JAC to meet NEHU VC tomorrow
Staff Reporter
Shillong, Nov 15: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of NEHUTA, NEHUNSA and NEHUSU has agreed to meet the Vice Chancellor of the University Prof PS Shukla tomorrow to discuss its nine-point charter of demands.
The indefinite strike called by the JAC, which entered its third day, has disrupted the functioning of the NEHU administration and academic activities.
“The JAC will meet the VC tomorrow in the conference hall,” JAC chairman Prof Lakhon Kma informed today.
“There will also be a JAC general assembly outside the VC’s office after the meeting to share the outcome of the meeting with the members and to accordingly decide the future course of action,” he said.
Prof Kma also announced that the strike will continue tomorrow till further decision is taken.
The nine points of demands related to immediate removal of illegally appointed technical officer/senior consultant, immediate appointment of Statutory Officers and University Engineer, deteriorating condition of the University Health Centre, relieving of teaching and technical staffs from ministerial duties, re-upload of NEHU Act, Statutes and Ordinance in the NEHU official website, holding of regular convocation, marking system, inclusion of elected members of NEHUSU as representative in the Academic Council and review of Educationally Backward Area Quota from Block Level to Village Level.
NEHUTA agrees to NEP implementation from 2023-24 session
Staff Reporter
Shillong, Oct 26: The NEHU Teachers Association (NEHUTA) and Meghalaya College Teachers Association (MCTA) have agreed to the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 from the academic session of 2023-2024.
This announcement was made by NEHUTA president Prof. Lakhon Kma after the emergent meeting of the NEHU Academic Council (AC) which wascalled by NEHU Vice Chancellor, Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla after continuous demand by the MCTA and NEHUTA.
Speaking to media persons after the emergent meeting, Prof. Lakhon Kma said that the meeting was a success as the VC had agreed on his flaws to issue a notification on July 12 to all Principals of colleges to implement NEP from August 1 without the approval of the academic council.
Prof. Kma said that in the meeting the VC had agreed that the academic council is more supreme than the executive council of the VC when it comes to decisions related to academic policy matters of the university.
“We are happy with the outcome of the meeting and we have agreed to go ahead with the implementation of the NEP from the academic session 2023-2024 and this decision overrides the notification of the VC after the 110th meeting of the AC who had single-handedly tried to force the implementation of the NEP without the approval of the AC” said Prof. Kma.
On the decision to agree to the implementation of NEP from 2023-2024, Prof. Kma said that this decision was taken after good sense had prevailed to the VC who had regrets with his previous decision to override AC and also by taking into account the interest of the students and the colleges.
Prof. Kma claimed that good sense might have prevailed unto the VC after the university received direction from the President of India and the Governor of Meghalaya as the NEHUTA and MCTA had continuously written to this highest authority on the attitude of the VC.
Prof. Kma said that in the emergent meeting, a decision was also taken to convene an official meeting of the Academic Council of the university on October 31 and in this meeting, a deliberation on how to go ahead with the NEP will be discussed.
“Normally the examination of the first semesters would be held in the month of November but since for the last three month many teachers have boycotted the classes hence there is a need to extend the session to allow the AC to discuss and set the question paper according to the NEP” he added.
The District Magistrate & District Election Officer, East Khasi Hills District has declared May 8, 9 and 10, 2023 as ‘Dry Days’.
It has sternly warned that no spirituous, fermented, intoxicating liquors or other substances of a like nature shall be sold, given or distributed at a hotel, eating house, tavern, shop or any other place, public or private and within a polling area.
Further, the District Election Officer also declared May 13, 2023, the day of counting of votes for the Sohiong polls in the district as ‘Dry Day’.
Dry days declared in Sohiong
In view of the adjourned poll to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, the Deputy Commissioner (Excise) of East Khasi Hills district has declared May 8, 9 and 10, 2023 as dry days.
This is on account of these being the pre-polling and polling days. Also May 13 has been declared as a dry day on account of being the day of counting of votes.
This order is applicable in all areas falling under Sohiong (ST) Assembly Constituency.