All Nagaland Pre-Service Teachers’ Association (ANPSTA) has expressed surprise over chief minister Neiphiu Rio and school education adviser KT Sukhalu’s statements in Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) regarding excess teachers.
In a statement, the association termed the statements as unjust, detrimental and an attempt to deprive employable rights of deserving trained teachers through open means.
ANPSTA demanded to know how did the State government claim that there were around 10,000 excess teachers and under what head they were recruited, as the last open recruitment was in 2015- the SSA recruitment conducted by the Department of School Education (DoSE).
Citing reliable sources that annually around 250 teachers retired, ANPSTA wondered how did the question of excess teachers arose and requested the government to share in public domain the basis of the information. ANPSTA asserted that it had the right to know how and when were the vacant posts filled, if not done through backdoor, when NPF Legislative Party leader TR Zeliang and MLA Yitachu expressed concern over shortage of teachers due to ban in appointments.
The association urged the chief minister to be unbiased, take a stand against unethical practices and walk the talk by “laying down impeccable undefiled decree” for the future of students and teachers by conducting fair recruitment of trained teachers.