Merits removal as Advisor — CNSA on Dr. Yhome’s statement

DIMAPUR — The Central Nagaland Students’ Association (CNSA) has condemned the “gibberish statement” of the Advisor for School Education, Dr. Kekhrielhoulie Yhome, to “exclude the Ao and Sumi tribes from primary teacher recruitment for the next ten years”.

In a statement, the CNSA said that his subsequent clarification and questioning of Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) and All Sumi Students’ Union (SKK) representatives who attended the consultative meeting on February 6 for not questioning him on the spot for his statement has rubbed more salt into the wounds of the two tribes.

It mentioned that the malady in School Education has been the scourge of all ministers and advisors before him but this does not give him the leeway to single out particular tribes.

“While we appreciate the initiative to clean up the School Education department, the focus on bringing about changes through the prism of tribal politics and equations is loaded with dangerous consequences,” the statement read, adding that his statement merits his removal as advisor for School Education.

The student body further called upon the Chief Minister for his intervention to douse the “divisive fire ignited against Ao and Sumi tribes” and appealed to all right thinking citizens to rise up to the occasion “when such attempts are being made to defame and deprive the two tribes through a well calculated move in the garb of sweeping changes”.