Dimapur, May 6 (MExN): The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA), the apex students’ organization of the Yimchungrü Community, has made a representation to the Director of School, Education Government of Nagaland demanding the ‘immediate posting’ of Science and Mathematics subject teacher at Government High School Chessore.
The representation released to the media here by YAA’s General Secretary L Akhang said that the school is one of the oldest school established under Yimchungrü jurisdiction and has been unflinchingly catering to the educational needs of the people despite lack of facilities.
The school was upgraded to Class- X in the year 1987, to accommodate the surge in enrolment and also to facilitate the rural poor especially those from the economic constraint background, it added.
However, YAA lamented that the school despite being the only school in Chessore area has been neglected considerably in deploying the required number of teachers. As a result of this, the classroom transaction has been immensely hampered and the bright career of students annihilated.
Reflecting on the recent HSLC results, the apex students’ organisation said that its officials interacted with the school authority and came to conclusion that, “The lackadaisical attitude showed by the concern department attributed to the low poor performance.”
During the recent Nagaland Board of School Education’s Class 10 result, while 59 students appeared, only 4 students qualified in the exam and only 18 of them were eligible to sit for the compartmental exam to be held from June 1-7, it informed.
“However to our utter dismay the fate of those students happened because of non deployment of science and maths teachers over a year,” it pointed out adding that, “It is very questionable that the students’ career are stigmatized and hampered for no reason of their own.”
Further YAA noted that during the current academic enrolment, with a total enrolment of 49 students, the school is presently functioning without science and maths teachers.
“It is very surprising to learnt that even in the midst of half academic session not a single lesson is taught about Maths and Science subjects as the concerned department had neglected in deploying the required subject teachers.”
In this connection, YAA ‘beseeched’ the Director to “acknowledge” the matter as genuine and make necessary arrangement by deploying the Maths and Science teachers at the earliest to ease the students’ problems.
Appoint Maths & Science teachers immediately: CAPF
Expressing its strong resentment to Department of School Education (DoSE) over the non appointment of Mathematics and Science teachers at Chessore Town Government High School despite repeated appeals and representations, the Chessore Area Public Forum (CAPF) has called for their “immediate appointment.”
“The forum implores to the concern authority for immediate appointment of Maths and Science teacher and earnestly appeal to higher authority not to deprive the students their rights to education and take sensible action without further delay,” said a press statement issued by CAPF President Akhum and General Secretary K Keyoungkhum.
Lamenting the lackadaisical attitude in taking any positive steps to their genuine demand despite repeated appeal through media and representation, the Forum said that, “It can be summarize as an act of atrocity to the aspiring students.”
It further informed that due to lack of such teachers, only four 4 students has passed out of 59 students in the recent Class 10 exam, that too with the help of a private tutor.
Many failed students have done very poorly especially in Science and Maths subjects due to non availability of concerned teachers for whole academic year, the Forum maintained.
Arguing that student’s life is at stake, the CAPF thus demanded the immediate fulfillment of their demands.
