- DIMAPUR — The Combined Technical Association
of Nagaland (CTAN) and the Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) have issued a
scathing condemnation of what they describe as a "betrayal" of
students at Sao Chang College, Tuensang, relating to the absorption of 147
contractual assistant professors and librarians.
- In a joint statement issued on Sunday, the organisations
alleged that students were coerced and manipulated into supporting the
professors' regularisation, a process they described as “arbitrary and
illegal.”
- “It is a matter of deep shame that individuals entrusted
with the noble task of educating the youth have stooped to deceit, coercion,
and intimidation. Under the pretence of mere procedural formalities, certain
contractual assistant professors, once praised as the ‘backbone of colleges’ by
the Minister for Higher Education, misled and pressured student leaders into
signing letters of support they neither fully understood nor truly consented
to.
- “Students were threatened with severe consequences if they
chose to dissent—an unconscionable abuse of power within a space meant for
learning and growth,” the statement read.
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- The organisations questioned the ethical standards of those
involved, asking where the diligence, sincerity, and honesty expected of
educators were. “Such acts of betrayal are not mere personal failings; they
strike at the very heart of our society's faith in its education system.”
- They lauded the students' courage in speaking out, asserting
that their bravery had “shattered the façade” concealing a deeper issue of
corruption and irregularities in the regularisation process.
