Dimapur, Aug. 19 (EMN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) is displeased that in spite of their objections and the ‘clear instruction’ given by the chief secretary of the government of Nagaland, the department of Technical Education could not rectify a notification concerning the Joint Entrance Examination for 2018.
A statement from the NTC on Sunday stated that there were several applicants with ‘doubtful’ documents who were allowed to appear for the JEE for 2018 and were placed in the merit list as well, all due to a loophole ‘created by inconsistent rules and guidelines.’
“The irregularities as detected by the parents are of serious nature with far reaching consequences once precedent is created and the department proceeds with counselling and nomination along with the doubtful candidates.
“We are made to understand that the administration had issued indigenous certificates to several candidates who are not qualified under the criteria laid down in the notification No. AR-8/8/76 dated 28th of April, 1977,” the statement read.
It has requested the department to ‘keep the cases of those doubtful candidates in abeyance till the administration rectify its indigenous certificates through standard procedures to establish the antecedents of the candidates in question.’ The NTC cautioned the administration not to play with the rights of the indigenous citizens of the state.
