Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma on Wednesday informed that majority of the colleges in the state are not ready to implement the new national education policy (NEP) within this academic year.
Addressing newsmen after meeting a delegation of the NEHUSU, Sangma said that the state government had received letters from 43 colleges out of which 33 colleges have expressed that they are not ready to implement the NEP this year.
Based on this, the state government had written to the NEHU vice chancellor three times on May 17, June 27 and July 25.
“We have communicated to the NEHU that our institutions are not ready to implement NEP during this academic session and that most of the institutions are requesting to defer implementation to the next academic session,” he said.
He informed that prominent colleges in the state have decided to implement the new NEP from this academic year.
Sangma said after a series of meetings held, the NEHU has agreed to implement the new NEP in a hybrid mode.
“We have told the VC of NEHU to discuss with the heads of all institutions and after this discussion, the University has come up with this idea and told the state government that there is a provision for hybrid mode. This would mean that any institution, which wants to go ahead with NEP implementation, can do so and those, who are not ready, can defer the implementation till the next academic year,” Sangma said.
Earlier while speaking to reporters, NEHUSU finance secretary Mandor Diengdoh Swer said that the Union is not against the NEP but implementing the same within this August, will only be detrimental to the students.
Swer said, “The VC has been working alone (on this). His action proves that he is working not for the welfare of students but for the welfare of people in power in Delhi. So he is using NEHU as a platform for himself. As a NEHSU we stand against that.”
He said the union may resort to demand for the VC’s removal if he continues to act in this manner.