Expressing concern on the backdoor appointment of untrained candidate, the All Nagaland Pre-Service Teachers Association (ANPSTA) has filed an RTI on the existing vacant posts of Primary Teachers.
According to ANPSTA president, Khriekuo Miario and general secretary Botika Sumi this issue was taken up at the meeting of the association held in Kohima on March 12.
The association claimed that teachers post “in the past was more or less like reserve for politician as most of the vacant post has been filled through backdoor appointment of their own candidate leaving aside the deserving candidate who are well trained”.
ANPSTA reminded the department of School Education that approximately 400 D.El.Ed trainees are graduating from different DIET institutes across Nagaland every year excluding in-service trainees.
However, it lamented that the state government instead of providing quality education was not giving much importance to the quality education but “uses all unfair means by appointing untrained candidate through backdoor appointment leaving aside the qualified and trained candidates”.
Therefore, the association stated that once the RTI has been issued, it will not remain silent but will stand committed and seek for fair selection process of primary teachers which are lying vacant at the earliest in order to bring quality education in the government school and strengthen education system in the state.