Dimapur, September 18 (MExN): The NSCN/GPRN today took note that “some people” are blaming and intimidating senior officials of the School Education department for the “for the troubles they are facing now.” The MIP of the outfit said it is not wise on the part of any group or individuals to shaft blame or responsibility.
On the issue of the “bogus” and “absentee teachers,” the MIP note appended by senior ‘kilonser’ AZ Jami said one has heard about the Special Investigation Team, verification committees and others including ‘Nagaland Assembly debates’ and ‘Cabinet meetings’ to resolve the rampant corruption.
The MIP noted that senior officials of the state School Education department are being targeted. “But again, it has been learned that some people are directly blaming and targeting and intimidating the Commissioner Secretary of Nagaland Education department Mr. Mhathung Kithan, IAS and some of the Education department authorities for the troubles they are facing now.”
“The issue in hand is the policy and decision of the Naga general public in not wise on the part of any person or group of persons to shift the responsibility to any other. Let us be sober and acknowledge our own mistakes,” the MIP stated.
Not just bogus teachers, Bogus pensioners too.
Unscrupulous officials appointed “bogus teachers” and that “absentee teachers” also mean there are ghost teachers whose pay and perks are enjoyed by individuals other than by a real teacher. But, a senior leader of the NSCN/GPRN reminded today, there are also ghost pensioners.
People talk about appointment of “bogus and absentee teachers” in the Nagaland State Education department, he said in a note today. MIP ‘kilonser’ AZ Jami stated: “By ‘bogus teachers’ we understand that some teachers were appointed by unscrupulous officers without the proper channel or observing the necessary formalities and without authenticated documents. By ‘Absentee teachers’ we understand that there are ghost teachers enjoying pays and allowances actually where there are no real persons.”
But he said, one has also heard about ghost pensioners. “But not to speak only about bogus teachers, we also heard about ‘ghost pensioners’ of various departments who are drawing monthly pensions actually where there are no real persons existing,” said Jami. He expressed disgust that “such satanic machineries” are in operation to exploit the Nagas and the state and enjoy benefits without shedding ‘a single drop of sweat’.
The senior ‘kilonser’ said “the student units of Nagaland” who fought tooth and nail to bring about the passage and implementation of Nagaland Retirement or Superannuation Acts, should take up the matter very seriously and press the authorities concerned to bring the culprits to book without any leniency.
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