Manipur asks college teachers to seek approval before airing views on govt policies – education

The Manipur authorities has requested teachers of all state-run faculties and workers of the upper education division to take needed approvals from competent authorities before expressing any opinion on authorities policies or programmes within the media.

In a memorandum issued lately, Director of College and Larger Education Okay Diana Devi mentioned non- compliance of the order may lead to disciplinary motion.

“Some authorities college teachers have been writing or expressing their views on authorities policies and programmes within the media which is probably going to promote defiance of authority,” Devi mentioned within the assertion issued on August 10.

She additionally mentioned that “due approval from the competent authority ought to be taken before publishing or making assertion relating to any authorities coverage or programme within the media, failing which applicable motion could also be initiated towards them as per the related provisions of Central Civil Service (Classification, Management and Attraction Guidelines, 1965)”.

A number of members of the Federation of Authorities College Teachers’ Affiliation (FEGOCTA) and All Manipur College Instructor Affiliation (AMCTA) had been criticising the state authorities for its failure to implement the suggestions of the seventh pay fee.

Lots of them have additionally aired their views on the problem on information channels and social media.

Devi, in her assertion, stipulated that “no authorities servant shall within the media publish any doc in his personal title or anonymously or make statements within the title of different particular person which has the impact of opposed criticism of any present or latest coverage or motion of the central/state authorities and which too is able to embarrassing the relation between the Centre and authorities of any state”.

N Somorendro, the final secretary of FEGOCTA, mentioned the agitation over pay scale, which was suspended following the COVID-19 outbreak, was resumed by its members, because the “authorities didn’t pay heed to their repeated requests”.

He additionally mentioned that authorities college teachers won’t participate in any educational exercise if the state doesn’t fulfil their demand.