Dimapur, July 20 (MExN): The Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENCSU) has sought an “immediate review” of the recently declared result for MBBS and BDS candidates by the Government of Nagaland.
In a press release from ENCSU Joint Secretary Nokchem Angth and Chairman Longre Chang, the Union stated that it did not find the selection process for MBBS and BDS candidates as “free and fair under State Government over past few years.”
The ENCSU that it has detected the “same anomalies” this year, “the result of which was declared by the Department of Technical Education Dated 15th July, 2016 Vides NO.DTE/ESTT-2/12/2016-17/ where the Department and the Government failed to implement the Government policy on Backward Tribes (BT) Reservation in selecting the students from deprived areas.”
Therefore the intervention was sought from the Government of Nagaland and the department concerned for an “immediate review.” The ENCSU informed that according to the Government’s policy 15 percent seats are reserved for the Backward Tribes of Nagaland State.
“If this is to be implemented then out of 45 MBBS seats, the BTs have to get 7 seats. However, the distribution of seats has never been fair citing 40% marks. BTs were allocated only 3 seats in 2016. Therefore, we ask the government and the department to immediately review and implement the quota as per the Government policy by conducting re-examination solely for candidates belonging to Backward Tribes of Nagaland or should award grace mark and allocate the 4 missing seats to BT Candidates at the earliest,” stressed the ENCSU.
The Union also asked the Government and the department concerned how it can possibly be that there is a uniform cut off mark for all candidates (40%) when there is 15% reservation for Backward Tribes.
The ENCSU thus asked the Government and the department concerned to “withhold” from conducting the counseling of selected candidates until the issue has been settled.
It also stated that if the Government, or the department, fail to respond to the issue by July 25, then the Union “shall take its own course of action and the Union will not held responsible for any untoward situation.”
