Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has questioned the sincerity of the Department of School Education (DoSE) towards its duty and responsibility for the timely distribution of text books and study materials to students of government schools.
Reacting to the clarification issued by the DoSE published yesterday, a press statement from NSF president, Kesosul Christopher Ltu and general secretary, Imtiyapang Imsong said that the federation was “bewildered” by the reason cited by the Director of School Education for the “time and again delay” in the distribution.
Calling the clarification a “silly reply”, NSF said that the vehicles being requisitioned did not justify the department’s failure when the students had been left without text books after almost a month of the schools being re-opened.
With the state being bound for the elections by early 2018, a period which coincided with the start of the academic session on February for the students, NSF said it was imperative that the department made the necessary arrangements for timely distribution under any circumstances if the text books had “at all” reached Dimapur.
It stood firm on its demand for the distribution of text books and study materials at the earliest and reiterated their earlier threat that it would not hesitate to close down the Directorate of School Education if the issue was not addressed.
On the matter of distribution of school uniforms, NSF appealed to the DoSE and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to expedite the pursuance of the matter with the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the State Government.
Sunday, May 3, 2026