Shillong, July 30: The Meghalaya College Teachers’ Association (MCTA) will boycott the first semester classes in protest against the move of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) to go ahead with the implementation of National Education Police (NEP), 2020.
An emergency meeting of the association held on Saturday decided this.
The MCTA, in a statement said, “We strongly condemn the callous, impassive and obstinate attitude exhibited by the NEHU administration, particularly the vice chancellor, in pushing forward the implementation of NEP 2020 without it being passed by the Academic Council.”
Consequently, in an emergency meeting held via online mode on July 29, after threadbare discussion of the impassive attitude of NEHU administration particularly of the Vice Chancellor, Prof Prabha Shankar Shukla, a unanimous decision was taken to launch a non-cooperation movement against NEHU by boycotting the first semester classes under FYUP,” it said.
The statement said, “It is hereby notified to all MCTA unit members that starting from August 1, 2023, until further notice, all members are to boycott first semester classes. Moreover, members are directed to shun/reject all responsibilities related to the implementation of the NEP 2020 with immediate effect.”
Regarding 3rd and 5th semester, the classes will function without any disruption. Therefore, the members are to attend to the clases and service the course as per schedule, the statement said.
