Students lock Edn (U) office
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 09 2016:
Peeved over
the Government's lackadaisical
attitude towards their demands,
students of Thoubal College
today locked the office of
Directorate of Education (U)
today.
A large number of stu-
dents of the college came to
Imphal at around noon and
stormed the office complex.
They shouted slogans
against the Government apa-
thy and asked all the
employees to move outside the
office complex.
Later, the irate students
locked the main entrance gate
as well as all the rooms in-
cluding the office chamber of
Director C Arthur protesting
Government's indifferent atti-
tude.
Later, a police team led by
Imphal West Additional SP
(Law and Order) Dr S
Ibomcha brought the situation
under control and opened the
office complex.
Thoubal College Students'
Union general secretary
Oinam Arjun said that the
Government has failed to
look into the infrastructure
and manpower inadequacies
of the college although they
have been repeatedly re-
quested by the students.
He said that although Zo-
ology Department of the
college requires five teachers,
the college has only two
teachers.
Immoral activities are go-
ing on inside the campus at
night as the college has no
fencing, he said and added
that the college hostel is also
yet to be inaugurated.
Moreover, the coeduca-
tional college has no separate
toilets for girls and boys, he
said.
Arjun said that although
construction of the college
swimming pool had com-
pleted some years back, the
authority concerned has not
inaugurated it till date for rea-
sons best known to them As such, the swimming pool which was constructed with a huge
sum of money is not serving its purpose, he said.
After memoranda were submitted to the Chief Minister,
Education Minister and Education (U) Director on many
occasions regarding the matter, the students began their protest
in February this year.
However, the Government overlooked the students' de-
mands completely, he said.
The students came to Imphal and locked the office of the
Education (U) Directorate today as the Government remained
unmoved even after yesterday's class boycott agitation, Arjun
said.