DIMAPUR, JANUARY 30 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation has once again urged the government of Nagaland to make its position clear on the status of the Indian Institute of Para Medical Technology (IIPMT), Kohima; the Institute of Management of Medical Research, Health Science and School of Nursing (IMMRHSSN), Singrijan and the Para Medical Training Institute (PMTI) Industrial Estate, Dimapur.
The NSF informed that the Directorate of Higher Education had issued notifications to IMMRHSSN, Singrijan, Dimapur and PMTI Industrial Estate, Dimapur on May 7, 2012 and September 14, 2012 respectively for reopening of the Institutes.
However, since the department of Health & Family Welfare does not officially recognize the Institute as well as the students passing out from these Institutes, the students and parents are still in a state of confusion about their future, the NSF stated.
The NSF while expressing concern over the quality of training being imparted to the students at the aforementioned institutes; however stated that “it is unjustified on the part of the department to reject the aspirant students from these institutes for open interview, as the concerned department has already appointed some trainee-students of these institutes through backdoor means.”
As such, it urged the government to urgently direct the department of Health & Family to inspect the institutes and make its position clear within 14 days time. If the Institutes are directed to discontinue or if the Health & Family department is not satisfied with the outcome of the inspection, the NSF demanded that the department should also immediately terminate the service of those employees “already recruited through improper means as the same yardstick should be applied to all the trainees of these institutes.”
