Dimapur, Sep. 22 (EMN): The Naga Students’ Federation made an appeal to the government through the Minister for Department of School Education to not to make the B.Ed degree mandatory for aspirants in the forthcoming departmental exam for teachers.
In a letter to the minister that was released to the media the NSF have appealed to the government to relax the requirement because the total intake in the institutions offering B.Ed course is only about 900 which is also mostly filled by those already employed under the department.
" It is imperative to mention that, the number of Graduates (Bachelor Degree) from 2015, 2016 & 2017 was 3098, 3657 & 3837 respectively whereas, the intake capacity of students for B.Ed per academic year is approximately 900 and out of the total number of B. Ed seats, almost 60% is taken by in-service teachers. Hence, for the forth-coming Departmental Examination the criteria for having B.Ed qualification should not be made mandatory, " stated the letter.
The federation insisted the government to consider it in the larger interest od the candidates and to give all the applicants a fair chance to appear in the examination.
The NSF also cited the record of the total educated unemployed registered till June, 2017 at around 68,210 so that appealed to the government to select "Indigenous inhabitants applicants of the State on priority".
