IMPHAL, Sept 15: Not satisfied over the way the state Government is distributing forms for Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET) to the intending candidates, the student organisations the KSO, TKS and AMSU Saturday have threatened to impose parallel bands in Manipur on September 19 and Septemebr 20 respectively if fails to set up TET form distribution centres in all the district headquarters within September 17.
A joint press conference of All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) and Tangkhul Katamnao Saklong (TKS), Imphal was held at the AMSU head office here.
The Kuki students’ body has decided to declare a state wide bandh to protest the act of Board of Secondary Education (BOSEM) Secretary who has expressed his inability to open distribution centres for TET forms in all the district headquarters, KSO vice president (administration) Mangcha Baite told the pres conference.
A state wide 48-hour bandh will be imposed with effect from 5 am of September 19 if the wishes of the intending TET candidates and the demands of KSO are not met on time, Baite said.
He said the KSO has already submitted a memorandum to the state education Minister pleading him for opening of TET form distribution centres and also exam centres in all the district headquarters.
Saying that distribution of TET forms at a single centre in Imphal has brought immense hardships and difficulties for people settling in the hill areas, the KSO leader maintained such situation has caused unnecesary problems to all the people seeking TET forms in long queue.
People coming to Imphal to get TET forms from remote hill areas have to endure all sorts of harships such as transport bottlenecks, financial problems and the trouble of spending two-three days in Imphal, Baite further said.
He also said the high pricing of TET forms at Rs 300/- per one copy is also not appropriate as the poor and deprived people will not be able to afford the rate.
The KSO also demands extension of the last date of submission of TET forms and deferment of the date of examination as it collides with the date of SSc exam, he informed.
AMSU, KSO and TKS in addition decried the recent controversial results of the Master of Commerce (fourt semester) exam conducted by Manipur University last June. AMSU president Th Suresh, who was also speaking during the press conference, said the results have created a big confusion among students.
He referred to the controversial results pointing out that on September 7 last, the MU had announced Sh Timothy to be the topper among top 10 merit list. But, later on, the MU authority notified that the Msc (fourth semester) results were wrong and instead listed one Kh Vijyata Devi as the topper of the top 10 list in June, saying it was done after making improvement.
KSO president Baite further speaking on the controversial exam results also threatened to boycot the ensuing Convocation programme of MU if the concerned authority fails to settle the matter by September 17.
The three student bodies once again urged the Government to set up TET form distribution centres at every ZEO offices across the district headquarters by September 19 to address the issue and warned that they will call a parallel bandh on September 20 as soon as the dateline ends.
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