Nagaland University Students’ Union NUSU (L) on Sunday expressed strong resentment against the Higher and Technical Education department’s failure to disburse postgraduate scholarship for the year 2017-18. In a press note, NUSU (L) information and publicity secretary, Suraj Kumar said when the union met the concerned authorities in August, it was found that the scholarship forms of the students were rejected on the basis that the students percentage did not fulfil the merit scholarship criteria. NUSU (L) however pointed out that most of the student’s were eligible for merit scholarship. After a thorough deliberation, the authorities promised to probe the matter. The union said it has been over a month without any development.
NUSU (L) demanded to know how long it would take to re-verify the forms and disburse the scholarship. It said the department was aware that most of the students rely on scholarships for fees and other academic needs. The union said the delay in disbursement had become a consistent trend, depriving students of their rights and hampering academic growth of students. The union has asked the department to clarify the issue at the earliest, failing which the union said it would take its own course of action and hold the department and state government responsible.