SHILLONG: The Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed) trainees have decided to hold a protest march over faulty results.
In a press communiqué, Niwel Dkhar, convener of D. El. Ed trainees, said, “Elementary School teachers who are also D. El. Ed trainees demand that the government declare them as trained teachers in case NIOS fails to rectify the anomalies and declare fresh results within October 15.”
“We have decided to give a final deadline to NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) to declare fresh result within October,” MSSASA Central Body general secretary H.M Marbaniang said after the meeting.
He said if NIOS fails to come to a decision within October 15, MSSASA along with the D. El. Ed trainees will lead a delegation to meet Education Minister Deborah Marak on October 17.
The decision was taken at a meeting jointly convened by the D.El.Ed trainees and leaders of the Meghalaya SSA Schools Association (MSSASA) at the Khasi National Durbar Hall in Shillong on October 8.
The trainees have resolved to demand for immediate removal of the NIOS centre from Meghalaya stating that much damage has been caused by the incompetency and inefficiency of the institute.
The State government tied up with NIOS in 2013 to train a batch of around 4,800 teachers deputed by the State government. However, NIOS delayed the results for over nine months.
