Dimapur, Oct. 30 (EMN):The Khaghaboto Area Students’ Union (Kasu) has demanded teachers from the education authorities, particularly for the science subject, for the government high school (GHS) of Khaghaboto. Examinations for the students are scheduled for November, the union stated.
The union issued on Tuesday a copy of a letter addressed to the director of the School Education department. The group cautioned that failure to send teachers within seven days would force the students to agitate.
The copy read: ‘The government high school, Khaghaboto is the only high school which caters the educational needs of 17 villages under its jurisdiction. However, it is dismal to note that the GHS, Khaghaboto has been functioning without adequate teachers for the past so many months.’
The school has been left with only one mathematics teacher “due to retire by January 2019” after the mathematics teacher was transferred to Chumukedima village without any replacement, the union stated.
‘The school is left without science teacher after the sole science teacher under RMSA qualified in the state teacher examination and was transferred to Thenyizu on 25th September,2018. The school is also functioning with only one Hindi teacher.’
The organisation has asked the authorities to provide two permanent teachers for each subject and to deploy a science teacher immediately.
The union added: ‘Given that the final examination for class 8 and 9 is scheduled on November 20 and 26 respectively, the union urges the department kindly to make immediate arrangements especially for the science teacher within 7 days from the date of this press release failing which we will have no other option but to register our protest by boycotting the science exam for which the department will be held solely responsible.’
