School Education dept yet to distribute textbooks says NSF
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 4 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) today expressed serious concern that the School Education department is yet to distribute textbooks to the students even as classes have started for the current academic session.
The Federation in a press release said the delay in distribution of study materials to the students will hamper the normal functioning of classes, which will ultimately hamper their career as the students would not be able to complete their syllabus on time.
NSF said while enquiring from the School Education department, it was learnt that only a meager amount had been sanctioned by the Finance department out of the total funds allocated for textbooks.
NSF said that at a time when the performance of government schools is very poor, the government should give extra attention to the department and even the department concerned should be more sincere and dedicated. “However, the federation wonders why the government and the department are showing such lackadaisical attitude to the future generation”, NSF said.
NSF urged the government and the Education department to distribute the study materials to the school children within three weeks time under any circumstances.
“The government should even divert funds from other projects and schemes and release the pending allocated funds in order to meet the requirements of the students otherwise they will be held responsible for ruining the career of thousands of students”, it added.
On the notification of school education department to NBSE not to accept enrollment from 129 recently upgraded schools, NSF said it had met the officials concerned from school education department, NBSE and RMSA to highlight the plight of the students of those effected schools and also to raise objection to the decision.
NSF also demanded that the meeting of the State Level Education Committee (SLEC) held on January 21 to deliberate on the notification and decision thereof should be made public in order to clarify the doubts of the general public, particularly the students and establishments of those effected schools.
Meanwhile, NSF extended its best wishes to all the students appearing for their HSLC, HSSLC and University examinations in all the Naga inhabited areas.
