Morung express News
Dimapur | March 8
Students of Government High School, Diphupar, Dimapur took to the streets today highlighting the lack of a Mathematics teacher at the school. The protest march, initiated by the Diphupar Naga Students’ Union (DNSU), proceeded to the District Education Office, where the students met the Deputy District Education Officer.
According to the DNSU, the school has been running without Mathematics teachers since September 2015. The DDEO, while admitting the “embarrassing situation” assured the students to find a way out of the crisis at the earliest. Stating that there is an imbalance in the teacher-student ratio in government schools, the DDEO said that while some schools have teachers more than the required number, some are facing acute shortage of teachers. This, the DDEO said has been a failure on the part of the department.
The DNSU was however unconvinced of the assurance, stating that assurances given by the department has rarely translated into action.
As a stop-gap measure, the DDEO informed that a Mathematics teacher from GHSS, Dimapur will be placed at GHS, Diphupar with immediate effect as direct by the Directorate of School Education. The replacement will teach at GHS Diphupar till the department appoints a fulltime subject teacher hopefully by March end. Meanwhile, the DNSU asserted that it will resume agitation if the department fails on its assurance.
