Our Reporter
Dimapur, Dec. 28 (EMN): The Aghünaqa Area Students’ Union and Aghünaga GB Association has demanded the department of Education to revoke and cancel the transfer order of teachers from Aghünaqa area issued this year.
The two organisations claimed that the teachers were being repeatedly transferred to other areas even though there were not enough teachers in the schools.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday at Ghoshito village, the president of Aghünaqa Area Students’ Union, Ikato Khulu, warned that if the state government fails to fulfil their demand, they would not allow admission of students for the next academic session 2023 and close all the government schools in the area.
He reiterated that before admissions starts, the government should fulfil their demand.
Khulu claimed that most of the schools in the area were functioning with only two to three teachers.
In Aghünaga area, out of 38 villages, there are about 35 schools including one high school, two middle schools and primary schools, but overall there were only about 130 teachers, he said.
He also shared that in June, they went on a tour and were surprised to see that most of the schools had been functioning without proper teachers, while some schools had combined classes.
Khulu said there should be enough subject teachers in all the schools, stating that Hindi, Mathematics, and Science requirements should be met, as such subject teachers cannot teach another subject.
‘If the government wants to bring development, they should provide proper school infrastructure and deploy proper teachers to the remote areas. Wherever it may be, if the students get proper education, development starts from there,’ he added.
Further, he maintained that they were not going to provide a no objection certificate (NOC) to those teachers who had been transferred recently.
He urged the respective area student leaders to also look into the schools in their jurisdiction as there are many schools facing the same issue. He stated that even in Ghoshito village primary school, there were only three teachers at present after three teachers were transferred this year.
Head GB of Vihoto village, Heshito V Awomi, lamented that the Education department is “playing with the students’ life”, reiterating that within a year, teachers were being repeatedly transferred.
He said that in one of the high schools in the area, there were only 10 teachers, even though there should be 25 teachers.
“We will completely close the school if the department does not revoke and cancel the transfer order of all the teachers from Aghünaqa area,” he said, and asked the government to look into it “seriously”.
“We will strongly stand on the matter and so it will be unacceptable if the government does not revoke and cancel the transfer order,” he added.