Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 7 (EMN): Following a crucial meeting with the state government on Friday, the All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG)-2015 batch called off its agitation with immediate effect after 12 days of sit-in and eight days of hunger strike. The ad hoc teachers had been staging a peaceful protest in Kohima since September 26, demanding the government to regularise their services. A five-point resolution, including constitution of a High Powered Committee within 15 days to address the issue and to resolve the matter before the end of next year, was passed at the meeting on Friday that continued for more than six hours, following which the agitating teachers agreed to call off the protest. Headed by Principal Secretary to the chief minister, KD Vizo, the meeting was held with the ANATG-2015 batch central and core committee members in the presence of the All Nagaland School Teachers’ Association (ANSTA), at the conference hall, Department of IT&C
Our CorrespondentKohima, Oct. 6 (EMN): A breakthrough to the ad hoc teachers’ service regularisation issue might just be around the corner as members of the All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) 2015 batch are “expecting something fruitful” to happen soon. The ad hoc teachers have been staging a peaceful sit-in since September 26 and a week of hunger strike until Thursday, in the state capital against non-regularisation of their services. Their last meeting with the commissioner and secretary of School Education proved futile as the members unanimously rejected the former’s offer of setting up a High Powered Committee to take up the matter. Subsequently, the house wrote to the chief minister and sought his intervention to solve the issue. Yet, the indifferent attitude of the government compelled more members to join the hunger strike on Wednesday. However, the ANATG-2015 members are now “expecting something fruitful” on Friday, October 7)”, it was informed. “We
Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 5 (EMN): Discontented over the indifferent attitude of the government towards the demand to regularise their services, despite staging protest for the past 10 days, more adhoc teachers joined the ongoing hunger strike outside the Secretariat in Kohima on Wednesday. The All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG) – 2015 batch has been holding agitation since September 26 and hunger strike for six days. Member of ANATG 2015, Bendangtemsu Ozukum, informed that they are planning to intensify the hunger strike. ‘Some of them have volunteered to join (the hunger strike), expressing dissatisfaction at the attitude of the government. Therefore, we are compelled to increase the number,’ he said. Initially, a total of 36 teachers took part in the hunger strike but at least half a dozen were hospitalised over the course of six days. One member is still in the hospital since Tuesday and her condition is reportedly stable, he added. About three to four
Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 3 (EMN): The All Nagaland Adhoc Teachers’ Group (ANATG)-2015 batch on Monday submitted a representation to the state government rejecting the constitution of a High Powered Committee to address the issue and sought the intervention of the chief minister. The representation addressed to the chief minister was submitted to his chamber, at the Secretariat, in his absence on Monday. ‘The house (ANATG-2015, 1166 teachers) resolved to submit a direct letter to your table as we believe only your intervention could bring a solution to our sole demand,’ it read, adding that they were “left with no other option” but to protest in the form of an indefinite hunger strike till the matter is resolved. Signed by the representatives of all 29 units of ANATG-2015 as well as its president and general secretary, the agitating teachers expressed dismay over the matter being “left unattended” during the first four days of their peaceful sit-in, which led to
ANATG-2015 to submit representation to CM today Our Correspondent Kohima, Oct. 2 (EMN): At least four teachers have been hospitalised in the last three days while on hunger strike demanding regularisation of their service at Solidarity Park, Kohima. A member taken to the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima on Saturday relapsed, and was admitted at Oking Hospital where he stayed the night. He was discharged on Sunday and his condition is reportedly stable. The 2015 batch of All Nagaland Ad hoc Teachers’ Association (ANATG) have been staging a sit-in since Monday, demanding the government to regularise their services. The protest entered the seventh day on Sunday, including the last four-day hunger strike. The 1166 teachers on Saturday unanimously decided to submit a representation to the state government rejecting the decision of setting up a High Powered Committee to address the issue. The representation, signed by the 1166 members, will be submitted to the chief minister on Mon