TUENSANG, MAY 30 (MExN): The Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF) has appealed to all stake holders in the Department of School Education within the four district of Eastern Nagaland- Tuensang, Mon, Longleng and Kiphire not to organize any form of agitation in the mid-academic year.
A press note from the ENSF asked the concerned officials to “focus on the career and quality of the student’s education in general instead of diverting the main aspiration and motive as a teacher and an employee of the School Education Department…”
Referring to the present imbroglio in the department, the ENSF stated: “when the education system is in a transitional stage the students community do not expect the teaching community to derail the daily classes due to the problem within the department or the issue of the bifurcation of secondary and higher secondary school.”
It viewed that the reason why private schools are “consistently performing well” is because they have a composite school from class A-12 under one administration “where teachers and school administrators get to nurture the students for long years...”
“Unlike the private schools, the government schools are set up in such a way that the primary schools, middle school, high school and higher secondary schools are located in different places which have led to poor coordination leading to poor results,” it opined.
The ENSF reminded the Department as well as the teaching community that quality education should be paramount while making policy related to education and student’s interest should always be on priority.
It reminded that the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has fixed the date of compartmental exam for the failed students starting from June 1. Therefore, it cautioned that the ENSF would not “tolerate any kind of agitation be it democratic or undemocratic form, as it will directly hamper the career of our students.”
