Recognition of Hindi Teachers Training College at risk despite Govt attempt to improve education sector
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 12 2019: Even if the State Government has been implementing School Fagathansi Mission and Chief Minister's Eikhoi Lairik Yengminnasi Programme with the main objective of improving the education sector of the State, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is likely to cancel the recognition of Government Hindi Teachers Training College located at DM College campus owing to the Government's failure to appoint requisite manpower mandatory under the criteria for establishing the institute.

The students' union of Government Hindi Teachers Training College located at DM College campus has informed that NCTE already issued an order on September 16 cautioning the State Government to cancel the recognition of the college if it fails to appoint the required number of staff within three months.

The same student union also marked October 20 as the deadline to the State Government for appointing the required number of regular teachers, failing which the union threatened launch stringent agitation with the help of various student organizations of the State.

Addressing a press meet held at Manipur Press Club today, Government Hindi Teachers Training College Students Union president Thokchom Bishorjit informed that at least eight teachers should be appointed on a regular basis so as to run a Government Hindi teachers training school or college as per the criteria given by NCTE and conveyed that the present Principal is the only regular staff in the Government Hindi Teachers Training College currently although another four teachers are being utilized in the college.

Further maintaining that one among the four utilized teachers in the college has not pursued any relevant course for Hindi teachers training, he said that the teacher is not fit to be engaged in the training college.

The president then claimed that the Education Minister had assured to appoint/send regular teachers to the training college when the shortages of the college were highlighted to the Minister in the past.

Decrying that the Education Minister's failure to translate his assurance into action till date, he warned that the student union will launch intensified course of agitation with the help of other student bodies in the State if the Government fails to appoint the required number of regular teachers by October 20 .

Asserting that the Government Hindi Teachers Training College located at DM College campus is the only institute for Hindi teachers in the entire North East region, he reminded that NCTE had already issued a notification to the State Government on September 16 asking it to appoint the required number of regular teachers within three months from the date of issuing the notification, to avoid cancellation of its recognition.

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