Appeals State Government and Education Department to improve infrastructure of colleges in Eastern Nagaland
DIMAPUR, JANUARY 24 (MExN): With the academic year set to begin, the Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENCSU) has appealed all the heads of colleges, teachers (assistant professors) and non-teaching staff (s) within Eastern Nagaland to be at their respective posting place.
A press release issued by ENCSU chairperson Longre Chang and joint secretary Nokchem Angth on Tuesday stated that the union has received numerous complaints from many colleges of how government staff (s) posted in Eastern Nagaland were not performing their duty and only withdrawing their salary.
The union has therefore requested those non-performing staff(s) to be at their posting place and discharge the assigned duty regularly and sincerely, since the teacher, regarded as the Nation’s builder and having a big role to play in the society should not compromise with the assigned duty.
At the same time, the union has also appealed those teachers (assistant professors) and staff (s) in deputation to re-think the purpose of their appointment, which is to teach and mould the students.
It lamented that the present education system of the state and particularly of Eastern Nagaland continue to remain below standard with the educational institutions becoming commercial institutions. Quantity education has taken over the quality system of education, it added.
The union further requested the politicians to release all the teachers/assistant professors who are on attachment/ deputation and if not, to appoint new teacher in their place since many of the colleges are functioning without sufficient teachers.
Further, taking serious note on the practice of proxy system by many teacher/assistant professors posted in Eastern Nagaland, the union has demanded that if the appointed cannot discharge his /her duty or cannot stay at a posting place, then they should resign on moral ground and give opportunity to the numerous unemployed youth willing to work diligently.
The ENCSU also appealed the government and the concerned department to look after the infrastructure of the colleges in Eastern Nagaland and give equal importance to all the colleges of the state.
“Only constructing the building alone does not make an institution but to make real educational institutions, it is required to have a basic infrastructure. When the rest of the people are enjoying all smart and latest infrastructure, our students have to enjoy all the odd facilities,” it pointed out.
In this connection, the ENCSU has cautioned that it will take its own course of action to protect and safeguard the rights of the students’ community.
