DIMAPUR, AUGUST 2 (MExN): The United Sangtam Student’s Conference (USSC) has opposed the shifting of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidalaya (JNV), a co-educational residential school from Kiphire to JNV Phek on “malicious ground” and has sought the intervention of the Nagaland Governor on the issue.
In a representation addressed to the Nagaland Governor, the USSC said shifting of JNV Kpihire in the middle of the academic year will only push the district a step back in educational and social sector and cause irreparable damage.
Questioning the manner in which the transfer order was issued in “lightening pace” as appalling and beyond comprehension, the USSC maintained that the shifting of JNV has brought mental and social torture to both parents as well as students.
“It will be impossible for the students to adapt to the new environment in regard to the academic session,” it pointed out while also alleging that even the District Administration, the sole custodian of the institution by law was kept in the loop by the JNV authority on the transfer.
The Student’s conference also termed it as “reprehensible” the eagerness of JNV authority to shift out the institution from Kiphire to Phek under “cooked up cover” of lack of facilities, infrastructure and burning down of JNV office on April 9, 2016.
It pointed out that the Kiphire District Administration along with the USSC and parents had constructed additional two-class room, dinner hall, separate kitchen and mess store and staff quarters along with boundary fencing, costing Rs 7 lakh, at the directive of JNV authority visiting team from Shillong.
Therefore, terming the shifting of JNV Kiphire to Phek as unjustifiable and putting the welfare of the students at stake, the USSC has urged the Nagaland Governor as a “people’s representative” to amplify the “voice of the voiceless” and to give students a chance to taste the fruit of education.
