Ardent in favour of accommodating State-sponsored candidates
SHILLONG: HSPDP legislator Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit said that the State Government should do away with sponsoring candidates for the various courses if it fails to give due weightage to these candidates in the appointment to the various vacant posts in the Government departments.
“In the normal practice, preference should given to candidates within the State quota. Sadly, the Government is doing the opposite by giving importance to the private candidates who failed to find a place in the State quotas while pursuing various courses,” Basaiawmoit said while participating in the general discussion on the budget in the Assembly on Monday.
He said that the Government is contradicting its own policy while on one hand it is sponsoring candidates and on the other hand is willing to leave them in a lurch.
“The best option is to do way with the policy of sponsoring of candidates since it will amount to wasteful expenditure,” HSPDP legislator said.
The Jaintia Students Union has also asked the State Government to cancel the proposed entrance test meant for students who wants to pursue MBBS and BDS under the state quota.
In a memorandum submitted to the Health and Family Welfare Minister AL Hek on Monday, JSU president Rikut N Parien stated that the State Government should cancel the proposed entrance test in the interest of justice and equality.
“If the Government conducts this test, we would be forced to take other course of action,” he said.
According to JSU, there might be some controversies that will arise after the test which will question the authenticity and transparency of this test. The JSU also stated that State Government should allot the state quota for MBBS and BDS in the same procedure as it has been done for decades.
Earlier, Basaiawmoit said that the Government had in the recent past rushed in setting up many private universities in the State.
“But what happened to these Universities now? Most of them have either become non-functional or merely money minting institution. What happened to the CMJ? I remember when I tried to get a clarification on the full form of CMJ when the Bill was introduced in this August House, the reply that I got from the chair is that CMJ is CMJ,” Basaiawmoit said while adding that if Government escape the responsibility on the plight of the student who have been duped by this University.
He said that despite all this, the Government is still complacent in its approach towards other Private Universities who have come here for serving their own interest only.
“There is also a complaint on the style and functioning of University of Technology and Management (UTM). I am sure that if necessary steps are taken, all these Universities will face the same fate as that of the CMJ,” the HSPDP legislator added.