Morung Express News
Dimapur | February 7
Amidst tight security and round-the-clock police protection, Naga students from the four hill districts of north Manipur, today took the historic step and sat for the first day of examinations under NBSE. In Dimapur there was no report of any disturbances and the examinations in both the centres, identified as sensitive, were conducted like any other day of examinations. “The exams ended at the right time and with no disturbances from any corner” said one of the student union officials.
Today, a total of 1,057 south Naga students were registered at the two examination centres in Dimapur. In one designated centre in Dimapur, out of the 494 Naga candidates from Manipur, 437 candidates turned up to write their exams. The south Naga students are sitting for the exam in Nagaland at three centres--one at Viswema, Kohima and two in Dimapur.
Reports received from Kohima made known that out of total 1,364 Manipur hill students only 1187 turned up for the exam. “The first day of the exam concluded in a very peaceful way and no information of any disturbing elements were reported,” the chief of Kohima Police informed.
Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner, T.N. Mannen and Mission Director, SSA, Angau Thou, K.N. Ngullie, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur and the Superintendent of Police, Bidhu Shekhar also paid a visit to supervise the overall situation in both the centres. NSF President Pushika and DNSU President Obed Quinker were also present. The District Administration, Peace Observers and members from the students union put up an all-round vigil during the day.
It may be mentioned that the Khaplang faction of the NSCN is against the Nagaland government’s decision to allow south Naga students from the four hill districts of Manipur namely Senapati, Ukhrul, Tamenglong and Chandel to sit for the HSLC examination under the NBSE.
