Shillong, Sept 9: The VPP has demanded removal of Vijay Kumar Mantri as Commissioner & Secretary of Education.
The full text of statement below
“We express our serious concern regarding the current state of affairs of education in the state. The manner in which education is being handled and administered particularly under the commissionership of Vijay Kumar Mantri like policies relating to structured pay framework, welfare of teachers in deficit grant in aid institutions, service conditions and school rationalisation and others have created serious uncertainty among teachers and raised questions about the accessibility and quality of education.
The manner in which these policies have been conceived and implemented can reasonably be perceived as anti-people and insensitive to the interests of local educators and communities. Meghalaya’s education system cannot be reduced to bureaucratic rationalisation and numerical efficiency while disregarding its unique social, geographical and local realities
VPP therefore demands the immediate removal of Vijay Kumar Mantri as Commissioner & Secretary of Education Department and calls for leadership that listens to teachers, respects local realities and places the interests of students and the people of Meghalaya above bureaucratic convenience”.
Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit
President
Voice of the People Party
