Editor,
The National Moot Court Competition is being organized by NEHU Law Department from Oct 5-7. A Moot Court may be rightly called a “mock court” but the manner in which NEHU Law Department conducts the first National Moot Court Competition 2016 in this region, makes a mockery of the very purpose of holding a national moot court competition.
The Law Department, NEHU receives Rs 15 lakh for the programme from the University which is not commensurate to the programme. There are 32 teams from the leading Law Schools and Institutions across the country including a renowned Law College from the city that are participating in this programme. The manner in which the NEHU Law Department conducted the moot court left much to be desired. There is no transparency in the marking system; teams which did not appear at the exact time to compete were given a second chance instead of a walk over. The method of elimination is completely bizarre and unjust.
For the preliminary rounds there are 8 different moot court rooms assigned with different judges for 32 teams. Four teams are being sent to one court room to compete with each other and be judged by two judges (appointed by the department). From these 32 teams 16 teams are to be selected for the next round which logically applied to be selected on the basis of their competency from each different moot court rooms. But what is astonishing here is that the organizers instead of taking the winners from each court room to compete with the winners of other court rooms in the next round did otherwise. They judged the winners by calculating the total scores of the competitors from all the 8 court rooms and chose the 16 teams to proceed to the next round on the basis of the total marks. This has deprived the right of the winners of some court rooms to be selected though they qualified. Hence this has deprived those from competent institutions from coming forward. Such irresponsible conduct by the organizers sends a ooor signal about our state and NEHU.
This also shows up the poor administration on the part of the Law Department. Perhaps, there exists a clear spirit of favouritism and nepotism among the organizers themselves. If this is not so then how can the organizers justify and deprive the winners of other court rooms to proceed to the next round and send them home with an insulting message ‘though you are winners but we cannot consider you because we have our own criteria to calculate the marks/points beside what is done or given by the judge’. This is bizarre, arbitrary, incompetent, unprofessional and with no transparency from the side of the organizers of the respective department.
Yours etc.,
Peter Aiborlang Dohkrut
( also a participant in the said National Moot Court 2016)
Shillong – 17
Power Crisis in Meghalaya
Editor,
It is learnt from news reports that the Meghalaya Electrical Power Corporation is facing serious trouble. This important power project has been providing power for domestic, commercial and industrial activities. Everybody needs electricity to run their businesses. But with time the power generation capacity of the State has deteriorated because the executives have failed miserably. They are corruptible, incompetent and even lack the vision for power production in Meghalaya.
And where are those technocrats/qualified technical experts to rectify the problem that arises from time to time. It is understood that the Corporation is on the verge of bankruptcy, considering that the MeECL is unable to clear the NEEPCo loan in time, including other outstanding bills. If so, where is the future of MeECL?. During monsoon, the Umiam Reservoir is flooded with garbage floating from its catchment and the adjoining areas of Shillong which results in loss of water storage capacity and almost every year, the water level has not reached the FRL but the technical people don’t seem to have any idea to deal with the problem (i.e. renovation of the dam and its surroundings).
In view of the above observation and to free itself from further shame, it is advisable that MeECL is handed over to any competent private power producing company for the smooth running of the power projects and to bring an end to the power crisis in the State.
Yours etc.,
B Tariang,
Sohra
Quality of text book in MBOSE
Editor,
With reference to the outdated syllabus and book prescribed by MBOSE in Computer Science of Class XI, one must point out that both the syllabus and text book is horribly outdated. This poses a serious challenge on the knowledge and intellect of the students. As a guardian, I was shocked to see the outdated contents of the textbook of Class XI. The MBOSE authorities should scrutinize the syllabus and quality of text books periodically for the improvement of quality of education in the state.
Yours etc.,
Name withheld on request.