Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 15, 2010:
Don Bosco Imphal Alumni Association has strongly decried the monetary demands served on the staff and teachers of their school by some armed UG groups.
In an appeal, the Association said that it was with extreme anguish and pain that the past students of Don Bosco, Imphal learnt about the crisis taking place in their alma mater.
The Association condemns such monetary demands as the staff and teachers are extending selfless service with the bare minimum salary and the school is being run by a non-profit, non-commercial organisation.
Appealing to the group concerned to reconsider and withdraw the demand for the sake of the students, who have already suffered a lot for no fault of theirs, the Association noted that in case of any misunderstanding that might have arisen, an amicable solution can always be arrived at through positive interactions and negotiation.
Observing that today's youth are tomorrow's pillars on which the society will stand but these very pillars have been shaken because of various reasons for which the students are not responsible, the Association noted adding that education is to human existence what water is to life and equally important to freedom and justice is education as neither freedom nor justice can sustain without education.
A school is not merely a storehouse of knowledge but also a temple where one learns the basic principles and ethos of life, the Association said.