DIMAPUR— The Department of School Education (DoSE) has issued a clarification in response to the “admission crisis” faced by students in Tuensang which was highlighted by the Chang Wedoshi Setshang (CWS).
The department informed that construction of four new classrooms and major repair of eight classrooms at Government Higher Secondary School, Thangjam, will commence soon, and that work orders have been issued in May for the same.
“GHSS Tuensang has been chosen as the Light House School for Tuensang District under the World Bank funded NECTAR Project. Multiple infrastructure related and other interventions would be taken up at GHSS Tuensang,” the department stated.
It also stated that the proposal for upgrade of Government High School, Hakushang to Government Higher Secondary School will be put up for the approval of the State Level Education Committee (SLEC) during the forthcoming meeting.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]“If the SLEC approves, the Department then needs to get clearance/approval/concurrence of the P & AR and Finance Departments for post creation/conversion and finally the Cabinet approval. Subsequently, recruitment of PGTs will be done by the NPSC,” it stated.
The above stated processes will take more than a year, it added.
Further, in order to address the issue of requirement of more PGTs at GHSS, Tuensang and GHSS, Thangjam, the department informed that it has recently posted requisite number of PGTs at both the schools vide two notifications dated June 8 and June 9, respectively.
Rationalisation of PGTs will be undertaken once the ongoing recruitment process is completed, it added.
Earlier, Chang Wedoshi Setshang (CWS), the apex student body of the Chang tribe, had halted the admission process for Class 11 in two government higher secondary schools in Tuensang town with effect from June 6, citing issues faced by students seeking admission.
The CWS highlighted that a total of 780 HSLC-passed students had sought admission in two government higher secondary schools in Tuensang, whereas the total intake capacity of both the schools was only 370, which led to an “admission crisis.”
The CWS on June 6 submitted a memorandum to the principal director of School Education, highlighting the admission crisis in Tuensang.
In the memorandum, CWS pointed out that the two government secondary schools within Tuensang were not in a position to accommodate all the qualified students due to lack of classrooms as well as shortage of teachers.