Kohima, September 16 (MExN): The All Nagaland College Students' Union (ANCSU) today expressed anguish over what it termed the random introduction of the 'Attachment Policy' year after year by the concerned authority and demanded an end to the system.
The policy of attachment arrangements under the Higher Education department and government colleges jeopardises the smooth functioning of the already understaffed colleges, directly hindering the teaching-learning process of the student fraternity, the union stated.
The ANCSU has stood against such practices that hamper the students and college fraternity, stated the union in a representation to the Commissioner & Secretary, Higher and Technical Education (HTE) Nagaland.
Accordingly, it urged the Commissioner & Secretary to “immediately disengage” all assistant and associate professors attached to government colleges and the higher education department and assign them to their respective posted institutions.
Failure to address this “grave concern on priority” would invite confrontation from the students' community, the union cautioned.
Though it did not elaborate, ANCSU's latest representation appears to be a response to a department notification dated August 28, 2024, concerning the issue.
The union also highlighted that government colleges in Nagaland continue to suffer from a shortage of teachers, yet the department is least concerned and never serious about the critical grievances being faced by the students.
This comes at a crucial juncture as higher education is in the process of fully implementing the New Education Policy 2020, a transition that demands an urgent requirement for more teaching faculty, stated the ANCSU representation appended by its President, Tenyesinlo Bukh, and General Secretary, Kivinoka A. Sema.
Accordingly, it demanded necessary post creation and recruitment through the Nagaland Public Service Commission to ensure the proper functioning of all the institutions under higher education in the state.
Meanwhile, the ANCSU acknowledged the concerned department and the State Government's commitment to improving the quality of higher education and promoting academic reforms, demonstrated by the establishment of 17 government colleges across the state.
These institutes provide students with a goal for more meaningful and satisfying lives and work roles and enable economic independence, it added.
