- At least three government colleges’ student bodies support
absorption
- DIMAPUR — As the
purported arbitrary posting of 147 assistant professors in the Higher Education
department is under censure from various quarters, Chief Secretary Dr. J Alam
has said that the government did not issue the notification officially.
- In a circular issued on April 10, the chief secretary
stated: “This office has not issued the notification officially, and
accordingly, all the principals, Government Colleges, Nagaland are hereby
directed not to facilitate handing over and taking over basing on the
aforementioned notification.”
- The notification in question, dated April 8 (Posting of
Assistant Professors), had gone viral on social media. “This notification shall
be considered null and void until further order from this office,” the CS
stated.
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- Remarkably, four government college student unions—from Sao
Chang College, Kohima Science College, Zunheboto Government College, and
Dimapur Government College —had written separate letters to the Higher
Education supporting the absorption of assistant professors.
- They expressed total support towards the absorption of
assistant professors into regular service for reasons including “suffering for
a decade due to the shortage of teachers” and “fulfilling the longstanding
requirements of experienced teachers in the government college.”
- Sao Chang College
Students’ Union went on to mention that even if the contract teachers are
absorbed into regular service, the institution will still be facing a shortfall
of teachers as per the guidelines of the New Education Policy. Likewise, the
Zunheboto Government College Students' Union stated: “Befittingly, their
contingency services have been regularised. As such, we would like to thank the
department for rewarding the teachers for their many years of service.”
- The Dimapur Government College Students’ Council conveyed
gratitude to the department “for bringing a closure to the long-pending issue
of some of our teachers who were serving with utmost sincerity on contractual
basis, by way of their service absorption, when there was no sanctioned post,
they have filled the gap of shortfall of teachers.”
