Lotha Hoho demands appointment of more language teachers

EMN
Dimapur, January 28

The Lotha Hoho Wokha today expressed dismay at the discrepancy in the appointments of Lotha language teachers under RMSA while others were appointed in excess, and demanded the authority to clarify in written within a month.
The Lotha Hoho Wokha has, in a memorandum to the Commissioner & Secretary, Nagaland State Education Department (dated 25th January 2016), asked to immediately appoint the Lotha Language teachers under the RMSA.
The Lotha Hoho said, it has taken note of the advertisement (NO. SCERT/RMSA/EXAM/2013-2014/810 Dated 27/01/2014,) for appointment of second language teachers and the result of the selection declared on the 30th Nov. 2015, by the Mission Director, RMSA, Nagaland. The Hoho viewed seriously the discrepancy in number of posts advertised and the appointments made for Lotha teachers.
“As per the advertisement, the number of posts for Lotha language teachers was 10 (ten) and that of Tenyidie was 21 (twenty one).
But the Lotha Hoho is surprised to find that the number of teachers appointed as Lotha teachers is 3 (three) only, against 10 (ten) posts advertised, where as that appointed as Tenyidie teachers is 30 (thirty) against 21 (twenty one) posts advertised, plus 5 (five) in waiting list. Since 12 (twelve) Lotha candidates have sat for the selection interview, the appointment of the 10 (ten) Lotha teachers may be done immediately, in order of merit.”
The Lotha Hoho Wokha expressed surprise that the department could not complete the recruitment process even after two long years, and has instead set qualifying prerequisites for the candidates, such as to have studied Lotha up to Class XII (twelve).
A statement issued by Lotha Hoho, Wokha Chairman Mhao Humtsoe and General Secretary Mhondamo Ovung said, “This prerequisite is like asking candidates to have Engineering or Medical Degree from the Nagaland University which has no such college; because so far the Education department has not made any appointment of “Designated Language (Lotha)” teachers, even in schools. At present teaching local languages like Lotha, is done by local teachers, discretionally assigned to do so by the controlling teachers, which is to say that local language learning is in infancy. Hence, the concerned department has to first streamline the appointment and posting of designated language teachers, with set syllabi, at all levels and then conduct the needed examinations, for awarding qualifying certificates. Then only can the recruiting authority set prerequisite qualifications for appointment.”
The Lotha Hoho has asked the RMSA authority to clarify, in written the reason(s), within a month as to why Lotha teachers appointed are short while Tenyidie teachers were appointed in excess, and why it should take 2 long years (after 27/01/2014), to complete the process of recruitment of teachers.