Nabon Women’s Synod College, a College meant exclusively for women, was sponsored by the Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Sepngi as a project in the field of higher education. In fact, the College is named after the first Khasi lady, Nabon Kharsawian (from Sohra), to pioneer education in Khasi Hills. The College was set up on the 1st August 1996 when it was granted the necessary permission from the Directorate of Public Instruction of the State. It was registered under the Societies Registration Act XII of 1983 on the 11th March 1998 and was subsequently affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University in the year 1998, and Permanent Affiliation was granted in the year 2009. In the year 2014, the name of the College was changed from Nabon Synod College to Nabon Women’s Synod College
The College started functioning initially in the afternoon, on the premises of Synod College, Jaiaw, Shillong, thanks to the then Principal of Synod College, (L) Shri. E. M. Sohkhlet, whose guidance and various assistance to Nabon Women’s Synod College in its formative stage have not passed unacknowledged.
Nabon Women’s Synod College started functioning with an enrolment of 106 students in 1996 under the helm of the founder Principal Smt. S. Sohkhlet. From a humble beginning, the enrolment gradually rose from one academic session to another with the passage of time. In June 2002, the College shifted from Synod College premises, to its own College Building on its own permanent site, a plot of land, in Mission Compound, Shillong, measuring 26,000 sq.ft or so, donated to the College by the Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod. Facilities both for students and for staff are being steadily made possible each year with the progress of construction work of the College Building.
Nabon Women’s Synod College is the only Women’s College located in this part of the city. It draws its students not only from Shillong and its suburbs, but a sizeable number of students hailing from rural areas of Meghalaya are on the roll of this College from one academic session to another.
The K. J. P. Synod Sepngi which is now the Sponsoring Body of Nabon Women’s Synod College, continues giving its most-needed financial assistance to the College, through its annual contribution with unwavering zeal and concern. We view all this gesture with sincere gratitude.
Considering the fact that Nabon Women’s Synod College is a pioneer in fostering women’s education in this particular area for the past twenty-five years, its role in the educational well-being and upliftment of women is of immense value and significance.
