Dimapur, Sep. 1 (EMN): The Phom Students Conference (PSC) has started a five-day agitation, from September 1 to the 5th, against what it stated was the Nagaland government’s failure to depute a district education officer and a subdivision education officer to Longleng district.
A statement from the student group on Saturday requested students as well as teachers in Longleng district to “observe ‘black day’ by wearing a black badge in all the institution within Longleng jurisdiction as a sign of agitation.”
The PSC stated that it had served the state government with memoranda on May 20 and August 20. “But, despite the repeated reminder and strong evidence backing the genuine plea of the Phom Students’ Conference and a much intellectual approach towards the crying issue (sic), the concern department and government (sic) has not responded, approached or acted on the very matter,” it stated.
The PSC warned of a later phase of agitation during which government offices would be picketed and educational institutions forced to close should the demands go unfulfilled.
