Yitachu serves deadline to do away with substitute teachers

Speaking as the chief guest at the three-day ‘training cum-conference for physical education teachers on newly printed handbook’ organized by Directorate of school education at Ura academy, Wednesday, Yitachu asserted that it was not right to occupy two or three posts depriving thousands of unemployed youths. Stating that the department had been detecting and taking corrective measures against such cases, he however, said it was time to crack the whip by setting a deadline and to let law take its own course.

He noted that many schools do not have physical education (PE) teachers, while on the other hand there were schools with two/three PE teachers. For this, he said PE teachers wanting to be posted or transferred against any such vacancy could be considered by sending in their application to the department. If not, he said that the department would be compelled to ensure that every school have PE teachers.

Yitachu also emphasised that four sections– PE, Hindi, planning and language should be looked after by one officer in the rank of an additional director. He also advised the PE teachers to focus in their sports discipline and guide the students in such areas, stating that the government’s policy encourages every school to take up one discipline in sports.

Lamenting that the unresolved issue of cadre and structure review has affected the functioning of the department, Yitachu appealed to all stakeholder and associations to allow the department to go ahead with what it thinks was best for the department.

In an oblique reference, he pointed out that there were some cases in the department where some individuals, who were not even employed, had been drawing pension. 

He urged the gathered teachers, during the course of the training cum-conference, to share their ideas and give recommendations to the department.

Yitachu later released the department’s ‘handbook for physical education teachers and students of Nagaland’.

Exhorting the gathering, additional director, Pollem Tep appraised that education being multi disciplinary in nature, should not be confined only to classroom. While urging PE teachers to be innovative, he said that the subject was important to supplement other learning processes.

The gathering was enthralled through special song by students of GHSS Seikhazou. Welcome address was delivered by deputy director (PE), T. Lipok Jamir, while vote of thanks was proposed by Venolie Medom. The programme was chaired by ANPETA president, Vitsolie Keyho and invocation by Mesehol.