacher, a bibliography of Naga literature and a glossary of sixteen Nagaland languages.
Outstanding among these projects was the provision of scholarships for 14 to 18 year-old Naga children, which was supported by hundreds of British donors, led by veterans and their families, who were moved by the Kohima Educational Trust and this exemplification of gratitude. We are very grateful to all who supported this project.
Ever since the Kohima Educational Society’s necessary licence to allow receipt of overseas funds failed to be renewed, we have been looking for alternative ways to support education for the Naga People. We first established the Overseas Naga Bursaries programme for tertiary level study outside India. We have also sought an alternative approach for supporting education in Nagaland.
We are very happy to announce the agreement we have made with a local NGO in Nagaland, The Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS). Using the money entrusted to us by our many donors, from February 2026 we will be funding a Mobile Teaching Unit (MTU) which will work with ten village schools in the poorer and more rural areas of Nagaland. Find out more below:
