EMN
Dimapur, December 11
Consequent to the return of 150 Naga students from Divya Jyoti College of Engineering in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh on account of non-payment of scholarship by the State government, a State Level Committee has been set up consisting of Secretary, Higher & Technical Education, Secretary, Finance and Secretary, Law with the express brief to recommend measures so as to ensure that the careers of the students are jeopardized in future.
Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office said that in this case and also on other occasions, some student organizations had signed MoUs with educational institutions outside the State and placed students without the knowledge of the department concerned.
It was decided that notification will be issued by the government that henceforth no students’ organization will be allowed to enter into any kind of Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding with any Technical/ Professional Institution outside the State without the knowledge of the state government.
It may also be mentioned that the Chief Minister had, in his Address at the 4th Convocation of NU at SASRD Medziphema on December 5 last, declared that the State Government would be setting up a State Level Committee to go into the matter and examine not only from the point of extending some help to the affected families, but also to inquire into how the entire episode had taken place and to ensure that such sad incidents do not recur.
Regarding to the issue of scholarship, CMO said, there are two components under Post Merit Scholarship, namely, Maintenance Allowance which is fixed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and Fee Component which is fixed by the State Government.
However, since 1991, the State Government has not reviewed the Fee Component. The newly constituted Committee has been tasked to address this issue.
