Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) Saturday said that there were 3,789 teachers (both PG/GT) in Eastern Nagaland while the entire state had 20,000 teachers and asserted that the people of the region were facing acute shortage of teachers.
Addressing a press conference Saturday evening along with the representative of its six federating units here ENSF expressed dismay over the state government’s non-implementation of its demand on the issue of teachers’ recruitment and restoration of posts in Mon, Tuengsang, Longleng and Kiphire districts. The federation said that despite repeated appeals and reminders, the state government was reluctant to implement its demand and this had forced the students to launch the agitation.
The state government instead of addressing the grievance of the people, was creating further division amongst the people and it was most “unacceptable and unjustifiable”, stated ENSF. According to ENSF, the Government of India sanctioned enough money and schemes to the state but was not implementing them in the right direction. The federation also accused the commissioner & secretary, DSES of not knowing the actual grievances being faced by the people in the region.
ENSF stated that it stood firm on its five-point charter of demand. It said that the assurance on positive five-point charter of demand was not a “backdoor agreement” but an “open agreement” which was also widely covered by various local dailies. While asking the government why it issued a positive nod when it was not in a position to meet the demands, ENSF asserted that it would not compromise with its stance.
ENSF said that justice should be delivered at the earliest to the people and that it was not asking something new to the government but only reiterating their demand which was agreed upon by the government in principle. It has once again threatened to launch its third phase of agitation with no specific time frame but warned that it would be more “severe and stringent”.
Addressing a press conference Saturday evening along with the representative of its six federating units here ENSF expressed dismay over the state government’s non-implementation of its demand on the issue of teachers’ recruitment and restoration of posts in Mon, Tuengsang, Longleng and Kiphire districts. The federation said that despite repeated appeals and reminders, the state government was reluctant to implement its demand and this had forced the students to launch the agitation.
The state government instead of addressing the grievance of the people, was creating further division amongst the people and it was most “unacceptable and unjustifiable”, stated ENSF. According to ENSF, the Government of India sanctioned enough money and schemes to the state but was not implementing them in the right direction. The federation also accused the commissioner & secretary, DSES of not knowing the actual grievances being faced by the people in the region.
ENSF stated that it stood firm on its five-point charter of demand. It said that the assurance on positive five-point charter of demand was not a “backdoor agreement” but an “open agreement” which was also widely covered by various local dailies. While asking the government why it issued a positive nod when it was not in a position to meet the demands, ENSF asserted that it would not compromise with its stance.
ENSF said that justice should be delivered at the earliest to the people and that it was not asking something new to the government but only reiterating their demand which was agreed upon by the government in principle. It has once again threatened to launch its third phase of agitation with no specific time frame but warned that it would be more “severe and stringent”.
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