KOHIMA:The Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) and its Education Committee on Friday resolved to submit a nine-point memorandum to the Nagaland Chief Minister requesting his intervention into the issue of alleged fake appointments of teachers in education department among others things.
According to NMA sources, the memorandum to be sent to the chief minister, NMA president Abeiu Meru and NMA Education Committee Convener Rosemary Dzuvichu, expressed deep concern over the ongoing affairs in the department of education and inordinate delay in taking action against serious irregularities as per the latest reports of Special Investigation Team (SIT), Vigilance Commission, the State Verification Committee (SVC) and the District Special Verification Committees (DVC).
The memorandum demanded that the state government terminate all the teachers found guilty of using fake appointment orders.It also demanded that all directorate and secretariat officials of Education Department, who had been identified and indicted by SIT for their involvement in wrongful projection and falsification of vacancies resulting in excess appointment of teachers, destruction of important official files and records and rampant issuance of approval orders, be penalised with immediate action as per law.The NMA memorandum sought appropriate action against all the District Inspector of School (DIS) and District Education Officers (DEO) of various districts who had been named in the said report for dereliction of duty.
Thoppil to be ordained as new Bishop of Nagaland: Father James Thoppil has been chosen to be ordained as the new Bishop of Nagaland on September 8.
This was announced by the Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) in a press meet at Kohima Press Club Thursday evening.
Besides a lagre gathering, the ordainment ceremony would be attended by Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio along with his ministers. (UNI)