In a representation to the Chief Minister of Nagaland signed by its president, Tongpang Ozukum, and general secretary, Esther Rhakho, the NSF noted “confusion in regard to nomination/selection of candidates against the seat allotted under State Reserved Quota and NEC Reserved Quota.”
It informed that the State Common Selection Board in a meeting on December 10, 2010, agreed that Technical Education department will be the only Nodal Nominating department for study of various technical courses through State JEE. It was also recommended that a copy of the meeting minutes be sent to NEC as well as to all the HoDs under the Govt. of Nagaland for strict compliance. “However since no such information was notified or circulated to the Head of Departments or to North East Council (NEC) there was confusion and misunderstanding between Technical Education and Horticulture department,” claimed the NSF.
Moreover, it informed, there are other departments like Fisheries, Sericulture and Tourism which also receive letters from NEC for nomination of candidate to scientific study course under NEC reserved quota, “which it is learnt that the concerned department themselves nominates the candidates as it is being sponsored by the concerned department and not by Technical Education Department.”
In the recent B.Sc Horticulture seat allotment imbroglio, the NSF stated that it detected “certain lapses and negligence on both Technical and Horticulture departments.” It has thus demanded that the Government “thoroughly investigate the root–cause for creating confusion and misunderstanding between the Technical Education and Horticulture department in allotting/nominating B.Sc Horti seat and bring out in white paper the lapses, negligence and misconduct of both the departments.”
The Federation demanded for the Government to come out clear on “whether Technical department should select/nominate both State Reserved Quotas and NEC Reserved Quotas. If Technical department is entrusted to select/nominate candidates for both State and NEC Reserved Quotas, then what about those departments which also select/nominates candidates by themselves under NEC Reserved Quota. Government should unbiasedly apply the same yard-stick to all the departments.”
“In order to avoid such confusion and lack of communication between the departments in future, all Agri and Allied departments should be included in the State Common Selection Board as members,” the NSF stated, as also that the Government should “immediately convene a joint meeting of all the member departments of State Common Selection Board, Planning Department and all Agri and Allied departments to streamline the over-all selection/nomination system conducted by Technical Education department. NSF officials should also be invited to the joint meeting.”
Source: Morung Express
Post a Comment