Three more members of the All Nagaland Ad-hoc Teachers Group-2015 (ANATG) were rushed to the Naga Hospital Authority Kohima earlier today with their health conditions beginning to deteriorate. The three Ad hoc teachers were participating in the ongoing indefinite hunger strike, which reaches the fifth day today.

It has been reported that out of the three, one teacher is said to be in a critical condition.

Blurry video screenshot of the ambulance with the three teachers reaching Naga Hospital Kohima.

Meanwhile, the state government has invited the ANATG Core Committee for another round of meeting at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat. The meeting is said to be headed by School Education Advisor K T Sukhalu.

Today is the ninth day of the Ad hoc teachers’ agitation outside the Nagaland Civil Secretariat. The teachers have been pressing the government to meet their demand of service regularisation. The state government maintains that it is constrained by a standing court order to fulfil their demand.

The teachers have been on hunger strike since 30 September.

Since the start of the agitation on 26 September, three meetings have been held between the All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) and different government officials.

On 29 September, ANSTA met with Kevileno Angami, Commissioner & Secretary for School Education & SCERT, and other officials. Then on 1 October, the ANATG officials and ANSTA held another sitting with the Commissioner and Secretary, followed by another meeting with the chief secretary and other officials. During the latter meeting, the state government had proposed the constituting of a High Powered Committee (HPC) within one month which was rejected by the ANATG 2015 batch.

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