Congress MLA and CLP leader Tokheho Yepthomi has alleged that the careers of thousands of students have been jeopardized as a result of Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) refusing to accept enrolment of students to Class 9 and 10 from 129 Government High Schools (GHS) with effect from 2014 academic session.
In a press release, Tokheho pointed out that the decision of NBSE in pursuance of the state government’s order dated June 5, 2013 reflected the “total apathy” of the NPF-led DAN towards the students and their parents who were being victimized for no fault of theirs.
The CLP leader recalled that 147 Government Middle Schools (GMS) were upgraded to GHS between 2010 and 2011 under RMSA programme following approval by the Union Ministry of HRD while DAN had taken credit for the mass up-gradation.
Tokheho said over the years, hundreds of crores have been received by the state government under RMSA from the Centre for its implementation, the decision of the state government asking NBSE to stop accepting the enrolment of students for the above mentioned classes portrayed the callousness of the state.
He said that perhaps it was the state government currently saddled with empty coffers after a decade of blatant financial mismanagement had “siphoned off” the available RMSA funds to meet other requirements leading to down gradation of these 129 out of 147 upgraded GHS.
The present plight of students under these 129 GHS should therefore be addressed by the state government as the academic session for 2014 has already begun, said the CLP leader.
On local bodies
The suspension of municipal and town council elections since early 2010 by the state government while flouting all established norms to illegally appoint NPF party workers as chief advisors and advisors have destroyed the foundation of these local bodies, alleged Tokheho.
The CLP leader said that these advisors functioning without any accountability had reduced the relevance of local bodies to a mere tax collecting agencies.
Tokheho said the DMC imbroglio in 2012 which exposed the rampant illegal activities of the advisors reminded of the large scale irregularities that had caused huge financial loss and the culprits escaping punishment under the patronage of the government.
He said the state government was contemplating the appointment of advisors to the local bodes and this was “illegal and undemocratic” with scant regards for the wishes of the people. NPF should have no reason to fear elections to these local bodies when it proudly proclaimed to have the mandate of the people, said Tokheho.
He alleged that delaying holding of elections reflected the ulterior motive of the NPF-led DAN government to subvert democratic norms of these local bodies and to reward few of its workers at the expense of the common people whose voices remain unheard.
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