Minister serves explanation call to absentee members
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 17 2013:
Education Minister Moirangthem Okendro has demanded explanation calls from all those Government officials, who are members of Meetei Mayek Expert Committee, for absenting themselves from the meeting of the Committee which was held at his office chamber today.
Minister Okendro is the Chairman of Meetei Mayek Expert Committee which is formed with the main objective of promoting the original native scripts of the Manipuri people.
During the course of discussing the agendas of the meeting today, Minister M Okendro expressed disappointment over the delay in establishing a State Department of Language, Planning and Implementation for promoting and preserving Manipuri Language even after Manipuri language has been included in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution long time back.
He informed that the issue has been discussed with the Chief Minister on two occasions and the Chief Minister has also given the assurance that the matter would be taken up for discussion in the State Cabinet meeting which is to be convened after his arrival from Delhi.
In the meeting today, the Minister entrusted Joint Director of Language Cell Dr L Mahavir to prepare a Cabinet memo to propose amendment of the Manipur Official Act so as to pave way for establishing a Language Directorate in the State.
Furthermore, the Minister informed the members present in the meeting that an official order for conducting TET forMeetei Mayek in the second week of April next would be issued very soon.
In this regard, the Minister asked the Sub-Committee formed in connection with conducting TET for Meetei Mayek to make known the syllabus of the said exam to the public at the earliest.
Today's meeting was attended by H Deleep, Director of Eduction (S); Potshangbam Dhanakumar, Chairman of BSEM; H Nabachandra, Secretary of COHSEM; L Rajmohon, Secretary of BSEM; Babudhon Sapamcha, Joint Director (Academic) COHSEM, Prof P Gunindro Singh, Head of Department of Manipuri, Manipur University, Dr W Romesh, Assistant Professor of GP Women's College, SH Tomba Mangang, President of MEELAL; M Naokhamba Meitei, Vice President of MEELAL; P Thakaba Meetei, Secretary of MEELAL; W Gojen Meetei, Finance Secretary of MEELAL; Kh Chandrakanta Meetei, Education Secretary of MEELAL; Y Biren Meetei, Organisation Secretary of MEELAL and M Shivdutta Luwang, Editor of Hueiyen Lanpao (Meetei Mayek edition) .