ATSUM says no to OM
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Imphal, November 26 2020: The All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) said that the office memorandum (OM) of the Higher and Technical Education Department issued on November 20 will not be allowed to have effects on the seven colleges of the hill districts of Manipur.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, the apex tribal student body of Manipur said that "an ambiguous office memorandum (OM) was issued by the Commissioner of Higher and Technical Education Department on November 20 purportedly at the behest of some disgruntled college teachers who are sulking on being snubbed of the posts of Principals and Heads of Departments in various faculties" .

In this regard, the ATSUM said that the tranquil atmosphere that is being witnessed in all the seven hill colleges should not be disturbed.

The ATSUM said it has never been happy with the "overt neglect" of education in the hill areas, especially in the domain of higher education.

It pointed out that there are 35 Govt colleges out of which the valley, though with less than 10% of the total geographical area, is bestowed with 28 colleges whereas the hill districts are "starved" with just 7 colleges.

Elucidating that out of the seven colleges, three colleges viz; Tamenglong College, Hill College Tadubi and Lamka College Churachandpur are functioning with only Arts stream, the ATSUM said.

"And to add insult to our injury, three districts in the hills viz Kamjong, Tengnoupal, Pherzawl and Noney are functioning without a single college", the tribal student body pointed out.

"The ATSUM in tandem with its sister organizations for the umpteen times had been pointing out to the Government of Manipur as well as the departments concerned to rectify this gross injustices for the sake of equitable growth and development but only to be shown a contemptuous rebuff," it added.

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