WOKHA, JANUARY 28 (MExN): The Lotha Hoho, Wokha (LHW) has asked the Commissioner & Secretary, Nagaland State Education Department to immediately appoint Lotha Language teachers under the RMSA.
The LHW, in a press note from its General Secretary, Mhondamo Ovung, referred to an advertisement dated January 27, 2014 for appointment of second language teachers, and the result of the selection declared on November 30, 2015, by the Mission Director, RMSA, Nagaland.
It alleged “discrepancy in number of posts advertised and the appointments made for Lotha teachers,” and said that as per the advertisement, “the number of posts for Lotha language teachers was 10 (ten) and that of Tenyidie was 21 (twenty one).” However, the LHW expressed surprise that the “number of teachers appointed as Lotha teachers is 3 (three) only, against 10 (ten) posts advertised, where as that appointed as Tenyidie teachers is 30 (thirty) against 21 (twenty one) posts advertised, plus 5 (five) in waiting list.” “Since 12 (twelve) Lotha candidates have sat for the selection Interview, the appointment of the 10 (ten) Lotha teachers may be done immediately, in order of merit,” it demanded.
The LHW further questioned as to why the department could not complete the recruitment process even after two years, and has “instead set qualifying prerequisites for the candidates, such as to have studied Lotha up to Class XII (twelve).” “This prerequisite is like asking candidates to have Engineering or Medical Degree from the Nagaland University which has no such college; because so far the Education department has not made any appointment of “Designated Language (Lotha)” teachers, even in schools,” it said.
At present, the LHW informed that teaching local languages like Lotha, is done by local teachers, discretionally assigned to do so by the controlling teachers, “which is to say that local language learning is in infancy.” Therefore, it said that the concerned department needs to first streamline the appointment and posting of designated language teachers, with set syllabi, at all levels and then conduct the needed examinations, for awarding qualifying certificates. Then only can the Recruiting authority set prerequisite qualifications for appointment, it reasoned.
The LHW further asked the RMSA authority to clarify, in written, the reason(s), within a month (thirty days), as to “why Lotha teachers appointed are short, the Tenyidie teachers are appointed in excess, and why it should take 2(two) long years (after 27/01/2014), to complete the process of recruitment of teachers.”
