NEHUTA decides to report to President of India against violation by NEHU VC in regards to NEP implementation

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaSeptember 3, 2023

The North Eastern Hill University Teachers’ Association (NEHUTA) has decided to report to the President of India against the violation of NEHU Act, Statutes and Ordinances by the University’s Vice Chancellor in regards to implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP). 

This came after the expiry of the deadline given by the Association to the NEHU VC to withdraw the July 12 notification issued to the Principals of all affiliated colleges by  Debasish Chowdhury, Officer on Special Duty (OSD), CDC, NEHU which was grossly misleading and inappropriate.

In a statement, NEHUTA president Prof Lakhon Kma said that the emergent meeting of the executive committee, NEHUTA held on August 31, has decided to enforce the resolutions of the general body meeting held on August 26.

“(We have decided) to send a detailed report on violation of NEHU Act, Statutes and Ordinances by the Vice Chancellor to: The Visitor of the University- the honourable President of India, the Prime Minister Office, the Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, other Central Ministers, the Chief Rector of the University-the Governor of Meghalaya, the Chief Minister,” Kma said.

He said the Association has also decided to boycott all Academic Council (AC) Meetings in future.

Kma said NEHUTA thanked its members for not setting or moderating the Qs papers of illegitimately implemented lst semester UG under NEP as per the GBM resolution.

“So far all NEHUTA members have abstain from setting and moderating Qs papers of Ist semester under illegitimately implemented NEP at UG level for different subjects as decided by the GBM of NEHUTA,” he added.

Moreover, Kma said hat the Academic Council is yet to decide on the model Qs papers under NEP for UG which is required as per NEHU Ordinance so that there is uniformity in the pattern of Qs paper setting across all subjects. 

“In absence of model Qs papers, no teacher can set the questions and hence it cannot be moderated. Without these procedures, UG exams for Ist semester based on NEP cannot be held,” he said.

Further, Kma said that NEHUTA is worried that NEHU is unnecessary playing with the careers of the UG students by being in hurry to implement NEP illegitimately without the approval of the AC, when it is not yet prepared or ready to implement NEP in totality in absence of discussions on model Qs papers in AC, syllabus of all subjects from 3rd to 8th Semester which is to be prepared, discussed and approved by respective Board of Studies of different departments and their School Boards and finally to be discussed and approved in AC. 

“It a long process that’s why the VC cannot unilaterally implement NEP hastily and illegitimately. All these are required as per NEHU Statute and Ordinance which require the approval of the AC. 

Without these mandatory procedures, NEP at UG in affiliated colleges will be null and void and a disaster of epic proportion which will spoil the careers of our Ist semester students,” he added further.