DIMAPUR: Eleven “Government Colleges Students’ Unions” have appealed to the department of Higher and Technical Education to immediately revoke its transfer order of assistant professors to New Model College, Wakching in Mon and New Model College in Mangkolemba, for a period of six months on attachment basis.
Expressing dismay over transferring order of “permanent faculties” from Kohima College; Kohima Science College (A), Jotsoma; Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung; Mokokchung College for Teachers Education (MCTE), State College for Teachers Education (SCTE), Kohima; and Mount Tiyi College, Wokha, the conglomeration of student unions also demanded that the “recruitment and sanctioning of posts” be done via proper channel (NPSC CESE) and make prior consultation made with all stakeholders.
“The implementation of Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) under New Education Policy (NEP) from the new academic session 2023, concurrent with the Old Nagaland University Syllabus (2012) and the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), will put additional strain on the already understaffed colleges,” read the joint press release.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]“Any displacement of teachers, irrespective of duration, is an impediment to the learning process of the students. Sending away twelve permanent faculties from existing colleges for a duration of six (6) months will have irreparable repercussions on learning,” it added.
While lauding the establishment of new colleges, the student unions claimed that the current arrangement made by the department will be detrimental to the affected colleges.
Claiming that the “assistant professors at MCTE and SCTE do not possess NET qualification in their own subject and fail to fulfill the minimum UGC norms to teach in colleges”, it also said transferring them on attachment basis violates this norm.
The student bodies went on to express its strong dissent against the department’s notification and said it “will not remain a mute spectator when the future of the students is under threat”.