PSC serves 30-day ultimatum to Nagaland state govt to post required teachers in Longleng district government high schools
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Phom Student’s Conference (PSC) has expressed regret on the poor performance of Government High Schools in Longleng District in the HSLC exams every academic year and blamed the Nagaland State Government and the Department of School Education for this apathy.
The PSC, in a press statement on Thursday pointed out that the nil results delivered by most of the government run high schools in the district is the direct impact of shortage or absence of subject teachers.
It questioned how positive results is to be expected when students appear for HSLC Exam sits without attending even a single class during the academic year because of lack of teachers.
The student’s conference went on to lament that despite research/findings being submitted to the state government after conducting spot verification of the schools and also taking into account the grievances pointed out by people at the grass root level, the state government had failed to address these problems satisfactorily while most remain untouched.
It also recalled that the problem of lack of teachers was highlighted for address to successive governments by organizations and other stakeholders from the district; to which, the PSC added, “the response of the state government is clearly shown by the nil progress of the schools particularly in the HSLC exams.”
Drawing attention to the acute lack of teachers in the government run schools, particularly subject teachers in Government High Schools, the PSU revealed instance that from the 12 GHS in Longleng District, there were not a single Math teachers in five (5) GHS, while the remaining seven (7) had only one each and required at least one more. Eight (8) GHS were without a single Science teacher and four of them had only one teacher each.
In this connection, the PSC has demanded that the required number of teachers should be posted in the schools by the state government within 30 days failing which it would “compelled to opt for any sort of steps to secure the rights of the deprived students of the district.”
