Dimapur, April 21 (EMN): Governor PB Acharya has invited retired Naga teachers or those who can teach two or more ‘local dialects’ to apply for “NE department/chair of different universities in the country”, according to a Raj Bhavan press release on Saturday.
“Selected persons will have to go to Mumbai, Mangaluru or Delhi. The Universities will provide accommodation and honorarium for their service. This is a positive and noble mission for strengthening emotional and national integration, he added.
“Governor Acharya has initiated opening of NAMASTE (Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Assam, Sikkim, Tripura) NE department/chair in different universities of the country to teach local dialects of the North East States,” it stated.
Acharya, it stated, has ‘motivated’ Mumbai University, SNDT Women University, Mumbai, Dr Babasahib Ambedkar Technical University, Maharashtra, NITTE Medical & Science University, Mangaluru, Alva’s Education Foundation, Mangaluru, Manipal University, Mangaluru and JNU, New Delhi to start a department/chair for tribal dialects.
“All the above universities have requested the governor to identify and nominate one guest teacher who can teach at least two dialects of north east for their NE department. The honorary teacher will be teaching once or twice in a week for an hour. Earlier, in 2016, NITTE University, Mangaluru had invited Governor Acharya to inaugurate the NAMASTE NE Department, in the name of Dr.T. Ao an Olympian from Nagaland.” Interested person have been asked to submit applications via email to the Raj Bhavan within 30 days.
