• JNV Kiphire being shifted to JNV Phek in middle of academic year
• District administration says it was not made aware of the development
Morung Express News
Kiphire | April 30
Parents and students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Kiphire on Saturday staged a silent protest against the shifting of the JNV, Kiphire to JNV, Phek in the middle of the academic year.
Holding placards, some of which read, “we wants a new principal’, ‘don’t spoil our career’, ‘cancel the transfer order of JNV Kiphire,” etc the parents and students marched to the office of the Deputy Commissioner and submitted a representation urging the district administration to retain the Vidalaya in Kiphire.
The representation submitted to the DC, Kiphire by JNV students stated that on April 28, 2016, the principal called all the students and declared that the institution would be shifted to JNV Phek. The principal cited ‘lack of facilities’ as the reason.
To this, the students mentioned that there has not been any complain of such issues from any quarter at any given time.
The representation also alleged that the present principal, whose transfer order was already issued last year, provided materials below standard as compared to other JNV schools. The students felt that he should be transferred as per the order passed but only after the issuing of duplicate pupil cumulative record, which was burned in his official chamber on April 9, 2016.
Mention may be made that Novadaya Vidyalaya Samiti regional office in Shillong has already accepted the request of the Principal, JNV Kiphire and approved the shifting of JNV Kiphire via order No. 338, dated April 24, 2016.
The order states, “as per the telephonic conversation with the incumbent JNV principal Tapan Kr Mishra, requested on many occasion to shift the JNV Kiphire, an order has been passed to shift JNV Kiphire to JNV Phek.”
The order mentioned the reasons for shifting of the Vidalaya as “due to lack of lack of infrastructure, burning down of temporary office, less enrolment and shortage of staff quarter as suggested by the principal JNV, his request to shift JNV Kiphire has been accepted…”
The alleged action of the JNV principal has surprised the Kiphire district administration, the custodian of the school; students and parents of JNV Kiphire. ADC Kiphire, Dr Tinojungshi Chang said the district administration has not received any official order as to why the institution was being shifted out. “We learnt of the development only after a photo copy was handed over to us only yesterday evening by the principal,” he said.
According to parents of the JNV students, when they approached the principal on Friday, he signed an undertaking order no JNV Kiphire/2016-17 dated 30 April stating that he will not execute the official order of the Deputy Commissioner NVS Dr D.S Kumar for shifting of the JNV.
Further, the principal also agreed to leave the Vidyalaya immediately.
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