No Math, Science teachers; teachers transferred with post
Tuensang, August 23 (MExN): The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA), the apex students’ organization of the Yimchungrü community, has revealed today that a Government High School (GHS) in Chessore under Tuensang district does not have a Science and Math teacher since earlier this year.
In a reminder to their representation to the Commissioner & Secretary, Department of School Education (DoSE), the YAA stated that they had intimated the DoSE of the problem in May this year as well as in June. Yet, Science and Math teachers have not been posted at GHS Chessore.
“It is to be mentioned that with just couple of months left for exam and academic session to end, not a single portion of lesson about math and science is taught to the students as prescribed in the NBSE syllabus for current academic year whereas the schools in other parts of districts are about to complete the syllabus. It is highly questionable and sad as the schools located in remote areas like GHS Chessore, the class for the said subjects are yet to begin as the Government had neglected in deploying the required Teachers timely, and the students will be compelled to sit for the board exams scheduled on the same date with the rest of the other students in Nagaland,” the fresh representation, signed by YAA Acting President T Solumba and General Secretary L Akhang, stated.
The YAA thus reminded the DoSE that the said subject teachers should be posted before September 2016. If the State Government is unable to appoint the teacher, then “students should be exempted from appearing science and math subjects in the forthcoming board exam and their results and career should not be hampered. Failing to meet the above demands, the YAA would shut down the school and the department shall be solely held responsible for any consequences,” it noted.
Issue of transfer
In another reminder, the YAA stated that it had requested for the cancellation of the post of a Vice- Principal who was “randomly transferred out without any reliever” from GHSS Shamator in April this year. While the DoSE was informed of this in May 2016, stated the YAA, no action has been taken upon this yet. The YAA reminded that the GHSS Shamator is the lone Higher Secondary School under Shamator Sub- Division. The YAA felt instead of deputing more faculty for uplifting schools in the backward region, the Government is transferring them with post for reasons “best known to them which can no longer be tolerated.”
In that, the YAA urged the DoSE for “immediate cancellation of transfer order of Vice- Principal or immediate deployment of reliever at GHSS, Shamator before September, 2016.” Furthermore, the YAA urged the Department to “ban the transfer out of any teacher with post” from the all schools “under Yimchunger jurisdiction.”
