ZAPO alleges ‘step motherly’ treatment

Dimapur, March 13 (EMN): Zuketsa Area Public Organisation (ZAPO) expressed displeasure over what it termed as ‘step motherly treatment’ meted to the Zuketsa area students community in particular and public in general by the State government. ZAPO president Ngupelo Therie stated that the school was locked down by the landowners in September 2014 when because of the lackadaisical attitude of the government. He mentioned that Gauhati High Court, in its order W.P(C) 193(K) of 2014 to Department of School Education, Government of Nagaland, directed the concerned department to advertise the post of Chowkidar at Government High School, Zuketsa, within 3 months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the Order. He claimed that the concerned department took almost 14 months to write a simple correspondence/ letter to Additional Deputy Commissioner, Pfutsero, instructing him to constitute a Sub-Divisional Selection Board for recruitment to one post of Chowkidar at GHS Zuketsa. ZAPO claimed that the ADC, Pfutsero, even after receiving the official correspondence from the DoSE on August 5, 2016, instructing him to advertise the post vacant and to conduct the interview, failed to do so due to reasons best known to him. Not satisfied with the school locked down in the year 2014, the government completely ignored the issue which led to the lock down of the school again on March 8, 2017. The press statement said the school is now helpless and hundreds of innocent students career at stake because of the lackadaisical attitude of the government. It stated that the school administration and NGOs from the area conveyed the news to the department but no officials from the department ever visited the school. Taking serious note of the development, the public have questioned the sincerity of the government towards the area people. The Organisation once again appealed the concerned authority to solve the issue at the earliest so that the children can go back to school and attend their classes. The Organisation further appealed the DoSE to appoint Headmaster, Science Teacher and Language Teacher at the earliest.