The Nagaland NET Qualified Forum (NNQF) and the Combined Technical Association of Nagaland (CTAN) has expressed their strongest condemnation at the betrayal inflicted upon the students of Sao Chang College, Tuensang, in connection with the arbitrary and illegal absorption of 147 contractual assistant professors. The organisations also expressed solidarity with the Sao Chang college students.
“It is a matter of deep shame that individuals entrusted with the noble task of educating the youth have stooped to deceit, coercion, and intimidation. Under the pretense of mere procedural formalities, certain contractual assistant professors, once praised as the “backbone of colleges” by the Honourable Minister of Higher Education misled and pressured student leaders into signing letters of support they neither fully understood nor truly consented to. Students were threatened with severe consequences if they chose to dissent an unconscionable abuse of power within a space meant for learning and growth,” stated the CTAN & NNQF in a press release issued today.
The two organisations also questioned: Where is the diligence that an educator is sworn to uphold? Where lies the sincerity that ought to define a teacher’s calling? What has become of the honesty that forms the very foundation of the teaching profession?
The CTAN & NNQF also acknowledged the courage of the students for speaking the truth. “Their brave stand has illuminated the murky and corrupt processes underlying the illegal regularisation of contractual assistant professors a process that violates merit, disregards due process, and mocks the aspirations of thousands of deserving, qualified candidates,” it added.
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It also noted that this Is not an isolated incident confined to one college but is “a symptom of a larger malaise that threatens to corrode the integrity of education across Nagaland”.
*This is not merely a college issue; this is a battle for the soul of our education system, for the future of our youth, and for the dignity of fair and honest governance,” the organisations asserted urging every conscientious Naga citizen to stand firm against corruption, against injustice, against the betrayal of their future.
“If we remain silent in the face of such brazen illegality and moral decay, we become complicit in the erosion of our children’s futures and the collapse of the principles we hold dear,” it stated.
The organisations also demanded an immediate, transparent, and independent investigation into the acts *both the coercion of students and the larger illegal absorption process”.
“Those responsible must be held accountable not merely for administrative irregularities, but for the ethical and moral crimes they have committed against the students, the system, and the people of Nagaland,” contended CTAN and NNQF.
