CTAN, NNQF to launch slogan campaign over delay in requisitioning assistant professor posts

• DIMAPUR — The Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN) and the Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) have announced the launch of a fresh phase of agitation beginning May 28, over the government’s delay in requisitioning the 147 contractual assistant professor and librarian posts to the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC).
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• The organisations announced on Tuesday that they have initiated a slogan campaign aimed at raising public awareness and maintaining pressure on the government following what they describe as a “deafening silence” after the expiry of their May 21 ultimatum.
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• The demand stems from a memorandum submitted on April 30 following the withdrawal of an earlier government order that had regularised 147 ad hoc faculty posts across government colleges. While the revocation was welcomed by CTAN-NNQF, they immediately issued a fresh memorandum, demanding that the now-vacated posts be requisitioned to the NPSC in accordance with established recruitment procedures.
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• On May 22, representatives of the two organisations reportedly attempted to engage with the state government to seek clarity on the requisition status but were informed that the Chief Secretary was out of station.

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United in stand, divided by rallies

• In a press statement issued on Tuesday, CTAN-NNQF said that “what is far more troubling than the Chief Secretary's schedule is the government's deafening silence regarding the progress report of the requisition.”
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• Accusing the government of “intentional stonewalling,” the organisations stated that the government’s “apparent disinterest in engaging constructively on this matter,” has “compelled” to initiate a public slogan campaign as a peaceful measure. This campaign, they said, will serve to raise awareness, maintain pressure on the government, and prepare the ground for further democratic protests, should their demands remain unaddressed.
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• The campaign aims to reflect the “frustration and disappointment of the public affected by the government’s lack of transparency, which is one of the benchmarks of its proclaimed manifesto,” the organisations stated.
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• “We reiterate our demand for the immediate requisition of the said posts,” the statement read, while reaffirming their commitment to peaceful and democratic means of protest.
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• “Should the government go on to ignore our demands, we will be forced to escalate our protests,” it added.
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• During their earlier protest held in April, CTAN and NNQF staged a six-day demonstration in Kohima that culminated in the revocation of the controversial order.
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• However, they have maintained that the process will only be complete when the 147 vacant posts are formally requisitioned to the NPSC.